[Gllug] [OT] software packaging

[Jonathan Dye]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Hollingshead [mailto:james at hollo.org]
> Sent: 29 May 2002 01:08
> To: gllug at linux.co.uk
> Subject: Re: [Gllug] [OT] software packaging

[...] 

> I normally start with just:
> 
> configure.in:
>   AC_INIT(hello.c)
>   AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(hello, 0.0.1)
>   AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
> 
>   AC_PROG_INSTALL
>   AC_PROG_CC
> 
>   AC_OUTPUT(Makefile)
> 
> and Makefile.am:
>   bin_PROGRAMS = hello
>   hello_SOURCES = hello.c hello.h
> 
> and a bootstrap command of:
>   aclocal && autoheader && automake --foreign --add-missing 
> && autoconf
> 
> Overall I reckon simpler than doing it any other way, and if the
> project expands it is easy to add to. My main wish is for a less
> verbose syntax for adding in compile time options for ./configure.
> 
> James


While we are talking about autoconf/automake I was wondering if anyone could
recommend a good guide to these?
I've written a number of small to medium sized projects but never managed to
get around to learning either of these systems and instead opted to craft my
own makefiles.

JD

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