X-Git-Url: http://review.tizen.org/git/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=fdf25fa0c7fa4a6db259912ba0339a763c7f4843;hb=3afe7a86408c6f6db5540626803f9aed64662847;hp=de361beda5e8124adb18e2d209d09bb156e86e5e;hpb=fcf2f56062e384455ec8b1aed943af33f20c27c7;p=platform%2Fupstream%2Fautomake.git diff --git a/README b/README index de361be..fdf25fa 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,50 +1,58 @@ -This is Automake, a Makefile generator. It was inspired by the 4.4BSD -make and include files, but aims to be portable and to conform to the -GNU Coding Standards for Makefile variables and targets. +This is Automake, a Makefile generator. It aims to be portable and +to conform to the GNU Coding Standards for Makefile variables and +targets. + +See the INSTALL file for detailed information about how to configure +and install Automake. Automake is a Perl script. The input files are called Makefile.am. The output files are called Makefile.in; they are intended for use with Autoconf. Automake requires certain things to be done in your configure.ac. -Variable assignment lines in Makefile.am pull in defaults from various -little *.am files. +Automake comes with extensive documentation; please refer to it for +more details about its purpose, features, and usage patterns. + +This package also includes the "aclocal" program, whose purpose is +to generate an 'aclocal.m4' based on the contents of 'configure.ac'. +It is useful as an extensible, maintainable mechanism for augmenting +autoconf. It is intended that other package authors will write m4 +macros which can be automatically used by aclocal. The documentation +for aclocal is currently found in the Automake manual. -To use Automake, replace your Makefile.in files with Makefile.am -files. Read the documentation to see what to do. +Automake has a test suite. Use "make check" to run it. For more +information, see the file t/README. -This package also includes the "aclocal" program. aclocal is a -program to generate an `aclocal.m4' based on the contents of -`configure.ac'. It is useful as an extensible, maintainable mechanism -for augmenting autoconf. It is intended that other package authors -will write m4 macros which can be automatically used by aclocal. +Automake has a page on the web. See: -Automake has a test suite. Use + http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/ - make check +Automake also has three mailing lists: -to run it. Capture its output in case of failing tests. For more -information, please see the file tests/README. + * automake@gnu.org + For general discussions of Automake and its interactions with other + configuration/portability tools like Autoconf or Libtool. -Automake has a page on the web. See: + * bug-automake@gnu.org + Where to send bug reports and feature requests. - http://sources.redhat.com/automake/ + * automake-patches@gnu.org + Where to send patches, and discuss the automake development process + and the design of new features. -The mailing list automake@gnu.org is for discussion of Automake and -its interactions with other configuration/portability tools like -Autoconf or Libtool. Write to automake-request@gnu.org if you want to -join. +To obtain more information about these list, or to subscribe to them, +refer to -Mail suggestions and bug reports to bug-automake@gnu.org, patches -to automake-patches@gnu.org. +New releases are announced to autotools-announce@gnu.org. If you want to +be informed, subscribe to that list by following the instructions at +. -New releases are announced to autotools-announce@gnu.org. Write to -autotools-announce-request@gnu.org if you want to receive them. +For any copyright year range specified as YYYY-ZZZZ in this package, +that the range specifies every single year in that closed interval. ----- -Copyright (C) 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2003 - Free Software Foundation, Inc. +Copyright (C) 1994-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by