From 85b70d1591f408459996d721eabfe94d8a7bfcb4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stefano Lattarini Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 21:54:51 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] readme: update and renew * README: Remove stale or now-obvious description and advices. Add reference to the INSTALL file. Some minor rewordings. --- README | 36 +++++++++++++++++------------------- 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-) diff --git a/README b/README index 0396ff3..e955857 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,35 +1,33 @@ -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. - -To use Automake, replace your Makefile.in files with Makefile.am -files. Read the documentation to see what to do. - -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 test suite. Use +Automake comes with extensive documentation; please refer to it for +more details about its purpose, features, and usage patterns. - make check +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 run it. For more information, see the file tests/README. +Automake has a test suite. Use "make check" to run it. For more +information, see the file tests/README. Automake has a page on the web. See: http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/ -Automake also has three mailing lists: +Automake has also three mailing lists: * automake@gnu.org For general discussions of Automake and its interactions with other -- 2.7.4