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08-19-2004, 07:36 AM	#1
MadCactus Member Registered: Jul 2003 Distribution: Slackware 9.1 Posts: 195 Rep:	Using GNU autotools properly Hi I find this a very confusing process, but correct me if I am wrong: 1. autoscan -> configure.in 2. write makefile.am (by hand?) 3. automake -> makefile.in 4. autoconf -> configure The bit I am confused about is generating makefile.in, looking at the documentation only makes it worse. Can I write makefile.in directly? Also why would I need configure.h, and how is that created? Autoheader? Please end my confusion!

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