Autoconf solves an important problem--reliable discovery of
system-specific build and run-time information--but this is only one
piece of the puzzle for the development of portable software. To this
end, the GNU project has developed a suite of integrated
utilities to finish the job Autoconf started: the GNU build
system, whose most important components are Autoconf, Automake, and
Libtool. In this chapter, we introduce you to those tools, point you
to sources of more information, and try to convince you to use the
entire GNU build system for your software.
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