The Automake package contains programs for generating Makefiles for use with Autoconf.
Apply the following patch to fix outdated syntax that is no longer recognized by Perl-5.26.0.
patch -Np1 -i ../automake-1.15-perl_5_26-1.patch
Prepare Automake for compilation:
./configure \ --prefix=/usr \ --docdir=/usr/share/doc/automake-1.15
Compile the package:
make
To test the results, issue:
make check
Install the package:
make install
A tool for automatically generating Makefile.in files from Makefile.am files. To create all the
Makefile.in files for a
package, run this program in the top-level directory. By
scanning the configure.in
file, it automatically finds each appropriate
Makefile.am file and
generates the corresponding Makefile.in file
A script that attempts to guess the canonical triplet for the given build, host, or target architecture
A script for compiling a program so that dependency information is generated in addition to the desired output