Welcome to Autotoolset Home Page!
The Autotoolset package (former autotools package) complements the GNU
build system by providing the following features:
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Automatic generation of legal notices that are needed in order to apply
the GNU GPL license
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Automatic generation of directory trees for new software packages, such
that they conform to the GNITS standard (more or less).
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Some rudimentary portability framework for C++ programs. There is a lot
of room for improvement here, in the future. Also a framework for
embedding text into your executable and handling include files accross
multiple directories.
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Support for writing portable software that uses both Fortran and C++.
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Additional support for writing software documentation in Texinfo, but
also in LaTeX.
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A manual introducing both Autotools and the GNU build system in a
unified task-oriented manner.
Note
This home page and all the html documentation are inside the
Autotoolset distribution. It is possible to create dvi and pdf
files of "tutorial". There are .i386.rpm, .src.rpm and .bz2 versions
available. The document "toolsmanual" is no longer beeing maintained,
but is still there for historical reasons.
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