Autoconf Tutorial

• Some background on autoconf
• Converting an existing large program
  • Dumb work
    • In the subdirectories
    • At the top level
  • Touching up configure.in
  • Try it out
  • Moving toward the GNU coding standards
    • Makefile variables
    • Adding various Makefile targets
    • Adding some utility programs to your distribution
    • Cutting a release
• Using autoconf on a new program
  • The Makefile.in template
  • What else
• Concluding remarks