Re: Makefile.in

[Gary V . Vaughan]

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On Monday 02 July 2001  3:57 pm, David Burg wrote:
> Hello,
>
> In fact, I'm also a newbie about autotools, but as far as I understand, the
> Makefile.in is a simple standard makefile where variables @VAR_NAME@ are
> set by the configure script. You need only one Makefile.in in case you have
> a project that use several folders.
>
> Best regards,
>
> David Burg.
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> Sent: Monday, July 02, 2001 4:10 PM
> Subject: Makefile.in
>
> > Hi there,
> >
> > I've only a simple question. I try to understand the functionality of
> > autoconf (maybe later on automake).
> > So I went to the online docs and started to read (Now I'm using the info
> > site, that's a bit quickier.).
> > So far, so good. There is a description of configure.in, how to create
> > it, of the macros, there is said, that a Makefile.in is needed, ... ???
> > ... ---- HEY??? How the hell should this MAKEFILE.IN look like, and what
> > should it contain? I can't find any description about this -- nowhere.
> >
> > :o(
> >
> > Can anybody give me a hint, how to learn something about this?
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> > Frank

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