On Sunday 15 June 2003 20:53, Bob Proulx wrote: > Tinus wrote: > > Kevin wrote: > > > Tinus wrote: > > > > Can somebody advise a tutorial for the make/configure part? The > > > > programming C part I already have covered. > > > > > > I believe the make/configure process is generally known as autoconf; > > > googling for "GNU autoconf" gets many hits, at least one of which is a > > > tutorial. > > > > Thanx for the advice. Really got scared when I quicly browser thourgh > > kpopup's configure file, counted 25000+ lines just to compile!!! ;-) > > > :-) chuckle, chuckle. No need to be worried about that. The > > configure script is a machine generated file. Machine generated files > are rarely fun to look at. The configure.ac file is the input file. > The .ac part for autoconf. > > This is the book you want to learn about autoconf, automake and > libtool which together are known as the autotools. The book is > available both as a browsable online version and as a physical paper > version. > > http://sources.redhat.com/autobook/ > > The autotools can be installed on Debian easily. > > apt-get install autoconf automake > > There is also another template based project generator called > autoproject. I can't say as I like the output which is generated from > a stylistic viewpoint. But 'autoproject' is a way to get a full > project directory going quickly. With that disclaimer you might want > to give it a test drive. > > Bob
For a direct approach, consider these: GNU Make http://www.gnu.org/software/make/make.html This book is not free. It is compact and useful. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/make2/ -- Mike Mueller -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]