Autotools

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autoconf

http://sources.redhat.com/autobook/autobook/autobook.html

Manuals

• http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/manual/index.html
• http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/index.html
• http://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/manual/index.html

Libraries

• includes (for the include directory): include_HEADERS = ...
• library: static lib_LIBRARIES = library.a or dynamic lib_LTLIBRARIES = library.la
• sources (internal C data structures and C++ template classes): library_X_SOURCES = library.h ..., where X = a or la
  • library.h is a precompiled header (contains common headers and symbols), which is to be included in most of source files of the library

For example, http://hcl.ucd.ie/repos/CPM/trunk/MPIBlib/benchmarks/Makefile.am

Configured headers

Configured headers (created from *.h.in) must not be included into the package, that is include_HEADERS or *_SOURCES

• nodist_include_HEADERS = *.h for the configured headers as includes
• nodist_*_SOURCES = *.h for the configured headers as sources

For example, http://hcl.ucd.ie/repos/CPM/trunk/MPIBlib/collectives/Makefile.am

Extra files

To add extra files into package, use EXTRA_DIST = *. For example, For example, http://hcl.ucd.ie/repos/CPM/trunk/MPIBlib/tools/Makefile.am