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