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, see:

• http://hcl.ucd.ie/repos/CPM/trunk/MPIBlib/benchmarks/Makefile.am
• http://hcl.ucd.ie/repos/CPM/trunk/MPIBlib/collectives/Makefile.am