1-*- text -*-
2
3Autoconf
4
5Autoconf is an extensible package of M4 macros that produce shell
6scripts to automatically configure software source code packages.
7These scripts can adapt the packages to many kinds of UNIX-like
8systems without manual user intervention.  Autoconf creates a
9configuration script for a package from a template file that lists the
10operating system features that the package can use, in the form of M4
11macro calls.
12
13Producing configuration scripts using Autoconf requires GNU M4 and
14Perl.  You should install GNU M4 (version 1.4.7 or later) and Perl
15(5.005_03 or later) before configuring Autoconf, so that Autoconf's
16configure script can find them.  The configuration scripts produced by
17Autoconf are self-contained, so their users do not need to have
18Autoconf (or GNU M4, Perl, etc.).
19
20You can get GNU M4 1.4.7 here:
21
22ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/m4/m4-1.4.7.tar.gz
23
24The file INSTALL should be distributed with packages that use
25Autoconf-generated configure scripts and Makefiles that conform to the
26GNU coding standards.  The package's README can just give an overview
27of the package, where to report bugs, and a pointer to INSTALL for
28instructions on compilation and installation.  This removes the need
29to maintain many similar sets of installation instructions.
30
31Be sure to read BUGS (especially if this version is not an official
32release) and INSTALL.
33
34Mail suggestions to autoconf@gnu.org, report bugs to
35bug-autoconf@gnu.org, and submit patches to autoconf-patches@gnu.org.
36Always include the Autoconf version number, which you can get by
37running `autoconf --version'.  Archives of bug-autoconf@gnu.org can be
38found in <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-autoconf/>, and
39similarly for the other mailing lists.
40
41-----
42
43Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004,
442005, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
45
46This file is part of GNU Autoconf.
47
48GNU Autoconf is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
49it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
50the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
51any later version.
52
53GNU Autoconf is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
54but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
55MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
56GNU General Public License for more details.
57
58You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
59along with GNU Autoconf; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
60the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
61Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
62