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  1. <sect2><title>&nbsp;</title><para>&nbsp;</para></sect2>
  2. <sect2><title>Descriptions</title>
  3. <para>Last checked against version &automake-contversion;.</para>
  4. <sect3><title>Program file descriptions</title>
  5. <sect4><title>acinstall</title>
  6. <para>acinstall is a script which installs aclocal-style M4 files.</para></sect4>
  7. <sect4><title>aclocal, aclocal-1.6</title>
  8. <para>automake includes a number of autoconf macros which can be used in
  9. packages, some of which are needed by automake in certain
  10. situations. These macros must be defined in the aclocal.m4-file
  11. or they will not be seen by autoconf.</para>
  12. <para>The aclocal program will automatically generate aclocal.m4 files
  13. based on the contents of configure.in. This provides a convenient
  14. way to get automake-provided macros without having to search around.
  15. Also, the aclocal mechanism is extensible for use
  16. by other packages.</para></sect4>
  17. <sect4><title>automake, automake-1.6</title>
  18. <para>To create all the Makefile.in files for a package, run the
  19. automake program in the top level directory, with no
  20. arguments. automake will automatically find each appropriate
  21. Makefile.am (by scanning configure.in) and generate the corresponding
  22. Makefile.in.</para></sect4>
  23. <sect4><title>compile</title>
  24. <para>compile is script which acts as a wrapper for compilers.</para></sect4>
  25. <sect4><title>config.guess</title>
  26. <para>config.guess is a script which attempts to guess a canonical system
  27. name.</para></sect4>
  28. <sect4><title>config.sub</title>
  29. <para>config.sub is a configuration validation subroutine script.</para></sect4>
  30. <sect4><title>depcomp</title>
  31. <para>depcomp is a script which compiles a program while generating
  32. dependencies as side-effects.</para></sect4>
  33. <sect4><title>elisp-comp</title>
  34. <para>elisp-comp is a script which byte-compiles .el files.</para></sect4>
  35. <sect4><title>install-sh</title>
  36. <para>install-sh is a script which installs a program, script, or a
  37. datafile.</para></sect4>
  38. <sect4><title>mdate-sh</title>
  39. <para>mdate-sh is a script which prints the modification time of a file
  40. or directory.</para></sect4>
  41. <sect4><title>missing</title>
  42. <para>missing is a script which acts as a common stub for a few missing
  43. GNU programs during an installation.</para></sect4>
  44. <sect4><title>mkinstalldirs</title>
  45. <para>mkinstalldirs is a script which makes a directory
  46. hierarchy.</para></sect4>
  47. <sect4><title>py-compile</title>
  48. <para>py-compile is a script which compiles a Python program.</para></sect4>
  49. <sect4><title>ylwrap</title>
  50. <para>ylwrap is a script which acts as a wrapper for lex/yacc
  51. invocations.</para></sect4>
  52. </sect3>
  53. </sect2>