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+- hello world mini Autotools tutorial
+ there's mainly 2 parts: 1st is to write "configure.ac" and 2nd write Makefile.am
+ $ autoscan
+ $ mv configure.scan configure.ac
+ $ aclocal # Set up an m4 environment
+ $ autoconf # Generate configure from configure.ac
+ $ autoheader
+ $ touch NEWS README AUTHORS Changelog
+ $ automake --add-missing # Generate Makefile.in from Makefile.am
+ $ ./configure # Generate Makefile from Makefile.in
+ $ make distcheck # Use Makefile to build and test a tarball to distribute
+ $ make
+ $ make install
+
+ configure.ac
+ AC_INIT([helloworld], [0.1], [kylek389@gmail.com])
+ AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
+ AC_PROG_CC
+ AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile])
+ AC_OUTPUT
+
+ Makefile.am
+ AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = foreign
+ bin_PROGRAMS = helloworld
+ helloworld_SOURCES = helloworld.c
+
+- misc
+ config.h -- you can include "config.h" in your .c code and use constants defined in config.h to write portable code
+ ifnames. -- use this command to list what 'constants' have be used from config.h in *.c files of current project
+ 2 awesome tutorials:
+ -> https://robots.thoughtbot.com/the-magic-behind-configure-make-make-install
+ -> http://markuskimius.wikidot.com/programming:tut:autotools
+