Autoconf
Overview
Autoconf
https://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/
Produce shell scripts which automatically configure source code.
Extensible package of m4 macros that produce portable shell scripts to automatically configure software source code packages. These scripts can adapt the packages to many kinds of UNIX-like systems with minimal manual user intervention. Autoconf requires GNU M4. You must install GNU M4 1.4.5 or later before configuring Autoconf, so that Autoconf's configure script can find it. The configuration scripts produced by Autoconf are self-contained, so their users do not need to have Autoconf or GNU M4 installed.
Details
Licensing
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License
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Genium
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29 January 2021
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Additionally, Autoconf includes a licensing exception in some of its source files. See also https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/autoconf.git/tree/README
Leaders and contributors
| Contact(s) | Role |
|---|---|
| Zack Weinberg | Contributor |
| Paul Eggert | Maintainer |
| Eric Blake | Maintainer |
Resources and communication
| Audience | Resource type | URI |
|---|---|---|
| Git | VCS Repository Webview | https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/autoconf.git |
| FTP | Download | https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/autoconf/ |
| Mailing List | https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-autoconf/ | |
| Mailing List | https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf-prs/ | |
| Mailing List | https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf/ | |
| General | https://savannah.gnu.org/people/ | |
| Wikidata | General | https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1336937 |
| Mailing List | https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-system-discuss/ | |
| Mailing List | https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf-commit/ | |
| Mailing List | https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf-patches/ | |
| History | VCS Repository Webview | https://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/autoconf/ |
| Debian | Developer | https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/autoconf |
| Savannah | Developer | https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/autoconf/ |
| FTP | Download | https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/autoconf/ |
| Mailing List | https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf-maintainers/ | |
| Mailing List | https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/commit-autoconf/ |
Software prerequisites
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Weak prerequisite | Perl |
| Source requirement | GNU M4 1.4.6 (1.4.13 recommended) |
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