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diff --git a/general-concepts/autotools/text.xml b/general-concepts/autotools/text.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3541d70 --- /dev/null +++ b/general-concepts/autotools/text.xml @@ -0,0 +1,53 @@ +<?xml version="1.0"?> +<guide self="general-concepts/autotools/"> +<chapter> +<title>The Basics of Autotools</title> + +<body> +<todo> +This is too long for `General Concepts`_. It needs to be split up and +moved somewhere, either to a top-level of its own or into `Appendices`_. +</todo> + +<p> +An understanding of GNU autotools (<c>automake</c>, <c>autoconf</c> etc.) can be useful +when working with ebuilds: +</p> + +<ul> + <li> + Finding and correcting build issues is often easier if the build system is + not seen simply as a scary black box. + </li> + <li> + The autotools input files can help when determining a package's build-time + dependencies. + </li> + <li> + The risk of accidentally breaking something by patching the wrong file at the + wrong time is greatly reduced if the relationship between the build system + files is understood. + </li> +</ul> +</body> + +<section> +<title>Major Autotools Components</title> + +<body> +<p> +Autotools is a collection of related packages which, when used together, remove +much of the difficulty involved in creating portable software. These tools, +together with a few relatively simple upstream-supplied input files, are used to +create the build system for a package. +</p> + +<figure short="How autotools fits together" link="diagram.png"> +A basic overview of how the main autotools components fit together. +</figure> + +</body> +</section> + +</chapter> +</guide> |