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Directory autoconf-for-vms

Autoconf for VMS -- generate automatic software configuration scripts
	     	    from templates (adapted for use under VMS)

Autoconf for VMS is an extensible package of m4 macros that produce
command procedure scripts to automatically configure software source
code packages.  These scripts can adapt the packages to various VMS
systems without manual user intervention.  Autoconf for VMS creates a
configuration script for a package from a template file that lists the
operating system features that the package can use, in the form of m4
macro calls.

Autoconf for VMS requires GNU m4.  The configuration scripts produced
by Autoconf are independent of Autoconf when they are run, so their
users do not need to have Autoconf (or GNU m4).

The file INSTALL.VMS can be distributed with packages that use scripts
generated by Autoconf for VMS and suitably-conformant DESCRIP.MMS or
Makefiles.  The package's README can just give an overview of the
package, where to report bugs, and a pointer to INSTALL.VMS for
instructions on compilation and installation.  This removes the need to
maintain many similar sets of installation instructions.

The file `acconfig.h' contains short descriptions of the C preprocessor
variables that Autoconf can define, suitable for copying into other
packages' configuration headers or Makefile.in files.  You can use the
program `autoheader' to automatically create a configuration header
from a `configure.com_in', based on the information in `acconfig.h'.

Mail suggestions and bug reports for Autoconf for VMS to
bug-autoconf-for-vms@glug.org.  Please include the Autoconf for VMS
version number, which you can get by running "autoconf --version".