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autoconf

(software, tool)
The GNU project's tool that configures a source code distribution to compile and run on a different platform.

Among open source hackers, a mere running binary of a program is not considered a full release; what's interesting is a source tree that can be built into binaries using standard tools. Since the mid-1990s, autoconf, automake, and libtools have been the standard way to make a distribution portable so that it can be built on multiple operating systems without change.
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Qualitative Comparison of ID Based and current auto-configuration protocols ATTRIBUTE PROPOSED ID BASED IP BASED AUTOCONF AUTOCONF PROTOCOL PROTOCOLS IP Address Does not suffer from IP Suffer from IP address conflicts address conflicts due to conflicts of varying privately managed IP degrees especially during address maps.
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Autotools; a practitioner's guide to GNU Autoconf, Automake, and Libtool.
Autotools; a practitioner's guide to GNU Autoconf, Automake, and Libtool
"Autotools: A Practitioner's Guide to GNU Autoconf, Automake, and Libtool" is a guide to the finer use of the titular tools and how to use it to make more useful and more successful software for greater and more efficient use.
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