discuss: Thread: Gnu Auto tools mini-HOWTO ?

Hello,

as a software engineer in a science lab I get more and more requests
about the use of the Gnu Auto tools (autoconf, automake, libtoolize...).

I am aware that both on-line manuals and books already are devoted to
the subject, but I didn't find any short (let's say under 15-20 pages)
practical intro. So I'm wondering if it would be worthwile to try to put
together a mini-HOWTO targeting novice developers and taking a practical
approach of building a software project using the Gnu Auto tools ?

Feel free to let me know if such a document already exists, or if it
would be interesting enough to be part of  the LDP.

Mark

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hi

ya.it would be a good effort if you manage to contain
the complexity of these tools in a few pages. that
would make it appealing to newbies

the gnu toolchain is an important piece of software.
many developers reinvent the wheel without realising
that such stuff already exists.

if you can write docs that would encourage more people
to adopt it would definitely be an important things to
do

regard
rahul sundaram

 --- Hoebeke Mark ####@####.#### wrote: >
Hello,
> 
> as a software engineer in a science lab I get more
> and more requests
> about the use of the Gnu Auto tools (autoconf,
> automake, libtoolize...).
> 
> I am aware that both on-line manuals and books
> already are devoted to
> the subject, but I didn't find any short (let's say
> under 15-20 pages)
> practical intro. So I'm wondering if it would be
> worthwile to try to put
> together a mini-HOWTO targeting novice developers
> and taking a practical
> approach of building a software project using the
> Gnu Auto tools ?
> 
> Feel free to let me know if such a document already
> exists, or if it
> would be interesting enough to be part of  the LDP.
> 
> Mark
> 
> -- 
>
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>            Unité MIG
> +33 (0)1 60 87 38 03                   Tél.         
> +33 (0)1 34 65 28 85
> +33 (0)1 60 87 38 09                   Fax.         
> +33 (0)1 34 65 29 01
> Tour Evry 2, 523 pl. des Terrasses              INRA
> - Domaine de Vilvert
> F - 91000 Evry                              F -
> 78352 Jouy-en-Josas CEDEX
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This one time, at band camp, Hoebeke Mark ####@####.#### wrote:
> I am aware that both on-line manuals and books already are devoted to
> the subject, but I didn't find any short (let's say under 15-20 pages)
> practical intro. So I'm wondering if it would be worthwile to try to put
> together a mini-HOWTO targeting novice developers and taking a practical
> approach of building a software project using the Gnu Auto tools ?

Please write it! I find all the books and available documentation out 
there is absolutely horrible, and the only way I've been able to 
semi-learn the autotools and write my own Makefile.am's and 
configure.ac's has been by looking at and copying others.

Morgon
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in The End of Evangelion

On Wed, Jul 23, 2003 at 02:17:13PM +0200, Hoebeke Mark wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> as a software engineer in a science lab I get more and more requests
> about the use of the Gnu Auto tools (autoconf, automake, libtoolize...).
> 
> I am aware that both on-line manuals and books already are devoted to
> the subject, but I didn't find any short (let's say under 15-20 pages)
> practical intro. So I'm wondering if it would be worthwile to try to put
> together a mini-HOWTO targeting novice developers and taking a practical
> approach of building a software project using the Gnu Auto tools ?
> 
> Feel free to let me know if such a document already exists, or if it
> would be interesting enough to be part of  the LDP.

As far as I know, no such exists. Please do write it. The doc I've
seen seems to be written for people who already know what they are
doing, a classic computer documentation failing.

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