Autoconf, Automake, and Libtool: Introducing Makefiles

| # 4. Introducing ``Makefile'`s A ``Makefile'` is a specification of dependencies between files and how to resolve those dependencies such that an overall goal, known as a target, can be reached. ``Makefile'`s are processed by the `make` utility. Other references describe the syntax of ``Makefile'`s and the various implementations of `make` in detail. This chapter provides an overview into ``Makefile'`s and gives just enough information to write custom rules in a ``Makefile.am'` (see section 7. Introducing GNU Automake) or ``Makefile.in'`.

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