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README.autogen

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+a u t o g e n . s h
+"also known as buildconf"
+http://buildconf.brlcad.org
+
+
+INTRODUCTION
+============
+
+The autogen.sh script provides automatic build system preparation for
+projects that use the GNU Autotools build system.  In brief, the
+script is a drop-in replacement for running 'autoreconf' while
+detecting and cleanly reporting on a variety of common configuration
+issues.
+
+The script does a lot more than 'autoreconf' can, though, accounting
+for a lot of common issues, bugs, and misconfiguration problems that
+would otherwise be problems passed on to your users.  Unlike the
+philosophy of some of the GNU developers, the autogen.sh script helps
+make things "just work" a little better without imposing unnecessary
+burden on your users.
+
+
+INSTALLING
+==========
+
+To install the script, simply copy the script into your source
+repository and run it:
+
+sh autogen.sh
+
+
+RUNNING
+=======
+
+The AUTORECONF, AUTOCONF, AUTOMAKE, LIBTOOLIZE, ACLOCAL, AUTOHEADER
+environment variables and corresponding _OPTIONS variables (e.g.
+AUTORECONF_OPTIONS) may be used to override the default automatic
+detection behaviors.  Similarly the _VERSION variables will override
+the minimum required version numbers.  Otherwise, you can edit the
+script directly to set minimum version numbers.
+
+Examples:
+
+  To obtain help on usage:
+    ./autogen.sh --help
+
+  To obtain verbose output:
+    ./autogen.sh --verbose
+
+  To skip autoreconf and prepare manually:
+    AUTORECONF=false ./autogen.sh
+
+  To verbosely try running with an older (unsupported) autoconf:
+    AUTOCONF_VERSION=2.50 ./autogen.sh --verbose
+
+
+CONTACT
+=======
+
+Author:
+Christopher Sean Morrison <morrison@brlcad.org>
+
+Patches:
+Sebastian Pipping <sebastian@pipping.org>
+
+The autogen.sh script is distributed under the terms of a standard
+3-clause BSD-style license.  See the script for the exact language.