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4 Initialization and Output Files

Autoconf-generated configure scripts need some information about how to initialize, such as how to find the package’s source files and about the output files to produce. The following sections describe the initialization and the creation of output files.

• Initializing configure
• Dealing with Autoconf versions
• Notices in configure
• Configure Input: Source Code, Macros, and Auxiliary Files
• Outputting Files
• Performing Configuration Actions
• Creating Configuration Files
• Substitutions in Makefiles
• Configuration Header Files
• Running Arbitrary Configuration Commands
• Creating Configuration Links
• Configuring Other Packages in Subdirectories
• Default Prefix