autoconf

When someone builds that same application (PHP) on Unix, they do so knowing that the OS works a certain way (generally speaking), and along with the dark magic known as autoconf, you can put the source code on nearly any Unix-variant and just build it.

MSDN Blogs GarrettS 2010

If so, does he realize he's running it when he executes "autoconf" to generate his configure script?

Fedora People 2009

A one page document that tells you exactly how to make your software translatable (with snippets for autoconf, C, Python etc and links to how it works only for those who are interested) and instructions how to confirm your application has been correctly set up.

Planning For 10.10: Growing Our Translations Community | jonobacon@home 2010

I still need to wrap my brain around autoconf, automake, etc.

stonetable.org » nautilus-wallpaper 2005

I still need to wrap my brain around autoconf, automake, etc.

stonetable.org » 2005 » October 2005

One would distribute the output from autoconf and the end-user would then run configure to generate the Makefile(s) specific to the actual platform (aix, linux, solaris, etc.) being used.

Hansen Code « Climate Audit 2007

Makefile.pre.in is one of the output files from autoconf the main being configure.

Hansen Code « Climate Audit 2007

The usage ‘Makefile.pre.in’ in the EXTENSIONS indicates that the extensions were built around autoconf.

Hansen Code « Climate Audit 2007

I also need to tackle automake/autoconf, or whatever it is that supplies./configure and such.

stonetable.org » podlet: auto-detection done 2004

I also need to tackle automake/autoconf, or whatever it is that supplies./configure and such.

stonetable.org » 2004 » October 2004