On Fri, 2013-05-24 at 08:26 -0700, Jordan H. wrote: > Right. I understand that much. My question is about autoconf (sorry > about saying auto*make*). I see a lot of macros that tutorial authors > use for which I don't see any documentation.
Well it depends on the macro. The one you mentioned by name in your email is AC_CHECK_LIB, and that's defined in the autoconf manual (along with all the other AC_ macros), which is why I suggested it: http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/manual/autoconf-2.69/html_node/Existing-Tests.html http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/manual/autoconf-2.69/html_node/Libraries.html#Libraries Those are the ones autoconf provides by default. Other macros might have been created specifically for a given project; they will be contained in files in that project directory. Other macros might be defined by other 3rdparty software you are trying to work with (texinfo, various libraries, etc.) Those will be defined by those packages.