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    The `automake' program can be used to generate `Makefile.in' files
 suitable for use with a `configure' script generated by `autoconf'.  As
 `automake' _requires_ `autoconf', this section will assume the use of a
 `configure' script which uses the `AM_PATH_GIMPPRINT' macro (there is
 little point in _not_ using it!).
 
    It is highly recommeded that you use GNU `autoconf' and `automake'.
 They will allow you to make your software build on most platforms with
 most compilers. `automake' makes writing complex `Makefile' files very
 easy, by expressing how to build your packages in terms of what files
 are required to build a project and the installation locations of the
 files. It imposes a few limitations over using plain `Makefile' files,
 such as in the use of conditionals, but these problems are vastly
 outweighed by the benefits it brings. It also creates many extra
 targets in the generated `Makefile.in' files such as `dist',
 `distcheck', `clean', `distclean', `maintainer-clean' and `tags', and
 there are many more more available.  GNU automake (automake)Top,
 for more information.
 
    Because `AM_PATH_GIMPPRINT' calls `AC_SUBST' to substitute
 `GIMPPRINT_CFLAGS', `GIMPPRINT_LIBS' and `GIMPPRINT_CONFIG', `automake'
 will automatically set these variables in the `Makefile.in' files it
 generates, requiring no additional effort on your part!
 
    As in previous examples, we will make a program `prog' from a file
 `prog.c'. This is how one might build write a `Makefile.am' to do this:
 
      AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = 1.4 gnu
      MAINT_CHARSET = latin1
      
      @SET_MAKE@
      
      CFLAGS = @CFLAGS@
      
      INCLUDES = @INCLUDES@ $(GIMPPRINT_CFLAGS)
      
      bin_PROGRAMS = prog
      prog_SOURCES = prog.c
      prog_LDADD = $(GIMPPRINT_LIBS)
      
      MAINTAINERCLEANFILES = Makefile.in
 
    That's all there is to it! Please note that this example also
 requires the macro `AC_PROG_MAKE_SET' to be used in `configure.in' and
 the use of `AC_SUBST' to substitute `CFLAGS' and `INCLUDES' where
 `@CFLAGS@' and `@INCLUDES@' are found in the file, respectively.
 

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