C.1 aclocal

The aclocal program creates the file `aclocal.m4' by combining stock installed macros, user defined macros and the contents of `acinclude.m4' to define all of the macros required by `configure.in' in a single file. aclocal was created as a fix for some missing functionality in Autoconf, and as such we consider it a wart. In due course aclocal itself will disappear, and Autoconf will perform the same function unaided.

user input files optional input process output files ================ ============== ======= ============ acinclude.m4 - - - - -. V .-------, configure.in ------------------------>|aclocal| {user macro files} ->| |------> aclocal.m4 `-------'