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Stevebroshar (talk | contribs) autotools is way more common term that gnu build system |
Stevebroshar (talk | contribs) The diagram of autotools is only loosely related to this article (a configure script can be created/used without using autotools) |
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{{Short description|Shell script for generating build configuration files on a Unix-like environment}}
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When installing a package on a [[Unix]] or [[Unix-like]] environment, a '''configure script''' is a [[shell script]] that generates [[software build|build]] configuration files for a [[codebase]] to facilitate cross-platform support. It generates files tailoring for the host system {{endash}} the environment on which the codebase is built and run.
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