The autoconf development tool creates a configure script from the configure.ac file.
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External Links
[http://vindaci.members.sonic.net/cbreak/projects/autotools/ Autotools Tutorial For Beginners (by Mark Kim)]
[http://www.galassi.org/mark//mydocs/autoconf_tutorial_toc.html Mark Galassi's Autoconf Tutorial]