What are Makefile.am and Makefile.in?
Makefile.am is a programmer-defined file and is used by automake to generate the Makefile.in file (the .am stands for automake). The configure script typically seen in source tarballs will use the Makefile.in to generate a Makefile. The configure script itself is generated from a programmer-defined file named either configure.ac or configure.in (deprecated). I prefer .ac … Read more