fig is a tool to manage automake projects. its a work in progress and barely does anything yet but boostrap.

gistfile1.txt

[christian@stardust ~]$ mkdir foobar
[christian@stardust ~]$ cd foobar/
[christian@stardust foobar]$ fig init --help 
Usage:
  fig init [OPTION...]

Initialize a new autotools project.

Help Options:
  -h, --help                Show help options

Application Options:
  -l, --license=gpl-3.0     The license for the project.
  -n, --name=foo            The name of the project.
  -V, --version=0.1.0       The starting version of the project.
  --gtk-doc                 Add support for gtk-doc documentation.

[christian@stardust foobar]$ fig init 
  GEN        AUTHORS
  GEN        COPYING
  GEN        Makefile.am
  GEN        NEWS
  GEN        README
  GEN        autogen.sh
  GEN        configure.ac
  GEN        .gitignore
  GEN        build/autotools/.gitignore
  GEN        build/autotools/autogen.d/git-submodule.sh
  GEN        build/autotools/automake/AutomakeDocs.mk
  GEN        build/autotools/automake/ChangeLog.mk
  GEN        build/autotools/automake/Defaults.mk
  GEN        build/autotools/autoconf.d/setup_libtool.m4
  GEN        build/autotools/autoconf.d/print_config.m4
  GEN        build/autotools/autoconf.d/20_debug.post-config
  GEN        build/autotools/autoconf.d/30_command_line_options.pre-am
  GEN        build/autotools/autoconf.d/50_ltversion.post-lt
  GEN        build/autotools/autoconf.d/50_progs.post-am
  GEN        build/autotools/autoconf.d/50_silent_rules.post-am
  GEN        build/autotools/autoconf.d/50_versions.pre-ac
  GEN        build/autotools/autoconf.d/.gitignore
  GEN        build/autotools/m4/.gitignore
  GEN        build/autotools/project_info.m4

Run ./autogen.sh to bootstrap your project.

[christian@stardust foobar]$ ./autogen.sh 
autoreconf: Entering directory `.'
autoreconf: configure.ac: not using Gettext
autoreconf: running: aclocal -I build/autotools --force -I build/autotools/m4 ${ACLOCAL_FLAGS}
autoreconf: configure.ac: tracing
autoreconf: running: libtoolize --copy --force
libtoolize: putting auxiliary files in AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR, `build/autotools'.
libtoolize: copying file `build/autotools/ltmain.sh'
libtoolize: putting macros in `build/autotools/m4'.
libtoolize: copying file `build/autotools/m4/libtool.m4'
libtoolize: copying file `build/autotools/m4/ltoptions.m4'
libtoolize: copying file `build/autotools/m4/ltsugar.m4'
libtoolize: copying file `build/autotools/m4/ltversion.m4'
libtoolize: copying file `build/autotools/m4/lt~obsolete.m4'
libtoolize: Consider adding `AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])' to configure.ac and
libtoolize: rerunning libtoolize, to keep the correct libtool macros in-tree.
autoreconf: running: /usr/bin/autoconf --include=build/autotools --force
autoreconf: running: /usr/bin/autoheader --include=build/autotools --force
autoreconf: running: automake --add-missing --copy --force-missing
build/autotools/autoconf.d/setup_libtool.m4:4: installing 'build/autotools/config.guess'
build/autotools/autoconf.d/setup_libtool.m4:4: installing 'build/autotools/config.sub'
configure.ac:23: installing 'build/autotools/install-sh'
configure.ac:23: installing 'build/autotools/missing'
autoreconf: Leaving directory `.'
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checking host system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
checking how to print strings... printf
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking for suffix of executables... 
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed
checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /usr/bin/sed
checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /usr/bin/grep
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checking if the linker (/usr/bin/ld) is GNU ld... yes
checking for BSD- or MS-compatible name lister (nm)... /usr/bin/nm -B
checking the name lister (/usr/bin/nm -B) interface... BSD nm
checking whether ln -s works... yes
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checking whether the shell understands some XSI constructs... yes
checking whether the shell understands "+="... yes
checking how to convert x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu file names to x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu format... func_convert_file_noop
checking how to convert x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu file names to toolchain format... func_convert_file_noop
checking for /usr/bin/ld option to reload object files... -r
checking for objdump... objdump
checking how to recognize dependent libraries... pass_all
checking for dlltool... dlltool
checking how to associate runtime and link libraries... printf %s\n
checking for ar... ar
checking for archiver @FILE support... @
checking for strip... strip
checking for ranlib... ranlib
checking for gawk... gawk
checking command to parse /usr/bin/nm -B output from gcc object... ok
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checking if : is a manifest tool... no
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
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checking for sys/types.h... yes
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checking for unistd.h... yes
checking for dlfcn.h... yes
checking for objdir... .libs
checking if gcc supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions... no
checking for gcc option to produce PIC... -fPIC -DPIC
checking if gcc PIC flag -fPIC -DPIC works... yes
checking if gcc static flag -static works... no
checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... yes
checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... (cached) yes
checking whether the gcc linker (/usr/bin/ld -m elf_x86_64) supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether -lc should be explicitly linked in... no
checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes
checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build static libraries... no
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /usr/bin/mkdir -p
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking for style of include used by make... GNU
checking whether make supports nested variables... yes
checking whether UID '1000' is supported by ustar format... yes
checking whether GID '1000' is supported by ustar format... yes
checking how to create a ustar tar archive... gnutar
checking dependency style of gcc... none
checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... yes
checking whether make supports nested variables... (cached) yes
checking that generated files are newer than configure... done
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating Makefile
config.status: creating config.h
config.status: executing libtool commands
config.status: executing depfiles commands

foobar configured with the following options:

  Debug ............................ : yes

Run "make" to build foobar.

[christian@stardust foobar]$ make 
make  all-am
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/christian/foobar'
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/christian/foobar'
[christian@stardust foobar]$ make distcheck 
make  dist-gzip am__post_remove_distdir='@:'
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/christian/foobar'
if test -d "foobar-0.1.0"; then find "foobar-0.1.0" -type d ! -perm -200 -exec chmod u+w {} ';' && rm -rf "foobar-0.1.0" || { sleep 5 && rm -rf "foobar-0.1.0"; }; else :; fi
test -d "foobar-0.1.0" || mkdir "foobar-0.1.0"
make  \
  top_distdir="foobar-0.1.0" distdir="foobar-0.1.0" \
  dist-hook
make[2]: Entering directory `/home/christian/foobar'
A git checkout is required to generate a ChangeLog
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/christian/foobar'
test -n "" \
|| find "foobar-0.1.0" -type d ! -perm -755 \
	-exec chmod u+rwx,go+rx {} \; -o \
  ! -type d ! -perm -444 -links 1 -exec chmod a+r {} \; -o \
  ! -type d ! -perm -400 -exec chmod a+r {} \; -o \
  ! -type d ! -perm -444 -exec /bin/sh /home/christian/foobar/build/autotools/install-sh -c -m a+r {} {} \; \
|| chmod -R a+r "foobar-0.1.0"
tardir=foobar-0.1.0 && tar --format=ustar -chf - "$tardir" | GZIP=--best gzip -c >foobar-0.1.0.tar.gz
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/christian/foobar'
if test -d "foobar-0.1.0"; then find "foobar-0.1.0" -type d ! -perm -200 -exec chmod u+w {} ';' && rm -rf "foobar-0.1.0" || { sleep 5 && rm -rf "foobar-0.1.0"; }; else :; fi
case 'foobar-0.1.0.tar.gz' in \
*.tar.gz*) \
  GZIP=--best gzip -dc foobar-0.1.0.tar.gz | tar -xf - ;;\
*.tar.bz2*) \
  bzip2 -dc foobar-0.1.0.tar.bz2 | tar -xf - ;;\
*.tar.lz*) \
  lzip -dc foobar-0.1.0.tar.lz | tar -xf - ;;\
*.tar.xz*) \
  xz -dc foobar-0.1.0.tar.xz | tar -xf - ;;\
*.tar.Z*) \
  uncompress -c foobar-0.1.0.tar.Z | tar -xf - ;;\
*.shar.gz*) \
  GZIP=--best gzip -dc foobar-0.1.0.shar.gz | unshar ;;\
*.zip*) \
  unzip foobar-0.1.0.zip ;;\
esac
chmod -R a-w foobar-0.1.0
chmod u+w foobar-0.1.0
mkdir foobar-0.1.0/_build foobar-0.1.0/_inst
chmod a-w foobar-0.1.0
test -d foobar-0.1.0/_build || exit 0; \
dc_install_base=`CDPATH="${ZSH_VERSION+.}:" && cd foobar-0.1.0/_inst && pwd | sed -e 's,^[^:\\/]:[\\/],/,'` \
  && dc_destdir="${TMPDIR-/tmp}/am-dc-$$/" \
  && am__cwd=`pwd` \
  && CDPATH="${ZSH_VERSION+.}:" && cd foobar-0.1.0/_build \
  && ../configure --srcdir=.. --prefix="$dc_install_base" \
     \
     \
  && make  \
  && make  dvi \
  && make  check \
  && make  install \
  && make  installcheck \
  && make  uninstall \
  && make  distuninstallcheck_dir="$dc_install_base" \
        distuninstallcheck \
  && chmod -R a-w "$dc_install_base" \
  && ({ \
       (cd ../.. && umask 077 && mkdir "$dc_destdir") \
       && make  DESTDIR="$dc_destdir" install \
       && make  DESTDIR="$dc_destdir" uninstall \
       && make  DESTDIR="$dc_destdir" \
            distuninstallcheck_dir="$dc_destdir" distuninstallcheck; \
      } || { rm -rf "$dc_destdir"; exit 1; }) \
  && rm -rf "$dc_destdir" \
  && make  dist \
  && rm -rf foobar-0.1.0.tar.gz \
  && make  distcleancheck \
  && cd "$am__cwd" \
  || exit 1
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checking host system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
checking how to print strings... printf
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking for suffix of executables... 
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed
checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /usr/bin/sed
checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /usr/bin/grep
checking for egrep... /usr/bin/grep -E
checking for fgrep... /usr/bin/grep -F
checking for ld used by gcc... /usr/bin/ld
checking if the linker (/usr/bin/ld) is GNU ld... yes
checking for BSD- or MS-compatible name lister (nm)... /usr/bin/nm -B
checking the name lister (/usr/bin/nm -B) interface... BSD nm
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking the maximum length of command line arguments... 1572864
checking whether the shell understands some XSI constructs... yes
checking whether the shell understands "+="... yes
checking how to convert x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu file names to x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu format... func_convert_file_noop
checking how to convert x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu file names to toolchain format... func_convert_file_noop
checking for /usr/bin/ld option to reload object files... -r
checking for objdump... objdump
checking how to recognize dependent libraries... pass_all
checking for dlltool... dlltool
checking how to associate runtime and link libraries... printf %s\n
checking for ar... ar
checking for archiver @FILE support... @
checking for strip... strip
checking for ranlib... ranlib
checking for gawk... gawk
checking command to parse /usr/bin/nm -B output from gcc object... ok
checking for sysroot... no
checking for mt... no
checking if : is a manifest tool... no
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for ANSI C header files... yes
checking for sys/types.h... yes
checking for sys/stat.h... yes
checking for stdlib.h... yes
checking for string.h... yes
checking for memory.h... yes
checking for strings.h... yes
checking for inttypes.h... yes
checking for stdint.h... yes
checking for unistd.h... yes
checking for dlfcn.h... yes
checking for objdir... .libs
checking if gcc supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions... no
checking for gcc option to produce PIC... -fPIC -DPIC
checking if gcc PIC flag -fPIC -DPIC works... yes
checking if gcc static flag -static works... no
checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... yes
checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... (cached) yes
checking whether the gcc linker (/usr/bin/ld -m elf_x86_64) supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether -lc should be explicitly linked in... no
checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes
checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build static libraries... no
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /usr/bin/mkdir -p
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking for style of include used by make... GNU
checking whether make supports nested variables... yes
checking whether UID '1000' is supported by ustar format... yes
checking whether GID '1000' is supported by ustar format... yes
checking how to create a ustar tar archive... gnutar
checking dependency style of gcc... none
checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... yes
checking whether make supports nested variables... (cached) yes
checking that generated files are newer than configure... done
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating Makefile
config.status: creating config.h
config.status: executing libtool commands
config.status: executing depfiles commands

foobar configured with the following options:

  Debug ............................ : yes

Run "make" to build foobar.

make[1]: Entering directory `/home/christian/foobar/foobar-0.1.0/_build'
make  all-am
make[2]: Entering directory `/home/christian/foobar/foobar-0.1.0/_build'
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/christian/foobar/foobar-0.1.0/_build'
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/christian/foobar/foobar-0.1.0/_build'
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/christian/foobar/foobar-0.1.0/_build'
make[1]: Nothing to be done for `dvi'.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/christian/foobar/foobar-0.1.0/_build'
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/christian/foobar/foobar-0.1.0/_build'
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/christian/foobar/foobar-0.1.0/_build'
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make[2]: Entering directory `/home/christian/foobar/foobar-0.1.0/_build'
make[2]: Nothing to be done for `install-exec-am'.
 /usr/bin/mkdir -p '/home/christian/foobar/foobar-0.1.0/_inst/share/doc/foobar'
 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 ../COPYING ../NEWS ../README '/home/christian/foobar/foobar-0.1.0/_inst/share/doc/foobar'
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/christian/foobar/foobar-0.1.0/_build'
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make[1]: Entering directory `/home/christian/foobar/foobar-0.1.0/_build'
make[1]: Nothing to be done for `installcheck'.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/christian/foobar/foobar-0.1.0/_build'
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/christian/foobar/foobar-0.1.0/_build'
 ( cd '/home/christian/foobar/foobar-0.1.0/_inst/share/doc/foobar' && rm -f COPYING NEWS README )
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/christian/foobar/foobar-0.1.0/_build'
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make[2]: Entering directory `/home/christian/foobar/foobar-0.1.0/_build'
make[2]: Nothing to be done for `install-exec-am'.
 /usr/bin/mkdir -p '/tmp/am-dc-29558//home/christian/foobar/foobar-0.1.0/_inst/share/doc/foobar'
 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 ../COPYING ../NEWS ../README '/tmp/am-dc-29558//home/christian/foobar/foobar-0.1.0/_inst/share/doc/foobar'
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/christian/foobar/foobar-0.1.0/_build'
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make[1]: Entering directory `/home/christian/foobar/foobar-0.1.0/_build'
 ( cd '/tmp/am-dc-29558//home/christian/foobar/foobar-0.1.0/_inst/share/doc/foobar' && rm -f COPYING NEWS README )
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/christian/foobar/foobar-0.1.0/_build'
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make[1]: Entering directory `/home/christian/foobar/foobar-0.1.0/_build'
make  dist-gzip am__post_remove_distdir='@:'
make[2]: Entering directory `/home/christian/foobar/foobar-0.1.0/_build'
if test -d "foobar-0.1.0"; then find "foobar-0.1.0" -type d ! -perm -200 -exec chmod u+w {} ';' && rm -rf "foobar-0.1.0" || { sleep 5 && rm -rf "foobar-0.1.0"; }; else :; fi
test -d "foobar-0.1.0" || mkdir "foobar-0.1.0"
make  \
  top_distdir="foobar-0.1.0" distdir="foobar-0.1.0" \
  dist-hook
make[3]: Entering directory `/home/christian/foobar/foobar-0.1.0/_build'
A git checkout is required to generate a ChangeLog
make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/christian/foobar/foobar-0.1.0/_build'
test -n "" \
|| find "foobar-0.1.0" -type d ! -perm -755 \
	-exec chmod u+rwx,go+rx {} \; -o \
  ! -type d ! -perm -444 -links 1 -exec chmod a+r {} \; -o \
  ! -type d ! -perm -400 -exec chmod a+r {} \; -o \
  ! -type d ! -perm -444 -exec /bin/sh /home/christian/foobar/foobar-0.1.0/build/autotools/install-sh -c -m a+r {} {} \; \
|| chmod -R a+r "foobar-0.1.0"
tardir=foobar-0.1.0 && tar --format=ustar -chf - "$tardir" | GZIP=--best gzip -c >foobar-0.1.0.tar.gz
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/christian/foobar/foobar-0.1.0/_build'
if test -d "foobar-0.1.0"; then find "foobar-0.1.0" -type d ! -perm -200 -exec chmod u+w {} ';' && rm -rf "foobar-0.1.0" || { sleep 5 && rm -rf "foobar-0.1.0"; }; else :; fi
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/christian/foobar/foobar-0.1.0/_build'
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test -z "" || rm -f 
rm -rf .libs _libs
rm -f *.lo
test -z "" || rm -f 
test . = ".." || test -z "" || rm -f 
test -z "" || rm -f 
rm -f config.h stamp-h1
rm -f libtool config.lt
rm -f TAGS ID GTAGS GRTAGS GSYMS GPATH tags
rm -f cscope.out cscope.in.out cscope.po.out cscope.files
rm -f config.status config.cache config.log configure.lineno config.status.lineno
rm -f Makefile
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/christian/foobar/foobar-0.1.0/_build'
if test -d "foobar-0.1.0"; then find "foobar-0.1.0" -type d ! -perm -200 -exec chmod u+w {} ';' && rm -rf "foobar-0.1.0" || { sleep 5 && rm -rf "foobar-0.1.0"; }; else :; fi
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foobar-0.1.0 archives ready for distribution: 
foobar-0.1.0.tar.gz
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