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C.2 autoheader


autoheader runs m4 over `configure.in', but with key macros defined differently than when autoconf is executed, such that suitable cpp definitions are output to `config.h.in'.

 
user input files    optional input     process          output files
================    ==============     =======          ============

                    aclocal.m4 - - - - - - - .
                    (acconfig.h) - - - -.    |
                                        V    V
                                     .----------,
configure.in ----------------------->|autoheader|----> config.h.in
                                     `----------'



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