Category "autotools"

What's the difference between these 2 pieces of Makefile.am code?

I am completely new to using autotools so it might be a dumb question but I'll try anyway. I have two pieces of Makefile.am. Except one is working fine and the

".am.in" ? Is it okay to write ".in" without generating it?

Simply put, I ran upon a "buildconf.py.am.in" file inside the project we're developing at work. Not really expert in autotools (I had to learn them for this job

How to configure a non-standard linker for an autotooled build?

I wanted to configure an autotooled project to invoke a non-standard linker (the gold linker), using the stock autotools of Linux Mint 16/Ubuntu 13.10 I belie