Re: autoreconf vs autogen.sh

[Ralf Wildenhues]

Hello David,

* David Bruce wrote on Sat, Aug 25, 2007 at 02:33:21AM CEST:
> 
> I've inherited an autotools-using project and am trying to learn more about 
> autoconf and automake.

These may help for a general introduction:
<http://www-src.lip6.fr/homepages/Alexandre.Duret-Lutz/autotools.html>
<http://sources.redhat.com/automake/automake.html#Autotools-Introduction>

> The project has used the following brief autogen.sh:
>
> aclocal && autoheader && autoconf && automake --add-missing --copy
> 
> Is there any reason I can't just use autoreconf, which I understand is 
> supposed to fill this role?

autoreconf should be fine to use in this case, with any non-ancient
Autoconf (version 2.50 or newer).  

Cheers,
Ralf