Autotools (autoconf, automake,
and libtool) bring standardization.
This class defines a set of tasks (configure, compile etc.) that
work for all Autotooled packages.
It should usually be enough to define a few standard variables
and then simply inherit autotools.
This class can also work with software that emulates Autotools.
For more information, see the
"Autotooled Package"
section in the Yocto Project Development Manual.
It's useful to have some idea of how the tasks defined by this class work and what they do behind the scenes.
do_configure ‐ regenerates the
configure script (using autoreconf) and then launches it
with a standard set of arguments used during cross-compilation.
You can pass additional parameters to configure through the
EXTRA_OECONF variable.
do_compile ‐ runs make with
arguments that specify the compiler and linker.
You can pass additional arguments through
the EXTRA_OEMAKE variable.
do_install ‐ runs make install
and passes a DESTDIR option, which takes its value from the standard
DESTDIR variable.