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+<sect2>
+<title>Contents</title>
+
+<para>
+The Automake package contains the aclocal and automake programs
+</para>
+
+</sect2>
+
+<sect2><title>Description</title>
+
+<sect3><title>aclocal</title>
+
+<para>
+Automake includes a number of Autoconf macros which can be used in
+your package; some of them are actually required by Automake in certain
+situations. These macros must be defined in your aclocal.m4;
+otherwise they will not be seen by autoconf.
+</para>
+
+<para>
+The aclocal program will automatically generate aclocal.m4 files
+based on the contents of configure.in.  This provides a convenient
+way to get Automake-provided macros, without having to search around.
+Also, the aclocal mechanism is extensible for use by other packages.
+</para>
+
+</sect3>
+
+<sect3><title>automake</title>
+
+<para>
+To create all the Makefile.in's for a package, run the automake
+program in the top level directory, with no arguments.  automake will
+automatically find each appropriate Makefile.am (by scanning
+configure.in) and generate the corresponding Makefile.in.
+</para>
+
+</sect3>
+
+</sect2>
+