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-Autodist
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-The Autodist is a source distribution management system that allows
-powerful mechanisms to define what is included in and excluded from a
-distribution, and what license the distribution is released under. It is
-also used to create the actual distribution source packages. Autodist
-allows distribution management in file, directory and file content level.
-Different distributions may include different portions of files, for
-example, excluding certain features from certain distributions. It is
-always guaranteed that anything not defined for the distribution, is
-removed automatically (files, file content, directories), thus ensuring
-that nothing is accidentally included in the distribution.
-
-Autodist is closely related to the Autoconf and Automake tools, and
-complements the features Autoconf and Automake provides. It is especially
-targeted into circumstances where multiple distributions are created from
-one source tree. The Autoconf and Automake environment is mainly designed
-for one application per one source tree situations. Autodist provides
-mechanisms to create all kinds of distributions that can be created from
-one source tree. To be able to use Autodist, the Autoconf and Automake
-must be installed into the system.
-
-The motivation behind Autodist stems from need to be able to create
-multiple distributions from one large source tree in a precise and
-controllable manner. The Autoconf and Automake provides mere basic
-control what is included in and excluded from distributions and how the
-distributions are created. They also do not provide mechanism to define
-different licensing conditions for different distributions, or changing
-the license automatically for different user or customer purposes. Many
-large software projects, companies and corporations have commonly been
-using Autoconf and Automake tools, but have had the need to create their
-own ad-hoc mechanisms to control distribution creation. The Autodist
-attempts to provide a tool that any size software project or company can
-effectively use to manage their distributions.
-
-Autodist is not a binary packaging system. It is specificly used to
-create source distributions. A binary packaging system, however can be
-hooked to the distribution creation process, if needed.
-
-Read the INSTALL file on how to install the Autodist. Refer info pages
-for Autodist documentation by giving 'info autodist'. Mail suggestions
-and/or patches to autodist@silcnet.org, and bugs to
-autodist-bugs@silcnet.org. Please, always include the Autodist version
-number to your email. Give 'autodist --version' to get version.
-
-Autodist was originally written for the SILC Project (Secure Internet Live
-Conferencing), which needed controlled mechanism to create several
-distinct distributions from one source tree.
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