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      Autotools target type.
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    <credit type="author">
      <name>Sébastien Granjoux</name>
      <email>seb.sfo@free.fr</email>
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  <title>Autotools project type</title>

  <p>There are different types of target available.</p>

  <terms>
    <item>
      <title>Shared Library (Libtool)</title>
      <p>It represents a library shared by several programs which is linked
      at run time. It is the most common kind of libraries on Linux.
      It is called dynamic link library on Windows.</p>
      <p>It uses the Libtool package. Its name must start with 'lib'
      and has the '.la' extension.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Module (Libtool)</title>
      <p>It represents a library, often named a plugin, linked at run time
      explicitly by the program itself.
      It is used to only load the code corresponding to the used features.</p>
      <p>It uses the Libtool package. Its name does not need the 'lib'
      prefix but must have the '.la' extension.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Static Library (Libtool)</title>
      <p>It represents a library linked with the program at compile time.
      Only the function used are kept inside the generated executable.</p>
      <p>It uses the Libtool package. Its name must start with 'lib'
      and has the '.a' extension.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Program</title>
      <p>It represents compiled program by example from C source files.
      All children represent the source files compiled to generate the
      program.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Python module</title>
      <p>It represents a program written in Python.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Java module</title>
      <p>It represents a program written in Java.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>LISP module</title>
      <p>It represents a program written in LISP.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Header files</title>
      <p>This target allows you to group header files and define where they
      have to be installed.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Man documentation</title>
      <p>It groups man pages needed by the project.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Info documentation</title>
      <p>It groups info page needed by the project.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Miscellaneous Data</title>
      <p>It groups data files which needed by the project like pictures,
      ui description, settings files...</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Script</title>
      <p>It represents program those are scripts. Those scripts are only
      installed in the specified directory. If scripts are generated
      additional rules are needed.</p>
    </item>
  </terms>

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