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The raw portfile for automake17 1.7.9 is located here:
http://automake17.darwinports.com/dports/devel/automake17/Portfile
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The automake17 Portfile 50984 2009-05-14 21:08:43Z and.damore macports.org $

PortSystem 1.0
Name: automake17
Version: 1.7.9
Revision: 1
Category: devel
Maintainers: gmail.com:springer.jonathan
Description: the gnu automake utility for generating Makefile.in
Platform: darwin freebsd
Long Description: Automake is a tool for automatically generating Makefile.in files from files called Makefile.am. Each Makefile.am is basically a series of make variable definitions, with rules being thrown in occasionally. The generated Makefile.in files are compliant with the GNU Makefile standards. This is the compatibility version 1.7.x.

Homepage: http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/
Master Sites: gnu:automake
distname automake-${version}
Checksums: sha1 da96734fa972a22cfbc4118dcd222871272e4d96
use_bzip2 yes

Patch Files: patch-Makefile.in

depends_build port:autoconf
depends_lib bin:perl:perl5

post-extract {
file rename ${worksrcpath}/automake.info ${worksrcpath}/automake-1.7.info
}

configure.args --program-suffix=-17 --infodir=${prefix}/share/info

test.run yes
test.target check

post-destroot {
xinstall -m 755 -d ${destroot}${prefix}/share/doc/${name}
xinstall -m 644 -W ${worksrcpath} AUTHORS COPYING ChangeLog ChangeLog.00 ChangeLog.01 ChangeLog.96 ChangeLog.98 INSTALL NEWS README TODO THANKS ${destroot}${prefix}/share/doc/${name}
}

If you haven't already installed Darwin Ports, you can find easy instructions for doing so at the main Darwin Ports page.
Once Darwin Ports has been installed, in a terminal window and while online, type the following and hit return:

%  cd /opt/local/bin/portslocation/dports/automake17
%  sudo port install automake17  
Password: 

You will then be prompted for your root password, which you should enter. You may have to wait for a few minutes while the software is retrieved from the network and installed for you. Y ou should see something that looks similar to:

--->  Fetching automake17
--->  Verifying checksum for automake17
--->  Extracting automake17
--->  Configuring automake17
--->  Building automake17 with target all

--->  Staging automake17 into destroot

--->  Installing automake17

- Make sure that you do not close the terminal window while Darwin Ports is working. Once the software has been installed, you can find further information about using automake17 with these commands:

%  man automake17
%  apropos automake17
%  which automake17
%  locate automake17

 Where to find more information: