Autoconfiscate

2 definitions found

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  autoconfiscate [originally from Cygnus Solutions, later Red Hat
     Software] To set up or modify a source-code {distribution} so that it
     configures and builds using the GNU project's autoconf/automake/libtools
     suite. Among open-source hackers, a mere running binary of a program is
     not considered a full release; what's interesting is a source tree that
     can be built into binaries using standard tools. Since the mid-1990s,


     autoconf and friends been the standard way to adapt a distribution for
     portability so that it casn be built on multiple operating systems
     without change.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  autoconfiscate
       
           A term coined by Noah Friedman meaning to
          set up or modify a {source-code} distribution so that it
          configures and builds using the {GNU project}'s
          {autoconf}/automake/libtools suite.
       
          (2002-09-20)