<Software, tool> The GNU project' S tool that configureS a Source code diStribution to compile and run on a different platform. Among open SourcehackerS, 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, automake, and libtoolS have been the Standard way to make a diStribution portable So that it can be built on multiple operating SyStemS without change. (2002-09-20)