This resonates with me. I've inherited an application recently that uses autoconf. Makefile.am files generate Makefile.in, which become Makefiles, which actuall

This resonates with me. I've inherited an application recently that uses autoconf. Makefile.am files generate Makefile.in, which become Makefiles, which actually do the build. Then there's autogen.sh, configure.ac and acinclude.m4. If I want to change something in the build process, I don't have a clue where to start. The real kicker? It's a Python application, so there isn't much of a build process anyway. You can run it directly from source.