manuals: correct and improve descriptions of Autotools

(From yocto-docs rev: c7cb693673566ec12b95c568945b514ed0e18522)

Signed-off-by: Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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Michael Opdenacker
2022-04-25 19:32:13 +02:00
committed by Richard Purdie
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@@ -109,10 +109,10 @@ Classes
Class files (``.bbclass``) contain information that is useful to share
between recipes files. An example is the
:ref:`autotools <ref-classes-autotools>` class,
which contains common settings for any application that Autotools uses.
The ":ref:`ref-manual/classes:Classes`" chapter in the
Yocto Project Reference Manual provides details about classes and how to
use them.
which contains common settings for any application that is built with
the `GNU Autotools <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Autotools>`__.
The ":ref:`ref-manual/classes:Classes`" chapter in the Yocto Project
Reference Manual provides details about classes and how to use them.
Configurations
--------------

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@@ -78,7 +78,8 @@ about the variable flags (varflags) that help control archive creation.
``autotools*.bbclass``
======================
The ``autotools*`` classes support Autotooled packages.
The ``autotools*`` classes support packages built with the
`GNU Autotools <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Autotools>`__.
The ``autoconf``, ``automake``, and ``libtool`` packages bring
standardization. This class defines a set of tasks (e.g. ``configure``,