• Adding Autotools Features to SCons
• Generate/update needed configuration
• Guessing tests
• Compiler characteristics
• Internationalization
• Exposing the configuration
• Simplified build syntax
• Standard macros
• Caching configuration results
• Command-line options
• Enable/Disable options
• With/Without options
• Other user-defined options
• Cross-compilation
• Help text
• Untangling parameters, help, options, and configure
• Cheap environment modifications
• Re-architecture Tools