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5.1 KiB
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146 lines
5.1 KiB
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
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<!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
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<!ENTITY % patches-entities SYSTEM "../patches.ent">
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%general-entities;
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%patches-entities;
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]>
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<sect1 id="ch-system-autoconf" role="wrap">
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<title>Autoconf-&autoconf-version;</title>
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<?dbhtml filename="autoconf.html"?>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf"><primary sortas="a-Autoconf">Autoconf</primary></indexterm>
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<sect2 role="package"><title/>
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<para>The Autoconf package contains programs for producing shell scripts that
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can automatically configure source code.</para>
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<segmentedlist>
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<segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
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<segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
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<seglistitem><seg>0.5 SBU</seg><seg>8.5 MB</seg></seglistitem>
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</segmentedlist>
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<segmentedlist>
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<segtitle>&dependencies;</segtitle>
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<seglistitem><seg>Bash, Coreutils, Diffutils, Grep,
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M4, Make, Perl, and Sed</seg></seglistitem>
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</segmentedlist>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 role="installation">
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<title>Installation of Autoconf</title>
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<para>Prepare Autoconf for compilation:</para>
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<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen>
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<para>Compile the package:</para>
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<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
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<para>To test the results, issue:
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<userinput>make check</userinput>. This takes a long time, about 2 SBUs.</para>
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<para>Install the package:</para>
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<screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="contents-autoconf" role="content"><title>Contents of Autoconf</title>
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<segmentedlist>
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<segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
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<seglistitem><seg>autoconf, autoheader, autom4te,
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autoreconf, autoscan, autoupdate, and ifnames</seg></seglistitem>
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</segmentedlist>
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<variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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<?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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<varlistentry id="autoconf">
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<term><command>autoconf</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Produces shell scripts that automatically
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configure software source code packages to adapt to many kinds of
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Unix-like systems. The configuration scripts it produces are
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independent—running them does not require the <command>autoconf</command> program.</para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autoconf"><primary sortas="b-autoconf">autoconf</primary></indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="autoheader">
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<term><command>autoheader</command> </term>
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<listitem>
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<para>A tool for creating template files of C
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<emphasis>#define</emphasis> statements for configure to use</para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autoheader"><primary sortas="b-autoheader">autoheader</primary></indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="autom4te">
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<term><command>autom4te</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>A wrapper for the M4 macro processor</para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autom4te"><primary sortas="b-autom4te">autom4te</primary></indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="autoreconf">
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<term><command>autoreconf</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Automatically runs <command>autoconf</command>,
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<command>autoheader</command>, <command>aclocal</command>,
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<command>automake</command>, <command>gettextize</command>, and
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<command>libtoolize</command> in the correct order to save time
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when changes are made to <command>autoconf</command> and
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<command>automake</command> template files</para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autoreconf"><primary sortas="b-autoreconf">autoreconf</primary></indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="autoscan">
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<term><command>autoscan</command> </term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Helps to create a <filename>configure.in</filename> file for a
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software package; it examines the source files in a directory tree,
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searching them for common portability issues, and creates a
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<filename>configure.scan</filename> file that serves as as a
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preliminary <filename>configure.in</filename> file for the
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package</para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autoscan"><primary sortas="b-autoscan">autoscan</primary></indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="autoupdate">
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<term><command>autoupdate</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Modifies a <filename>configure.in</filename> file that still
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calls <command>autoconf</command> macros by their old names to use the
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current macro names</para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autoupdate"><primary sortas="b-autoupdate">autoupdate</primary></indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="ifnames">
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<term><command>ifnames</command> </term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Helps when writing <filename>configure.in</filename> files
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for a software package; it prints the identifiers that the package
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uses in C preprocessor conditionals. If a package has already been set
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up to have some portability, this program can help determine what
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<command>configure</command> needs to check for. It can also fill in
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gaps in a <filename>configure.in</filename> file generated by
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<command>autoscan</command></para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf ifnames"><primary sortas="b-ifnames">ifnames</primary></indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</sect2>
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</sect1>
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