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6 | ]> |
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8 | <sect1 id="ch-system-autoconf" role="wrap"> |
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9 | <?dbhtml filename="autoconf.html"?> |
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10 | |
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11 | <title>Autoconf-&autoconf-version;</title> |
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12 | |
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13 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf"> |
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14 | <primary sortas="a-Autoconf">Autoconf</primary> |
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15 | </indexterm> |
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16 | |
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17 | <sect2 role="package"> |
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18 | <title/> |
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19 | |
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20 | <para>The Autoconf package contains programs for producing shell scripts that |
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21 | can automatically configure source code.</para> |
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22 | |
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23 | <segmentedlist> |
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24 | <segtitle>&dependencies;</segtitle> |
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25 | |
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26 | <seglistitem> |
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27 | <seg>Bash, Coreutils, Diffutils, Grep, M4, Make, Perl, Sed, |
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28 | and Texinfo</seg> |
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29 | </seglistitem> |
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30 | </segmentedlist> |
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31 | |
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32 | </sect2> |
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33 | |
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34 | <sect2 role="installation"> |
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35 | <title>Installation of Autoconf</title> |
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36 | |
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37 | <para os="a">Prepare Autoconf for compilation:</para> |
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38 | |
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39 | <screen os="b"><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen> |
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40 | |
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41 | <para os="c">Compile the package:</para> |
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42 | |
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43 | <screen os="d"><userinput>make</userinput></screen> |
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44 | |
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45 | <para os="e">To test the results, issue: |
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46 | <userinput>make check</userinput>.</para> |
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47 | |
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48 | <para os="f">Install the package:</para> |
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49 | |
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50 | <screen os="g"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen> |
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51 | |
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52 | </sect2> |
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53 | |
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54 | <sect2 id="contents-autoconf" role="content"> |
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55 | <title>Contents of Autoconf</title> |
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56 | |
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57 | <segmentedlist> |
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58 | <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle> |
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59 | |
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60 | <seglistitem> |
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61 | <seg>autoconf, autoheader, autom4te, autoreconf, autoscan, autoupdate, |
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62 | and ifnames</seg> |
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63 | </seglistitem> |
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64 | </segmentedlist> |
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65 | |
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66 | <variablelist> |
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67 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead> |
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68 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?> |
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69 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?> |
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70 | |
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71 | <varlistentry id="autoconf"> |
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72 | <term><command>autoconf</command></term> |
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73 | <listitem> |
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74 | <para>Produces shell scripts that automatically configure software |
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75 | source code packages to adapt to many kinds of Unix-like systems. |
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76 | The configuration scripts it produces are independent—running |
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77 | them does not require the <command>autoconf</command> program.</para> |
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78 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autoconf"> |
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79 | <primary sortas="b-autoconf">autoconf</primary> |
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80 | </indexterm> |
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81 | </listitem> |
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82 | </varlistentry> |
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83 | |
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84 | <varlistentry id="autoheader"> |
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85 | <term><command>autoheader</command> </term> |
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86 | <listitem> |
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87 | <para>A tool for creating template files of C |
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88 | <emphasis>#define</emphasis> statements for configure to use</para> |
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89 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autoheader"> |
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90 | <primary sortas="b-autoheader">autoheader</primary> |
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91 | </indexterm> |
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92 | </listitem> |
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93 | </varlistentry> |
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94 | |
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95 | <varlistentry id="autom4te"> |
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96 | <term><command>autom4te</command></term> |
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97 | <listitem> |
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98 | <para>A wrapper for the M4 macro processor</para> |
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99 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autom4te"> |
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100 | <primary sortas="b-autom4te">autom4te</primary> |
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101 | </indexterm> |
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102 | </listitem> |
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103 | </varlistentry> |
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104 | |
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105 | <varlistentry id="autoreconf"> |
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106 | <term><command>autoreconf</command></term> |
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107 | <listitem> |
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108 | <para>Automatically runs <command>autoconf</command>, |
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109 | <command>autoheader</command>, <command>aclocal</command>, |
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110 | <command>automake</command>, <command>gettextize</command>, and |
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111 | <command>libtoolize</command> in the correct order to save time |
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112 | when changes are made to <command>autoconf</command> and |
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113 | <command>automake</command> template files</para> |
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114 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autoreconf"> |
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115 | <primary sortas="b-autoreconf">autoreconf</primary> |
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116 | </indexterm> |
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117 | </listitem> |
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118 | </varlistentry> |
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119 | |
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120 | <varlistentry id="autoscan"> |
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121 | <term><command>autoscan</command> </term> |
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122 | <listitem> |
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123 | <para>Helps to create a <filename>configure.in</filename> file for a |
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124 | software package; it examines the source files in a directory tree, |
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125 | searching them for common portability issues, and creates a |
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126 | <filename>configure.scan</filename> file that serves as as a |
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127 | preliminary <filename>configure.in</filename> file for the package</para> |
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128 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autoscan"> |
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129 | <primary sortas="b-autoscan">autoscan</primary> |
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130 | </indexterm> |
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131 | </listitem> |
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132 | </varlistentry> |
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133 | |
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134 | <varlistentry id="autoupdate"> |
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135 | <term><command>autoupdate</command></term> |
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136 | <listitem> |
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137 | <para>Modifies a <filename>configure.in</filename> file that still |
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138 | calls <command>autoconf</command> macros by their old names to use the |
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139 | current macro names</para> |
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140 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autoupdate"> |
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141 | <primary sortas="b-autoupdate">autoupdate</primary> |
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142 | </indexterm> |
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143 | </listitem> |
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144 | </varlistentry> |
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145 | |
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146 | <varlistentry id="ifnames"> |
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147 | <term><command>ifnames</command> </term> |
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148 | <listitem> |
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149 | <para>Helps when writing <filename>configure.in</filename> files |
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150 | for a software package; it prints the identifiers that the package |
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151 | uses in C preprocessor conditionals. If a package has already been set |
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152 | up to have some portability, this program can help determine what |
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153 | <command>configure</command> needs to check for. It can also fill in |
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154 | gaps in a <filename>configure.in</filename> file generated by |
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155 | <command>autoscan</command></para> |
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156 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf ifnames"> |
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157 | <primary sortas="b-ifnames">ifnames</primary> |
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158 | </indexterm> |
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159 | </listitem> |
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160 | </varlistentry> |
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161 | |
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162 | </variablelist> |
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163 | |
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164 | </sect2> |
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165 | |
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166 | </sect1> |
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