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1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN"
3 "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
4 <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
5 <!ENTITY % patches-entities SYSTEM "../../patches.ent">
6 %general-entities;
7 %patches-entities;
8]>
9
10<sect1 id="ch-system-autoconf" role="wrap">
11 <?dbhtml filename="autoconf.html"?>
12
13 <title>Autoconf-&autoconf-version;</title>
14
15 <indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf">
16 <primary sortas="a-Autoconf">Autoconf</primary>
17 </indexterm>
18
19 <sect2 role="package">
20 <title/>
21
22 <para>The Autoconf package contains programs for producing shell scripts that
23 can automatically configure source code.</para>
24
25 <segmentedlist>
26 <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
27 <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
28
29 <seglistitem>
30 <seg>Not checked yet</seg>
31 <seg>Not checked yet</seg>
32 </seglistitem>
33 </segmentedlist>
34
35 <segmentedlist>
36 <segtitle>&dependencies;</segtitle>
37
38 <seglistitem>
39 <seg>Bash, Coreutils, Diffutils, Grep, M4, Make, Perl, and Sed</seg>
40 </seglistitem>
41 </segmentedlist>
42
43 </sect2>
44
45 <sect2 role="installation">
46 <title>Installation of Autoconf</title>
47
48 <para os="a">Prepare Autoconf for compilation:</para>
49
50<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen>
51
52 <para os="b">Compile the package:</para>
53
54<screen os="c"><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
55
56 <para os="d">To test the results, issue: <userinput>make check</userinput>.
57 This takes a long time, about 2 SBUs.</para>
58
59 <para os="e">Install the package:</para>
60
61<screen os="f"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
62
63 </sect2>
64
65 <sect2 id="contents-autoconf" role="content">
66 <title>Contents of Autoconf</title>
67
68 <segmentedlist>
69 <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
70
71 <seglistitem>
72 <seg>autoconf, autoheader, autom4te, autoreconf, autoscan, autoupdate,
73 and ifnames</seg>
74 </seglistitem>
75 </segmentedlist>
76
77 <variablelist>
78 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
79 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
80 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
81
82 <varlistentry id="autoconf">
83 <term><command>autoconf</command></term>
84 <listitem>
85 <para>Produces shell scripts that automatically configure software
86 source code packages to adapt to many kinds of Unix-like systems.
87 The configuration scripts it produces are independent&mdash;running
88 them does not require the <command>autoconf</command> program.</para>
89 <indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autoconf">
90 <primary sortas="b-autoconf">autoconf</primary>
91 </indexterm>
92 </listitem>
93 </varlistentry>
94
95 <varlistentry id="autoheader">
96 <term><command>autoheader</command> </term>
97 <listitem>
98 <para>A tool for creating template files of C
99 <emphasis>#define</emphasis> statements for configure to use</para>
100 <indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autoheader">
101 <primary sortas="b-autoheader">autoheader</primary>
102 </indexterm>
103 </listitem>
104 </varlistentry>
105
106 <varlistentry id="autom4te">
107 <term><command>autom4te</command></term>
108 <listitem>
109 <para>A wrapper for the M4 macro processor</para>
110 <indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autom4te">
111 <primary sortas="b-autom4te">autom4te</primary>
112 </indexterm>
113 </listitem>
114 </varlistentry>
115
116 <varlistentry id="autoreconf">
117 <term><command>autoreconf</command></term>
118 <listitem>
119 <para>Automatically runs <command>autoconf</command>,
120 <command>autoheader</command>, <command>aclocal</command>,
121 <command>automake</command>, <command>gettextize</command>, and
122 <command>libtoolize</command> in the correct order to save time
123 when changes are made to <command>autoconf</command> and
124 <command>automake</command> template files</para>
125 <indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autoreconf">
126 <primary sortas="b-autoreconf">autoreconf</primary>
127 </indexterm>
128 </listitem>
129 </varlistentry>
130
131 <varlistentry id="autoscan">
132 <term><command>autoscan</command> </term>
133 <listitem>
134 <para>Helps to create a <filename>configure.in</filename> file for a
135 software package; it examines the source files in a directory tree,
136 searching them for common portability issues, and creates a
137 <filename>configure.scan</filename> file that serves as as a
138 preliminary <filename>configure.in</filename> file for the package</para>
139 <indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autoscan">
140 <primary sortas="b-autoscan">autoscan</primary>
141 </indexterm>
142 </listitem>
143 </varlistentry>
144
145 <varlistentry id="autoupdate">
146 <term><command>autoupdate</command></term>
147 <listitem>
148 <para>Modifies a <filename>configure.in</filename> file that still
149 calls <command>autoconf</command> macros by their old names to use the
150 current macro names</para>
151 <indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autoupdate">
152 <primary sortas="b-autoupdate">autoupdate</primary>
153 </indexterm>
154 </listitem>
155 </varlistentry>
156
157 <varlistentry id="ifnames">
158 <term><command>ifnames</command> </term>
159 <listitem>
160 <para>Helps when writing <filename>configure.in</filename> files
161 for a software package; it prints the identifiers that the package
162 uses in C preprocessor conditionals. If a package has already been set
163 up to have some portability, this program can help determine what
164 <command>configure</command> needs to check for. It can also fill in
165 gaps in a <filename>configure.in</filename> file generated by
166 <command>autoscan</command></para>
167 <indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf ifnames">
168 <primary sortas="b-ifnames">ifnames</primary>
169 </indexterm>
170 </listitem>
171 </varlistentry>
172
173 </variablelist>
174
175 </sect2>
176
177</sect1>
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