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Last change on this file since de64be35 was 61ad0b7f, checked in by Chris Staub <chris@…>, 15 years ago

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1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
3 "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
4 <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
5 %general-entities;
6]>
7
8<sect1 id="ch-system-autoconf" role="wrap">
9 <?dbhtml filename="autoconf.html"?>
10
11 <title>Autoconf-&autoconf-version;</title>
12
13 <indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf">
14 <primary sortas="a-Autoconf">Autoconf</primary>
15 </indexterm>
16
17 <sect2 role="package">
18 <title/>
19
20 <para>The Autoconf package contains programs for producing shell scripts that
21 can automatically configure source code.</para>
22
23 </sect2>
24
25 <sect2 role="installation">
26 <title>Installation of Autoconf</title>
27
28 <para os="a">Prepare Autoconf for compilation:</para>
29
30<screen os="b"><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen>
31
32 <para os="c">Compile the package:</para>
33
34<screen os="d"><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
35
36 <para os="e">To test the results, issue:
37 <userinput>make check VERBOSE=yes</userinput>. 17 tests are skipped that use
38 Automake and different GCC languages. For full test coverage, Autoconf can
39 be re-tested after Automake has been installed.</para>
40
41 <para os="f">Install the package:</para>
42
43<screen os="g"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
44
45 </sect2>
46
47 <sect2 id="contents-autoconf" role="content">
48 <title>Contents of Autoconf</title>
49
50 <segmentedlist>
51 <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
52 <segtitle>Installed directory</segtitle>
53
54 <seglistitem>
55 <seg>autoconf, autoheader, autom4te, autoreconf, autoscan, autoupdate,
56 and ifnames</seg>
57 <seg>/usr/share/autoconf</seg>
58 </seglistitem>
59 </segmentedlist>
60
61 <variablelist>
62 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
63 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
64 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
65
66 <varlistentry id="autoconf">
67 <term><command>autoconf</command></term>
68 <listitem>
69 <para>Produces shell scripts that automatically configure software
70 source code packages to adapt to many kinds of Unix-like systems.
71 The configuration scripts it produces are independent&mdash;running
72 them does not require the <command>autoconf</command> program.</para>
73 <indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autoconf">
74 <primary sortas="b-autoconf">autoconf</primary>
75 </indexterm>
76 </listitem>
77 </varlistentry>
78
79 <varlistentry id="autoheader">
80 <term><command>autoheader</command> </term>
81 <listitem>
82 <para>A tool for creating template files of C
83 <emphasis>#define</emphasis> statements for configure to use</para>
84 <indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autoheader">
85 <primary sortas="b-autoheader">autoheader</primary>
86 </indexterm>
87 </listitem>
88 </varlistentry>
89
90 <varlistentry id="autom4te">
91 <term><command>autom4te</command></term>
92 <listitem>
93 <para>A wrapper for the M4 macro processor</para>
94 <indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autom4te">
95 <primary sortas="b-autom4te">autom4te</primary>
96 </indexterm>
97 </listitem>
98 </varlistentry>
99
100 <varlistentry id="autoreconf">
101 <term><command>autoreconf</command></term>
102 <listitem>
103 <para>Automatically runs <command>autoconf</command>,
104 <command>autoheader</command>, <command>aclocal</command>,
105 <command>automake</command>, <command>gettextize</command>, and
106 <command>libtoolize</command> in the correct order to save time
107 when changes are made to <command>autoconf</command> and
108 <command>automake</command> template files</para>
109 <indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autoreconf">
110 <primary sortas="b-autoreconf">autoreconf</primary>
111 </indexterm>
112 </listitem>
113 </varlistentry>
114
115 <varlistentry id="autoscan">
116 <term><command>autoscan</command> </term>
117 <listitem>
118 <para>Helps to create a <filename>configure.in</filename> file for a
119 software package; it examines the source files in a directory tree,
120 searching them for common portability issues, and creates a
121 <filename>configure.scan</filename> file that serves as as a
122 preliminary <filename>configure.in</filename> file for the package</para>
123 <indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autoscan">
124 <primary sortas="b-autoscan">autoscan</primary>
125 </indexterm>
126 </listitem>
127 </varlistentry>
128
129 <varlistentry id="autoupdate">
130 <term><command>autoupdate</command></term>
131 <listitem>
132 <para>Modifies a <filename>configure.in</filename> file that still
133 calls <command>autoconf</command> macros by their old names to use the
134 current macro names</para>
135 <indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autoupdate">
136 <primary sortas="b-autoupdate">autoupdate</primary>
137 </indexterm>
138 </listitem>
139 </varlistentry>
140
141 <varlistentry id="ifnames">
142 <term><command>ifnames</command> </term>
143 <listitem>
144 <para>Helps when writing <filename>configure.in</filename> files
145 for a software package; it prints the identifiers that the package
146 uses in C preprocessor conditionals. If a package has already been set
147 up to have some portability, this program can help determine what
148 <command>configure</command> needs to check for. It can also fill in
149 gaps in a <filename>configure.in</filename> file generated by
150 <command>autoscan</command></para>
151 <indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf ifnames">
152 <primary sortas="b-ifnames">ifnames</primary>
153 </indexterm>
154 </listitem>
155 </varlistentry>
156
157 </variablelist>
158
159 </sect2>
160
161</sect1>
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