source: BOOK/final-system/common/m4.xml@ 026bb5d

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<!DOCTYPE c:package [ 
  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;
]>

<c:package xmlns:c="http://schema.cross-lfs.org/book"
           id="ch-system-m4" c:multibuild="false">

  <c:title>M4</c:title>
  <c:version>&m4-version;</c:version>  
  <c:description>The M4 package contains a macro processor.</c:description>

  <c:install>

    <c:para>Prepare M4 for compilation:</c:para>

    <c:command c:multilib="false">./configure --prefix=/usr</c:command>
    <c:command c:multilib="true">CC="gcc ${BUILD64}" ./configure --prefix=/usr</c:command>

    <c:para>Compile the package:</c:para>

    <c:command>make</c:command>

    <c:para>To test the results, issue:
    <c:command>make check</c:command>.</c:para>

    <c:para>Install the package:</c:para>

    <c:command>make install</c:command>

  </c:install>

  <c:contents>

    <c:program>
      <c:name>m4</c:name>
          <c:description>copies the given files while expanding the macros that they
          contain. These macros are either built-in or user-defined and can
          take any number of arguments. Besides performing macro expansion,
          <c:command>m4</c:command> has built-in functions for including named
          files, running Unix commands, performing integer arithmetic,
          manipulating text, recursion, etc. The <c:command>m4</c:command>
          program can be used either as a front-end to a compiler or as a
          macro processor in its own right.</c:description>
    </c:program>

  </c:contents>

</c:package>