source: clfs-sysroot/BOOK/final-system/common/autoconf.xml@ 6ccdfb4

Last change on this file since 6ccdfb4 was c439b8a, checked in by Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@…>, 18 years ago

Updated CLFS-Sysroot book sources to use DocBook-XML DTD 4.5.

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