source: clfs-sysroot/BOOK/final-system/common/m4.xml @ 586feb7

Last change on this file since 586feb7 was 586feb7, checked in by Joe Ciccone <jciccone@…>, 18 years ago

Updated the bootscripts package and make LFS to CLFS updates.

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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  %general-entities;
6]>
7
8<sect1 id="ch-system-m4" role="wrap">
9  <?dbhtml filename="m4.html"?>
10
11  <title>M4-&m4-version;</title>
12
13  <indexterm zone="ch-system-m4">
14    <primary sortas="a-M4">M4</primary>
15  </indexterm>
16
17  <sect2 role="package">
18    <title/>
19
20    <para>The M4 package contains a macro processor.</para>
21
22  </sect2>
23
24  <sect2 role="installation">
25    <title>Installation of M4</title>
26
27    <para os="a">Prepare M4 for compilation:</para>
28
29<screen os="b"><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --host=${CLFS_TARGET}</userinput></screen>
30
31    <para os="c">Compile the package:</para>
32
33<screen os="d"><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
34
35    <para os="e">Install the package:</para>
36
37<screen os="f"><userinput>make DESTDIR=${CLFS} install</userinput></screen>
38
39  </sect2>
40
41  <sect2 id="contents-m4" role="content">
42    <title>Contents of M4</title>
43
44    <segmentedlist>
45      <segtitle>Installed program</segtitle>
46
47      <seglistitem>
48        <seg>m4</seg>
49      </seglistitem>
50    </segmentedlist>
51
52    <variablelist>
53      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
54      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
55      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
56
57      <varlistentry id="m4">
58        <term><command>m4</command></term>
59        <listitem>
60          <para>copies the given files while expanding the macros that they
61          contain. These macros are either built-in or user-defined and can
62          take any number of arguments. Besides performing macro expansion,
63          <command>m4</command> has built-in functions for including named
64          files, running Unix commands, performing integer arithmetic,
65          manipulating text, recursion, etc. The <command>m4</command>
66          program can be used either as a front-end to a compiler or as a
67          macro processor in its own right.</para>
68          <indexterm zone="ch-system-m4 m4">
69            <primary sortas="b-m4">m4</primary>
70          </indexterm>
71        </listitem>
72      </varlistentry>
73
74    </variablelist>
75
76  </sect2>
77
78</sect1>
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