source: final-system/common/autoconf.xml@ f7683d44

Last change on this file since f7683d44 was ede92d9, checked in by Jim Gifford <clfs@…>, 19 years ago

r1119@server (orig r1117): chris | 2006-01-31 17:59:55 -0800
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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-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 <segmentedlist>
24 <segtitle>&dependencies;</segtitle>
25
26 <seglistitem>
27 <seg>Bash, Coreutils, Diffutils, Grep, M4, Make, Perl, Sed,
28 and Texinfo</seg>
29 </seglistitem>
30 </segmentedlist>
31
32 </sect2>
33
34 <sect2 role="installation">
35 <title>Installation of Autoconf</title>
36
37 <para os="a">Prepare Autoconf for compilation:</para>
38
39<screen os="b"><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen>
40
41 <para os="c">Compile the package:</para>
42
43<screen os="d"><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
44
45 <para os="e">To test the results, issue:
46 <userinput>make check</userinput>.</para>
47
48 <para os="f">Install the package:</para>
49
50<screen os="g"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
51
52 </sect2>
53
54 <sect2 id="contents-autoconf" role="content">
55 <title>Contents of Autoconf</title>
56
57 <segmentedlist>
58 <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
59
60 <seglistitem>
61 <seg>autoconf, autoheader, autom4te, autoreconf, autoscan, autoupdate,
62 and ifnames</seg>
63 </seglistitem>
64 </segmentedlist>
65
66 <variablelist>
67 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
68 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
69 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
70
71 <varlistentry id="autoconf">
72 <term><command>autoconf</command></term>
73 <listitem>
74 <para>Produces shell scripts that automatically configure software
75 source code packages to adapt to many kinds of Unix-like systems.
76 The configuration scripts it produces are independent&mdash;running
77 them does not require the <command>autoconf</command> program.</para>
78 <indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autoconf">
79 <primary sortas="b-autoconf">autoconf</primary>
80 </indexterm>
81 </listitem>
82 </varlistentry>
83
84 <varlistentry id="autoheader">
85 <term><command>autoheader</command> </term>
86 <listitem>
87 <para>A tool for creating template files of C
88 <emphasis>#define</emphasis> statements for configure to use</para>
89 <indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autoheader">
90 <primary sortas="b-autoheader">autoheader</primary>
91 </indexterm>
92 </listitem>
93 </varlistentry>
94
95 <varlistentry id="autom4te">
96 <term><command>autom4te</command></term>
97 <listitem>
98 <para>A wrapper for the M4 macro processor</para>
99 <indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autom4te">
100 <primary sortas="b-autom4te">autom4te</primary>
101 </indexterm>
102 </listitem>
103 </varlistentry>
104
105 <varlistentry id="autoreconf">
106 <term><command>autoreconf</command></term>
107 <listitem>
108 <para>Automatically runs <command>autoconf</command>,
109 <command>autoheader</command>, <command>aclocal</command>,
110 <command>automake</command>, <command>gettextize</command>, and
111 <command>libtoolize</command> in the correct order to save time
112 when changes are made to <command>autoconf</command> and
113 <command>automake</command> template files</para>
114 <indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autoreconf">
115 <primary sortas="b-autoreconf">autoreconf</primary>
116 </indexterm>
117 </listitem>
118 </varlistentry>
119
120 <varlistentry id="autoscan">
121 <term><command>autoscan</command> </term>
122 <listitem>
123 <para>Helps to create a <filename>configure.in</filename> file for a
124 software package; it examines the source files in a directory tree,
125 searching them for common portability issues, and creates a
126 <filename>configure.scan</filename> file that serves as as a
127 preliminary <filename>configure.in</filename> file for the package</para>
128 <indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autoscan">
129 <primary sortas="b-autoscan">autoscan</primary>
130 </indexterm>
131 </listitem>
132 </varlistentry>
133
134 <varlistentry id="autoupdate">
135 <term><command>autoupdate</command></term>
136 <listitem>
137 <para>Modifies a <filename>configure.in</filename> file that still
138 calls <command>autoconf</command> macros by their old names to use the
139 current macro names</para>
140 <indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autoupdate">
141 <primary sortas="b-autoupdate">autoupdate</primary>
142 </indexterm>
143 </listitem>
144 </varlistentry>
145
146 <varlistentry id="ifnames">
147 <term><command>ifnames</command> </term>
148 <listitem>
149 <para>Helps when writing <filename>configure.in</filename> files
150 for a software package; it prints the identifiers that the package
151 uses in C preprocessor conditionals. If a package has already been set
152 up to have some portability, this program can help determine what
153 <command>configure</command> needs to check for. It can also fill in
154 gaps in a <filename>configure.in</filename> file generated by
155 <command>autoscan</command></para>
156 <indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf ifnames">
157 <primary sortas="b-ifnames">ifnames</primary>
158 </indexterm>
159 </listitem>
160 </varlistentry>
161
162 </variablelist>
163
164 </sect2>
165
166</sect1>
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