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6 | %general-entities; |
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7 | %patches-entities; |
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8 | ]> |
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9 | |
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10 | <sect1 id="ch-temp-tools-expect" role="wrap"> |
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11 | <?dbhtml filename="expect.html"?> |
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12 | |
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13 | <title>Expect-&expect-version;</title> |
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14 | |
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15 | <indexterm zone="ch-temp-tools-expect"> |
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16 | <primary sortas="a-Expect">Expect</primary> |
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17 | </indexterm> |
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18 | |
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19 | <sect2 role="package"> |
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20 | <title/> |
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21 | |
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22 | <para>The Expect package contains a program for carrying out scripted |
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23 | dialogues with other interactive programs.</para> |
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24 | |
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25 | <segmentedlist> |
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26 | <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle> |
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27 | <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle> |
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28 | |
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29 | <seglistitem> |
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30 | <seg>Not checked yet</seg> |
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31 | <seg>Not checked yet</seg> |
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32 | </seglistitem> |
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33 | </segmentedlist> |
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34 | |
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35 | <segmentedlist> |
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36 | <segtitle>&dependencies;</segtitle> |
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37 | |
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38 | <seglistitem> |
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39 | <seg>Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils, |
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40 | GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, Sed, and Tcl</seg> |
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41 | </seglistitem> |
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42 | </segmentedlist> |
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43 | |
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44 | </sect2> |
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45 | |
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46 | <sect2 role="installation"> |
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47 | <title>Installation of Expect</title> |
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48 | |
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49 | <para os="a">First, fix a bug that can result in false failures during the GCC |
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50 | test suite run:</para> |
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51 | |
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52 | <screen os="b"><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&expect-spawn-patch;</userinput></screen> |
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53 | |
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54 | <para os="c">Now prepare Expect for compilation:</para> |
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55 | |
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56 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/tools --with-tcl=/tools/lib \ |
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57 | --with-tclinclude=$TCLPATH --with-x=no</userinput></screen> |
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58 | |
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59 | <variablelist os="d"> |
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60 | <title>The meaning of the configure options:</title> |
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61 | |
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62 | <varlistentry> |
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63 | <term><parameter>--with-tcl=/tools/lib</parameter></term> |
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64 | <listitem> |
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65 | <para>This ensures that the configure script finds the Tcl |
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66 | installation in the temporary temp-tools location.</para> |
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67 | </listitem> |
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68 | </varlistentry> |
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69 | |
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70 | <varlistentry> |
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71 | <term><parameter>--with-tclinclude=$TCLPATH</parameter></term> |
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72 | <listitem> |
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73 | <para>This explicitly tells Expect where to find Tcl's source |
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74 | directory and internal headers. Using this option avoids conditions |
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75 | where <command>configure</command> fails because it cannot |
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76 | automatically discover the location of the Tcl source directory.</para> |
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77 | </listitem> |
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78 | </varlistentry> |
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79 | |
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80 | <varlistentry> |
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81 | <term><parameter>--with-x=no</parameter></term> |
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82 | <listitem> |
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83 | <para>This tells the configure script not to search for Tk |
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84 | (the Tcl GUI component) or the X Window System libraries, both of |
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85 | which may reside on the host system but will not exist when |
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86 | building the final system.</para> |
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87 | </listitem> |
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88 | </varlistentry> |
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89 | |
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90 | </variablelist> |
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91 | |
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92 | <para os="e">Build the package:</para> |
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93 | |
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94 | <screen os="f"><userinput>make</userinput></screen> |
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95 | |
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96 | <para os="g">To test the results, issue: <userinput>make test</userinput>. |
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97 | Note that the Expect test suite is known to experience failures under |
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98 | certain host conditions that are not within our control. Therefore, |
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99 | test suite failures here are not surprising and are not considered |
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100 | critical.</para> |
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101 | |
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102 | <para os="h">Install the package:</para> |
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103 | |
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104 | <screen os="i"><userinput>make SCRIPTS="" install</userinput></screen> |
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105 | |
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106 | <variablelist os="j"> |
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107 | <title>The meaning of the make parameter:</title> |
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108 | |
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109 | <varlistentry> |
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110 | <term><parameter>SCRIPTS=""</parameter></term> |
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111 | <listitem> |
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112 | <para>This prevents installation of the supplementary expect |
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113 | scripts, which are not needed.</para> |
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114 | </listitem> |
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115 | </varlistentry> |
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116 | |
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117 | </variablelist> |
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118 | |
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119 | <para os="k">Now remove the <envar>TCLPATH</envar> variable:</para> |
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120 | |
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121 | <screen os="l"><userinput>unset TCLPATH</userinput></screen> |
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122 | |
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123 | <para os="m">The source directories of both Tcl and Expect can now |
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124 | be removed.</para> |
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125 | |
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126 | </sect2> |
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127 | |
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128 | <sect2 id="contents-expect" role="content"> |
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129 | <title>Contents of Expect</title> |
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130 | |
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131 | <segmentedlist> |
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132 | <segtitle>Installed program</segtitle> |
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133 | <segtitle>Installed library</segtitle> |
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134 | |
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135 | <seglistitem> |
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136 | <seg>expect</seg> |
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137 | <seg>libexpect-&expect-lib-version;.a</seg> |
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138 | </seglistitem> |
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139 | </segmentedlist> |
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140 | |
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141 | <variablelist> |
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142 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead> |
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143 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?> |
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144 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?> |
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145 | |
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146 | <varlistentry id="expect"> |
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147 | <term><command>expect</command></term> |
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148 | <listitem> |
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149 | <para>Communicates with other interactive programs according |
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150 | to a script</para> |
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151 | <indexterm zone="ch-temp-tools-expect expect"> |
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152 | <primary sortas="b-expect">expect</primary> |
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153 | </indexterm> |
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154 | </listitem> |
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155 | </varlistentry> |
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156 | |
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157 | <varlistentry id="libexpect"> |
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158 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libexpect-&expect-lib-version;.a</filename></term> |
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159 | <listitem> |
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160 | <para>Contains functions that allow Expect to be used as a Tcl |
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161 | extension or to be used directly from C or C++ (without Tcl)</para> |
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162 | <indexterm zone="ch-temp-tools-expect libexpect"> |
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163 | <primary sortas="c-libexpect-&expect-lib-version;">libexpect-&expect-lib-version;</primary> |
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164 | </indexterm> |
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165 | </listitem> |
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166 | </varlistentry> |
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167 | |
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168 | </variablelist> |
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169 | |
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170 | </sect2> |
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171 | |
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172 | </sect1> |
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