source: general/prog/autoconf213.xml@ 8558044

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  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY autoconf213-download-http "&gnu-http;/autoconf/autoconf-&autoconf213-version;.tar.gz">
  <!ENTITY autoconf213-download-ftp  "&gnu-ftp;/autoconf/autoconf-&autoconf213-version;.tar.gz">
  <!ENTITY autoconf213-md5sum        "9de56d4a161a723228220b0f425dc711">
  <!ENTITY autoconf213-size          "434 KB">
  <!ENTITY autoconf213-buildsize     "2.8 MB">
  <!ENTITY autoconf213-time          "less than 0.1 SBU (additional 0.1 SBU for the tests)">
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<sect1 id="autoconf213" xreflabel="Autoconf-&autoconf213-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="autoconf213.html"?>

  <sect1info>
    <date>$Date$</date>
  </sect1info>

  <title>Autoconf&autoconf213-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="autoconf213">
    <primary sortas="a-Autoconf213">Autoconf213</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to Autoconf2.13</title>

    <para>
      <application>Autoconf2.13</application> is an old version of
      <application>Autoconf</application> . This old version accepts switches
      which are not valid in more recent versions. Now that
      <application>firefox</application> has started to use
      <application>python2</application> for configuring, this old version is
      required even if configure files have not been changed.
    </para>

    &lfs110a_checked;

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&autoconf213-download-http;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (FTP): <ulink url="&autoconf213-download-ftp;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download MD5 sum: &autoconf213-md5sum;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download size: &autoconf213-size;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated disk space required: &autoconf213-buildsize;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated build time: &autoconf213-time;
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Required patch:
          <ulink url="&patch-root;/autoconf-&autoconf213-version;-consolidated_fixes-1.patch"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

<!--
    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Autoconf2.13 Dependencies</bridgehead>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
    <para role="optional">
      <xref linkend="dejagnu"/> (Required for the tests)
    </para>
-->

    <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
      <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/autoconf213"/>
    </para>
  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of Autoconf2.13</title>

    <para>
      Install <application>Autoconf</application> by running the following
      commands:
    </para>

<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../autoconf-&autoconf213-version;-consolidated_fixes-1.patch &amp;&amp;
mv -v autoconf.texi autoconf213.texi                      &amp;&amp;
rm -v autoconf.info                                       &amp;&amp;
./configure --prefix=/usr --program-suffix=2.13           &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      To test the installation <!--, if you have installed <xref linkend="dejagnu"/>,-->
      issue <command>make check</command> (all 253 tests should pass).
    </para>

    <para>
      Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
    </para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>make install                                      &amp;&amp;
install -v -m644 autoconf213.info /usr/share/info &amp;&amp;
install-info --info-dir=/usr/share/info autoconf213.info</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="commands">
    <title>Command Explanations</title>

    <para>
      <command>mv -v autoconf.texi autoconf213.texi</command>: ensure that the
      info file added by this package will not overwrite the more recent version.
    </para>

    <para>
      <command>rm -v autoconf.info</command>: ensure that the info file will be
      created by the current version of texinfo.
    </para>

    <para>
      <command>--program-suffix=2.13</command>: ensure that the installed
      programs have the version added to their names, so that only a script
      which specifically looks for these old versions will find them.
    </para>

    <para>
      <command>install -v -m644 ...</command>: the patch removes install-info
      from the Makefile because that would install (and if necessary recreate)
      standards.info which is an old version, so now
      <filename>autoconf213.info</filename> has to be manually installed.
    </para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directory</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>
          autoconf2.13,
          autoheader2.13,
          autoreconf2.13,
          autoscan2.13,
          autoupdate2.13, and
          ifnames2.13
        </seg>
        <seg>
          None
        </seg>
        <seg>
          /usr/share/autoconf-2.13
        </seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="autoconf2.13">
        <term><command>autoconf2.13</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Produces shell scripts that automatically configure software source
            code packages to adapt to many kinds of Unix-like systems
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="autoconf213 autoconf2.13">
            <primary sortas="b-autoconf2.13">autoconf2.13</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="autoheader2.13">
        <term><command>autoheader2.13</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
           is a  tool for creating template files of C
           <emphasis>#define</emphasis> statements for configure to use
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="autoconf213 autoheader2.13">
            <primary sortas="b-autoheader2.13">autoheader2.13</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="autoreconf2.13">
        <term><command>autoreconf2.13</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
           This automatically runs <command>autoconf2.13</command>,
           <command>autoheader2.13</command>, <command>aclocal</command>,
           <command>automake</command>, <command>gettextize</command> and
           <command>libtoolize</command> in the right order when changes
           have been made to <command>autoconf</command> or
           <command>automake</command> template files
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="autoconf213 autoreconf2.13">
            <primary sortas="b-autoreconf2.13">autoreconf2.13</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="autoscan2.13">
        <term><command>autoscan2.13</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Can be used as a preliminary step in creating a
            <filename>configure.in</filename> file
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="autoconf213 autoscan2.13">
            <primary sortas="b-autoscan2.13">autoscan2.13</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="autoupdate2.13">
        <term><command>autoupdate2.13</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Modifies a <filename>configure.in</filename> file that still
            calls <command>autoconf</command> macros by their old names
            to use the current macro names
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="autoconf213 autoupdate2.13">
            <primary sortas="b-autoupdate2.13">autoupdate2.13</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="ifnames2.13">
        <term><command>ifnames2.13</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Prints the identifiers that the package uses in C preprocessor
            conditionals [If a package has already been set up to have some
            portability, this program can help determine what configure needs to
            check for. It can also fill in gaps in a configure.in file generated
            by autoscan]
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="autoconf213 ifnames2.13">
            <primary sortas="b-ifnames2.13">ifnames2.13</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>