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2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
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5 | %general-entities;
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6 | ]>
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7 |
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8 | <sect1 id="ch-tools-expect" role="wrap">
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9 | <?dbhtml filename="expect.html"?>
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10 |
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11 | <sect1info condition="script">
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12 | <productname>expect</productname>
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13 | <productnumber>&expect-version;</productnumber>
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14 | <address>&expect-url;</address>
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15 | </sect1info>
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16 |
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17 | <title>Expect-&expect-version;</title>
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18 |
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19 | <indexterm zone="ch-tools-expect">
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20 | <primary sortas="a-Expect">Expect</primary>
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21 | </indexterm>
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22 |
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23 | <sect2 role="package">
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24 | <title/>
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25 |
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26 | <para>The Expect package contains a program for carrying out scripted
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27 | dialogues with other interactive programs.</para>
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28 |
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29 | <segmentedlist>
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30 | <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
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31 | <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
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32 |
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33 | <seglistitem>
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34 | <seg>&expect-ch5-sbu;</seg>
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35 | <seg>&expect-ch5-du;</seg>
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36 | </seglistitem>
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37 | </segmentedlist>
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38 |
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39 | </sect2>
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40 |
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41 | <sect2 role="installation">
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42 | <title>Installation of Expect</title>
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43 |
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44 | <para>First, fix a bug that can result in false failures during the GCC test
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45 | suite run:</para>
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46 |
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47 | <screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../&expect-spawn-patch;</userinput></screen>
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48 |
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49 | <para>Next, force Expect's configure script to use <filename>/bin/stty</filename>
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50 | instead of a <filename>/usr/local/bin/stty</filename> it may find on the host system.
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51 | This will ensure that our testsuite tools remain sane for the final builds of our
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52 | toolchain:</para>
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53 |
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54 | <screen><userinput remap="pre">cp configure{,.bak}
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55 | sed 's:/usr/local/bin:/bin:' configure.bak > configure</userinput></screen>
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56 |
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57 | <para>Now prepare Expect for compilation:</para>
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58 |
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59 | <screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/tools --with-tcl=/tools/lib \
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60 | --with-tclinclude=/tools/include --with-x=no</userinput></screen>
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61 |
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62 | <variablelist>
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63 | <title>The meaning of the configure options:</title>
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64 |
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65 | <varlistentry>
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66 | <term><parameter>--with-tcl=/tools/lib</parameter></term>
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67 | <listitem>
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68 | <para>This ensures that the configure script finds the Tcl
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69 | installation in the temporary tools location instead of possibly
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70 | locating an existing one on the host system.</para>
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71 | </listitem>
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72 | </varlistentry>
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73 |
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74 | <varlistentry>
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75 | <term><parameter>--with-tclinclude=/tools/include</parameter></term>
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76 | <listitem>
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77 | <para>This explicitly tells Expect where to find Tcl's internal
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78 | headers. Using this option avoids conditions where
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79 | <command>configure</command> fails because it cannot automatically
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80 | discover the location of Tcl's headers.</para>
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81 | </listitem>
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82 | </varlistentry>
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83 |
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84 | <varlistentry>
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85 | <term><parameter>--with-x=no</parameter></term>
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86 | <listitem>
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87 | <para>This tells the configure script not to search for Tk (the
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88 | Tcl GUI component) or the X Window System libraries, both of which
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89 | may reside on the host system but will not exist in the temporary
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90 | environment.</para>
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91 | </listitem>
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92 | </varlistentry>
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93 |
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94 | </variablelist>
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95 |
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96 | <para>Build the package:</para>
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97 |
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98 | <screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
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99 |
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100 | <para>To test the results, issue:</para>
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101 |
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102 | <screen><userinput remap="test">make test</userinput></screen>
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103 |
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104 | <para>Note that the Expect test suite is known to experience failures under
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105 | certain host conditions that are not within our control. Therefore,
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106 | test suite failures here are not surprising and are not considered
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107 | critical.</para>
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108 |
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109 | <para>Install the package:</para>
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110 |
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111 | <screen><userinput remap="install">make SCRIPTS="" install</userinput></screen>
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112 |
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113 | <variablelist>
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114 | <title>The meaning of the make parameter:</title>
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115 |
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116 | <varlistentry>
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117 | <term><parameter>SCRIPTS=""</parameter></term>
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118 | <listitem>
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119 | <para>This prevents installation of the supplementary Expect
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120 | scripts, which are not needed.</para>
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121 | </listitem>
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122 | </varlistentry>
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123 |
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124 | </variablelist>
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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-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-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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