[673b0d8] | 1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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[1fe35e1] | 2 | <!DOCTYPE section [
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[673b0d8] | 3 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
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| 4 | %general-entities;
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| 5 | ]>
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[1fe35e1] | 6 | <section xmlns="http://docbook.org/docbook-ng"
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| 7 | xml:id="ch-system-autoconf" xreflabel="Autoconf" role="wrap">
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[6a0e6f3] | 8 | <title>Autoconf-&autoconf-version;</title>
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[673b0d8] | 9 | <?dbhtml filename="autoconf.html"?>
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| 10 |
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| 11 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf"><primary sortas="a-Autoconf">Autoconf</primary></indexterm>
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[6370fa6] | 12 |
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[6a0e6f3] | 13 | <section role="package"><title/>
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[5888299] | 14 | <para>The Autoconf package contains programs for producing shell scripts that
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| 15 | can automatically configure source code.</para>
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| 16 |
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[a001133] | 17 | <segmentedlist>
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| 18 | <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
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| 19 | <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
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| 20 | <seglistitem><seg>0.5 SBU</seg><seg>7.7 MB</seg></seglistitem>
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| 21 | </segmentedlist>
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[673b0d8] | 22 |
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[a001133] | 23 | <segmentedlist>
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| 24 | <segtitle>Autoconf installation depends on</segtitle>
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| 25 | <seglistitem><seg>Bash, Coreutils, Diffutils, Grep,
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| 26 | M4, Make, Perl, Sed</seg></seglistitem>
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| 27 | </segmentedlist>
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[1fe35e1] | 28 | </section>
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[3554fa3a] | 29 |
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[1fe35e1] | 30 | <section role="installation">
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[6a0e6f3] | 31 | <title>Installation of Autoconf</title>
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[73aedd1d] | 32 |
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| 33 | <para>Prepare Autoconf for compilation:</para>
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| 34 |
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| 35 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen>
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| 36 |
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| 37 | <para>Compile the package:</para>
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| 38 |
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| 39 | <screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
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| 40 |
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[673b0d8] | 41 | <para>To test the results, issue:
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[c76accc] | 42 | <userinput>make check</userinput>. This takes a long time, about 2 SBUs.</para>
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[73aedd1d] | 43 |
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[673b0d8] | 44 | <para>Install the package:</para>
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[73aedd1d] | 45 |
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| 46 | <screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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| 47 |
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[1fe35e1] | 48 | </section>
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[6370fa6] | 49 |
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[5888299] | 50 |
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[6a0e6f3] | 51 | <section xml:id="contents-autoconf" role="content"><title>Contents of Autoconf</title>
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[673b0d8] | 52 |
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[c6cb3aa] | 53 | <segmentedlist>
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| 54 | <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
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| 55 | <seglistitem><seg>autoconf, autoheader, autom4te,
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| 56 | autoreconf, autoscan, autoupdate and ifnames</seg></seglistitem>
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| 57 | </segmentedlist>
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[673b0d8] | 58 |
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[c6cb3aa] | 59 | <variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title>
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[673b0d8] | 60 |
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[1fe35e1] | 61 | <varlistentry xml:id="autoconf">
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[b8a819f] | 62 | <term><command>autoconf</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 63 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 64 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autoconf"><primary sortas="b-autoconf">autoconf</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 65 | <para>is a tool for producing shell scripts
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[673b0d8] | 66 | that automatically configure software source code packages to adapt to many
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| 67 | kinds of Unix-like systems. The configuration scripts it produces are
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| 68 | independent -- running them does not require the autoconf program.</para>
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[c6cb3aa] | 69 | </listitem>
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| 70 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 71 |
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[1fe35e1] | 72 | <varlistentry xml:id="autoheader">
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[b8a819f] | 73 | <term><command>autoheader</command> </term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 74 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 75 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autoheader"><primary sortas="b-autoheader">autoheader</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 76 | <para>is a tool for creating template files
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[673b0d8] | 77 | of C #define statements for configure to use.</para>
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[c6cb3aa] | 78 | </listitem>
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| 79 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 80 |
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[1fe35e1] | 81 | <varlistentry xml:id="autom4te">
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[b8a819f] | 82 | <term><command>autom4te</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 83 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 84 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autom4te"><primary sortas="b-autom4te">autom4te</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 85 | <para>is a wrapper for the M4 macro processor.</para>
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| 86 | </listitem>
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| 87 | </varlistentry>
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[73aedd1d] | 88 |
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[1fe35e1] | 89 | <varlistentry xml:id="autoreconf">
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[b8a819f] | 90 | <term><command>autoreconf</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 91 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 92 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autoreconf"><primary sortas="b-autoreconf">autoreconf</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 93 | <para>comes in handy when there are a lot
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[673b0d8] | 94 | of autoconf-generated configure scripts around. The program runs autoconf and
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| 95 | autoheader repeatedly (where appropriate) to remake the autoconf configure
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| 96 | scripts and configuration header templates in a given directory tree.</para>
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[c6cb3aa] | 97 | </listitem>
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| 98 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 99 |
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[1fe35e1] | 100 | <varlistentry xml:id="autoscan">
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[b8a819f] | 101 | <term><command>autoscan</command> </term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 102 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 103 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autoscan"><primary sortas="b-autoscan">autoscan</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 104 | <para>can help to create a
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[673b0d8] | 105 | <filename>configure.in</filename> file for a software package. It examines
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| 106 | the source files in a directory tree, searching them for common portability
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| 107 | problems and creates a <filename>configure.scan</filename> file that serves as
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| 108 | as a preliminary <filename>configure.in</filename> for the package.</para>
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[c6cb3aa] | 109 | </listitem>
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| 110 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 111 |
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[1fe35e1] | 112 | <varlistentry xml:id="autoupdate">
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[b8a819f] | 113 | <term><command>autoupdate</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 114 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 115 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autoupdate"><primary sortas="b-autoupdate">autoupdate</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 116 | <para>modifies a <filename>configure.in</filename> file that still calls autoconf
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| 117 | macros by their old names to use the current macro names.</para>
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| 118 | </listitem>
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| 119 | </varlistentry>
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| 120 |
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[1fe35e1] | 121 | <varlistentry xml:id="ifnames">
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[b8a819f] | 122 | <term><command>ifnames</command> </term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 123 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 124 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf ifnames"><primary sortas="b-ifnames">ifnames</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 125 | <para>can be helpful when writing a
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[673b0d8] | 126 | <filename>configure.in</filename> for a software package. It prints the
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| 127 | identifiers that the package uses in C preprocessor conditionals. If a package
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| 128 | has already been set up to have some portability, this program can help to
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| 129 | determine what <command>configure</command> needs to check. It can fill
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| 130 | in some gaps in a <filename>configure.in</filename> file generated by
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| 131 | autoscan.</para>
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[c6cb3aa] | 132 | </listitem>
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| 133 | </varlistentry>
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| 134 | </variablelist>
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[673b0d8] | 135 |
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[1fe35e1] | 136 | </section>
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[673b0d8] | 137 |
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[1fe35e1] | 138 | </section>
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