1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd" [
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3 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
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4 | %general-entities;
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5 | ]>
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6 | <sect1 id="ch-system-autoconf" xreflabel="Autoconf">
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7 | <title>Autoconf-&autoconf-version;</title>
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8 | <?dbhtml filename="autoconf.html"?>
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9 |
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10 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf"><primary sortas="a-Autoconf">Autoconf</primary></indexterm>
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11 |
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12 | <para>The Autoconf package contains programs for producing shell scripts that
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13 | can automatically configure source code.</para>
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14 |
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15 | <screen>&buildtime; 0.5 SBU
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16 | &diskspace; 7.7 MB</screen>
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17 |
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18 | <para>Autoconf installation depends on: Bash, Coreutils, Diffutils, Grep,
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19 | M4, Make, Perl, Sed.</para>
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20 |
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21 |
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22 | <sect2>
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23 | <title>Installation of Autoconf</title>
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24 |
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25 | <para>Prepare Autoconf for compilation:</para>
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26 |
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27 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen>
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28 |
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29 | <para>Compile the package:</para>
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30 |
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31 | <screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
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32 |
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33 | <para>To test the results, issue:
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34 | <userinput>make check</userinput>. This takes a long time, about 2 SBUs.</para>
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35 |
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36 | <para>Install the package:</para>
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37 |
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38 | <screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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39 |
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40 | </sect2>
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41 |
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42 |
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43 | <sect2 id="contents-autoconf"><title>Contents of Autoconf</title>
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44 |
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45 | <para><emphasis>Installed programs</emphasis>: autoconf, autoheader, autom4te,
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46 | autoreconf, autoscan, autoupdate and ifnames</para>
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47 |
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48 | </sect2>
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49 |
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50 | <sect2><title>Short descriptions</title>
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51 |
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52 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autoconf"><primary sortas="b-autoconf">autoconf</primary></indexterm>
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53 | <para id="autoconf"><command>autoconf</command> is a tool for producing shell scripts
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54 | that automatically configure software source code packages to adapt to many
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55 | kinds of Unix-like systems. The configuration scripts it produces are
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56 | independent -- running them does not require the autoconf program.</para>
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57 |
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58 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autoheader"><primary sortas="b-autoheader">autoheader</primary></indexterm>
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59 | <para id="autoheader"><command>autoheader</command> is a tool for creating template files
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60 | of C #define statements for configure to use.</para>
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61 |
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62 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autom4te"><primary sortas="b-autom4te">autom4te</primary></indexterm>
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63 | <para id="autom4te"><command>autom4te</command> is a wrapper for the M4 macro
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64 | processor.</para>
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65 |
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66 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autoreconf"><primary sortas="b-autoreconf">autoreconf</primary></indexterm>
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67 | <para id="autoreconf"><command>autoreconf</command> comes in handy when there are a lot
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68 | of autoconf-generated configure scripts around. The program runs autoconf and
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69 | autoheader repeatedly (where appropriate) to remake the autoconf configure
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70 | scripts and configuration header templates in a given directory tree.</para>
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71 |
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72 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autoscan"><primary sortas="b-autoscan">autoscan</primary></indexterm>
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73 | <para id="autoscan"><command>autoscan</command> can help to create a
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74 | <filename>configure.in</filename> file for a software package. It examines
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75 | the source files in a directory tree, searching them for common portability
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76 | problems and creates a <filename>configure.scan</filename> file that serves as
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77 | as a preliminary <filename>configure.in</filename> for the package.</para>
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78 |
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79 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autoupdate"><primary sortas="b-autoupdate">autoupdate</primary></indexterm>
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80 | <para id="autoupdate"><command>autoupdate</command> modifies a
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81 | <filename>configure.in</filename> file that still calls autoconf macros
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82 | by their old names to use the current macro names.</para>
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83 |
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84 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf ifnames"><primary sortas="b-ifnames">ifnames</primary></indexterm>
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85 | <para id="ifnames"><command>ifnames</command> can be helpful when writing a
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86 | <filename>configure.in</filename> for a software package. It prints the
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87 | identifiers that the package uses in C preprocessor conditionals. If a package
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88 | has already been set up to have some portability, this program can help to
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89 | determine what <command>configure</command> needs to check. It can fill
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90 | in some gaps in a <filename>configure.in</filename> file generated by
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91 | autoscan.</para>
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92 |
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93 | </sect2>
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94 |
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95 |
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96 |
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97 | </sect1>
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