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2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/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" role="wrap">
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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 | <sect2 role="package"><title/>
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13 | <para>The Autoconf package contains programs for producing shell scripts that
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14 | can automatically configure source code.</para>
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15 |
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16 | <segmentedlist>
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17 | <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
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18 | <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
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19 | <seglistitem><seg>0.5 SBU</seg><seg>8.5 MB</seg></seglistitem>
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20 | </segmentedlist>
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21 |
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22 | <segmentedlist>
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23 | <segtitle>&dependencies;</segtitle>
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24 | <seglistitem><seg>Bash, Coreutils, Diffutils, Grep,
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25 | M4, Make, Perl, and Sed</seg></seglistitem>
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26 | </segmentedlist>
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27 | </sect2>
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28 |
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29 | <sect2 role="installation">
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30 | <title>Installation of Autoconf</title>
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31 |
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32 | <para>Prepare Autoconf for compilation:</para>
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33 |
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34 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen>
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35 |
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36 | <para>Compile the package:</para>
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37 |
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38 | <screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
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39 |
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40 | <para>To test the results, issue:
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41 | <userinput>make check</userinput>. This takes a long time, about 2 SBUs.</para>
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42 |
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43 | <para>Install the package:</para>
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44 |
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45 | <screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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46 |
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47 | </sect2>
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48 |
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49 | <sect2 id="contents-autoconf" role="content"><title>Contents of Autoconf</title>
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50 |
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51 | <segmentedlist>
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52 | <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
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53 | <seglistitem><seg>autoconf, autoheader, autom4te,
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54 | autoreconf, autoscan, autoupdate, and ifnames</seg></seglistitem>
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55 | </segmentedlist>
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56 |
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57 | <variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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58 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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59 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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60 |
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61 | <varlistentry id="autoconf">
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62 | <term><command>autoconf</command></term>
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63 | <listitem>
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64 | <para>Produces shell scripts that automatically
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65 | configure software source code packages to adapt to many kinds of
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66 | Unix-like systems. The configuration scripts it produces are
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67 | independent—running them does not require the <command>autoconf</command> program.</para>
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68 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autoconf"><primary sortas="b-autoconf">autoconf</primary></indexterm>
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69 | </listitem>
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70 | </varlistentry>
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71 |
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72 | <varlistentry id="autoheader">
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73 | <term><command>autoheader</command> </term>
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74 | <listitem>
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75 | <para>A tool for creating template files of C
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76 | <emphasis>#define</emphasis> statements for configure to use</para>
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77 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autoheader"><primary sortas="b-autoheader">autoheader</primary></indexterm>
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78 | </listitem>
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79 | </varlistentry>
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80 |
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81 | <varlistentry id="autom4te">
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82 | <term><command>autom4te</command></term>
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83 | <listitem>
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84 | <para>A wrapper for the M4 macro processor</para>
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85 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autom4te"><primary sortas="b-autom4te">autom4te</primary></indexterm>
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86 | </listitem>
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87 | </varlistentry>
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88 |
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89 | <varlistentry id="autoreconf">
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90 | <term><command>autoreconf</command></term>
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91 | <listitem>
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92 | <para>Automatically runs <command>autoconf</command>,
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93 | <command>autoheader</command>, <command>aclocal</command>,
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94 | <command>automake</command>, <command>gettextize</command>, and
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95 | <command>libtoolize</command> in the correct order to save time
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96 | when changes are made to <command>autoconf</command> and
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97 | <command>automake</command> template files</para>
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98 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autoreconf"><primary sortas="b-autoreconf">autoreconf</primary></indexterm>
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99 | </listitem>
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100 | </varlistentry>
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101 |
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102 | <varlistentry id="autoscan">
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103 | <term><command>autoscan</command> </term>
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104 | <listitem>
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105 | <para>Helps to create a <filename>configure.in</filename> file for a
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106 | software package; it examines the source files in a directory tree,
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107 | searching them for common portability issues, and creates a
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108 | <filename>configure.scan</filename> file that serves as as a
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109 | preliminary <filename>configure.in</filename> file for the
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110 | package</para>
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111 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autoscan"><primary sortas="b-autoscan">autoscan</primary></indexterm>
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112 | </listitem>
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113 | </varlistentry>
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114 |
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115 | <varlistentry id="autoupdate">
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116 | <term><command>autoupdate</command></term>
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117 | <listitem>
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118 | <para>Modifies a <filename>configure.in</filename> file that still
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119 | calls <command>autoconf</command> macros by their old names to use the
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120 | current macro names</para>
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121 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autoupdate"><primary sortas="b-autoupdate">autoupdate</primary></indexterm>
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122 | <beginpage/></listitem>
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123 | </varlistentry>
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124 |
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125 | <varlistentry id="ifnames">
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126 | <term><command>ifnames</command> </term>
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127 | <listitem>
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128 | <para>Helps when writing <filename>configure.in</filename> files
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129 | for a software package; it prints the identifiers that the package
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130 | uses in C preprocessor conditionals. If a package has already been set
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131 | up to have some portability, this program can help determine what
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132 | <command>configure</command> needs to check for. It can also fill in
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133 | gaps in a <filename>configure.in</filename> file generated by
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134 | <command>autoscan</command></para>
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135 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf ifnames"><primary sortas="b-ifnames">ifnames</primary></indexterm>
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136 | </listitem>
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137 | </varlistentry>
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138 | </variablelist>
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139 |
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140 | </sect2>
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141 |
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142 | </sect1>
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143 |
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