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M4-&m4-version; M4 <para>The M4 package contains a macro processor.</para> <segmentedlist> <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle> <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle> <seglistitem> <seg>&m4-ch6-sbu;</seg> <seg>&m4-ch6-du;</seg> </seglistitem> </segmentedlist> </sect2> <sect2 role="installation"> <title>Installation of M4 First, make some fixes required by glibc-2.28: sed -i 's/IO_ftrylockfile/IO_EOF_SEEN/' lib/*.c echo "#define _IO_IN_BACKUP 0x100" >> lib/stdio-impl.h Prepare M4 for compilation: ./configure --prefix=/usr Compile the package: make To test the results, issue: make check Install the package: make install Contents of M4 Installed program m4 Short Descriptions m4 Copies the given files while expanding the macros that they contain [These macros are either built-in or user-defined and can take any number of arguments. Besides performing macro expansion, m4 has built-in functions for including named files, running Unix commands, performing integer arithmetic, manipulating text, recursion, etc. The m4 program can be used either as a front-end to a compiler or as a macro processor in its own right.] m4