1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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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-system-autoconf" role="wrap">
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9 | <?dbhtml filename="autoconf.html"?>
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10 |
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11 | <sect1info condition="script">
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12 | <productname>autoconf</productname>
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13 | <productnumber>&autoconf-version;</productnumber>
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14 | <address>&autoconf-url;</address>
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15 | </sect1info>
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16 |
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17 | <title>Autoconf-&autoconf-version;</title>
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18 |
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19 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf">
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20 | <primary sortas="a-Autoconf">Autoconf</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 Autoconf package contains programs for producing shell scripts that
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27 | can automatically configure source code.</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>&autoconf-fin-sbu;</seg>
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35 | <seg>&autoconf-fin-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 Autoconf</title>
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43 | <!--
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44 | <para>First, apply a patch fixes several problems that occur with the latest
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45 | perl, libtool, and bash versions.</para>
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46 |
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47 | <screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../&autoconf-fixes-patch;</userinput></screen>
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48 | -->
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49 | <para>Prepare Autoconf for compilation:</para>
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50 |
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51 | <screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen>
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52 |
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53 | <para>Compile the package:</para>
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54 |
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55 | <screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
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56 |
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57 | <para>To test the results, issue:</para>
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58 | <!--
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59 | <para>The test suite is currently broken by bash-5 and libtool-2.4.3.
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60 | To run the tests anyway, issue:</para>
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61 | -->
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62 | <screen><userinput remap="test">make check</userinput></screen>
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63 | <!--
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64 | <para>This takes a long time, about &autoconf-fin-sbu-tests; SBUs. In addition,
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65 | several tests are skipped that use Automake. For full test coverage,
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66 | Autoconf can be re-tested after Automake has been installed. In addition,
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67 | two tests fail due to changes in libtool-2.4.3 and later.</para>
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68 |
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69 | <note><para>The test time for autoconf can be reduced significantly on a
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70 | system with multiple cores. To do this, append
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71 | <command>TESTSUITEFLAGS=-j<N></command> to the line above. For
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72 | instance, using -j4 can reduce the test time by over 60
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73 | percent.</para></note>
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74 | -->
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75 | <para>Install the package:</para>
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76 |
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77 | <screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>
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78 |
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79 | </sect2>
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80 |
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81 | <sect2 id="contents-autoconf" role="content">
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82 | <title>Contents of Autoconf</title>
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83 |
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84 | <segmentedlist>
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85 | <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
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86 | <segtitle>Installed directory</segtitle>
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87 |
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88 | <seglistitem>
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89 | <seg>autoconf, autoheader, autom4te, autoreconf, autoscan, autoupdate,
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90 | and ifnames</seg>
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91 | <seg>/usr/share/autoconf</seg>
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92 | </seglistitem>
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93 | </segmentedlist>
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94 |
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95 | <variablelist>
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96 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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97 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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98 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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99 |
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100 | <varlistentry id="autoconf">
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101 | <term><command>autoconf</command></term>
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102 | <listitem>
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103 | <para>Produces shell scripts that automatically configure software
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104 | source code packages to adapt to many kinds of Unix-like systems;
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105 | the configuration scripts it produces are independent—running
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106 | them does not require the <command>autoconf</command> program</para>
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107 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autoconf">
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108 | <primary sortas="b-autoconf">autoconf</primary>
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109 | </indexterm>
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110 | </listitem>
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111 | </varlistentry>
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112 |
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113 | <varlistentry id="autoheader">
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114 | <term><command>autoheader</command> </term>
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115 | <listitem>
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116 | <para>A tool for creating template files of C
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117 | <emphasis>#define</emphasis> statements for configure to use</para>
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118 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autoheader">
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119 | <primary sortas="b-autoheader">autoheader</primary>
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120 | </indexterm>
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121 | </listitem>
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122 | </varlistentry>
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123 |
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124 | <varlistentry id="autom4te">
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125 | <term><command>autom4te</command></term>
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126 | <listitem>
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127 | <para>A wrapper for the M4 macro processor</para>
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128 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autom4te">
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129 | <primary sortas="b-autom4te">autom4te</primary>
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130 | </indexterm>
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131 | </listitem>
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132 | </varlistentry>
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133 |
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134 | <varlistentry id="autoreconf">
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135 | <term><command>autoreconf</command></term>
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136 | <listitem>
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137 | <para>Automatically runs <command>autoconf</command>,
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138 | <command>autoheader</command>, <command>aclocal</command>,
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139 | <command>automake</command>, <command>gettextize</command>, and
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140 | <command>libtoolize</command> in the correct order to save time
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141 | when changes are made to <command>autoconf</command> and
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142 | <command>automake</command> template files</para>
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143 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autoreconf">
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144 | <primary sortas="b-autoreconf">autoreconf</primary>
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145 | </indexterm>
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146 | </listitem>
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147 | </varlistentry>
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148 |
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149 | <varlistentry id="autoscan">
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150 | <term><command>autoscan</command> </term>
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151 | <listitem>
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152 | <para>Helps to create a <filename>configure.in</filename> file for a
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153 | software package; it examines the source files in a directory tree,
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154 | searching them for common portability issues, and creates a
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155 | <filename>configure.scan</filename> file that serves as as a
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156 | preliminary <filename>configure.in</filename> file for the
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157 | package</para>
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158 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autoscan">
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159 | <primary sortas="b-autoscan">autoscan</primary>
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160 | </indexterm>
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161 | </listitem>
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162 | </varlistentry>
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163 |
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164 | <varlistentry id="autoupdate">
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165 | <term><command>autoupdate</command></term>
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166 | <listitem>
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167 | <para>Modifies a <filename>configure.in</filename> file that still
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168 | calls <command>autoconf</command> macros by their old names to use the
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169 | current macro names</para>
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170 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autoupdate">
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171 | <primary sortas="b-autoupdate">autoupdate</primary>
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172 | </indexterm>
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173 | </listitem>
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174 | </varlistentry>
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175 |
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176 | <varlistentry id="ifnames">
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177 | <term><command>ifnames</command> </term>
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178 | <listitem>
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179 | <para>Helps when writing <filename>configure.in</filename> files
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180 | for a software package; it prints the identifiers that the package
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181 | uses in C preprocessor conditionals [If a package has already been set
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182 | up to have some portability, this program can help determine what
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183 | <command>configure</command> needs to check for. It can also fill in
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184 | gaps in a <filename>configure.in</filename> file generated by
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185 | <command>autoscan</command>.]</para>
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186 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf ifnames">
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187 | <primary sortas="b-ifnames">ifnames</primary>
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188 | </indexterm>
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189 | </listitem>
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190 | </varlistentry>
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191 |
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192 | </variablelist>
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193 |
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194 | </sect2>
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195 |
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196 | </sect1>
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