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    4545<screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
    46 
     46<beginpage/>
    4747</sect2>
    4848
     
    5656</segmentedlist>
    5757
    58 <variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short descriptions</bridgehead>
     58<variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
    5959<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
    6060
     
    6262<term><command>autoconf</command></term>
    6363<listitem>
    64 <para>produces shell scripts that automatically
     64<para>Produces shell scripts that automatically
    6565configure software source code packages to adapt to many kinds of
    6666Unix-like systems. The configuration scripts it produces are
    6767independent&mdash;running them does not require the <command>autoconf</command> program.</para>
    6868<indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autoconf"><primary sortas="b-autoconf">autoconf</primary></indexterm>
    69 <beginpage/></listitem>
     69</listitem>
    7070</varlistentry>
    7171
     
    7373<term><command>autoheader</command> </term>
    7474<listitem>
    75 <para>a tool for creating template files of C
    76 <emphasis>#define</emphasis> statements for configure to use.</para>
     75<para>A tool for creating template files of C
     76<emphasis>#define</emphasis> statements for configure to use</para>
    7777<indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autoheader"><primary sortas="b-autoheader">autoheader</primary></indexterm>
    7878</listitem>
     
    8282<term><command>autom4te</command></term>
    8383<listitem>
    84 <para>a wrapper for the M4 macro processor.</para>
     84<para>A wrapper for the M4 macro processor</para>
    8585<indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autom4te"><primary sortas="b-autom4te">autom4te</primary></indexterm>
    8686</listitem>
     
    9090<term><command>autoreconf</command></term>
    9191<listitem>
    92 <para>automatically runs <command>autoconf</command>,
     92<para>Automatically runs <command>autoconf</command>,
    9393<command>autoheader</command>, <command>aclocal</command>,
    9494<command>automake</command>, <command>gettextize</command>, and
    9595<command>libtoolize</command> in the correct order to save time
    9696when changes are made to <command>autoconf</command> and
    97 <command>automake</command> template files.</para>
     97<command>automake</command> template files</para>
    9898<indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autoreconf"><primary sortas="b-autoreconf">autoreconf</primary></indexterm>
    9999</listitem>
     
    103103<term><command>autoscan</command> </term>
    104104<listitem>
    105 <para>helps to create a <filename>configure.in</filename> file for a
    106 software package. It examines the source files in a directory tree,
     105<para>Helps to create a <filename>configure.in</filename> file for a
     106software package; it examines the source files in a directory tree,
    107107searching them for common portability issues, and creates a
    108108<filename>configure.scan</filename> file that serves as as a
    109109preliminary <filename>configure.in</filename> file for the
    110 package.</para>
     110package</para>
    111111<indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autoscan"><primary sortas="b-autoscan">autoscan</primary></indexterm>
    112112</listitem>
     
    116116<term><command>autoupdate</command></term>
    117117<listitem>
    118 <para>modifies a <filename>configure.in</filename> file that still
     118<para>Modifies a <filename>configure.in</filename> file that still
    119119calls <command>autoconf</command> macros by their old names to use the
    120 current macro names.</para>
     120current macro names</para>
    121121<indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autoupdate"><primary sortas="b-autoupdate">autoupdate</primary></indexterm>
    122122</listitem>
     
    126126<term><command>ifnames</command> </term>
    127127<listitem>
    128 <para>helps when writing <filename>configure.in</filename> files
    129 for a software package. It prints the identifiers that the package
     128<para>Helps when writing <filename>configure.in</filename> files
     129for a software package; it prints the identifiers that the package
    130130uses in C preprocessor conditionals. If a package has already been set
    131131up to have some portability, this program can help determine what
    132132<command>configure</command> needs to check for. It can also fill in
    133133gaps in a <filename>configure.in</filename> file generated by
    134 <command>autoscan</command>.</para>
     134<command>autoscan</command></para>
    135135<indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf ifnames"><primary sortas="b-ifnames">ifnames</primary></indexterm>
    136136</listitem>
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