Changeset 81fd230 for chapter06/autoconf.xml

Timestamp:

02/19/2005 10:16:42 PM (19 years ago)

Author:

Gerard Beekmans <gerard@…>

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Message:

Trunk is now identical to Testing

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• chapter06/autoconf.xml (modified) (5 diffs)

chapter06/autoconf.xml

@@ -4 +4 @@
   %general-entities;
 ]>
-<sect1 id="ch-system-autoconf" xreflabel="Autoconf" role="wrap">
+<sect1 id="ch-system-autoconf" role="wrap">
 <title>Autoconf-&autoconf-version;</title>
 <?dbhtml filename="autoconf.html"?>
@@ -11 +11 @@
 
 <sect2 role="package"><title/>
+<para>The Autoconf package contains programs for producing shell scripts that
+can automatically configure source code.</para>
 
 <segmentedlist>
@@ -18 +20 @@
 </segmentedlist>
 
+<segmentedlist>
+<segtitle>Autoconf installation depends on</segtitle>
+<seglistitem><seg>Bash, Coreutils, Diffutils, Grep,
+M4, Make, Perl, and Sed</seg></seglistitem>
+</segmentedlist>
 </sect2>
 
@@ -32 +39 @@
 
 <para>To test the results, issue:
-<userinput>make check</userinput></para>
+<userinput>make check</userinput>. This takes a long time, about 2 SBUs.</para>
 
 <para>Install the package:</para>
@@ -40 +47 @@
 </sect2>
 
-
 <sect2 id="contents-autoconf" role="content"><title>Contents of Autoconf</title>
 
-<para>See testing</para>
+<segmentedlist>
+<segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
+<seglistitem><seg>autoconf, autoheader, autom4te,
+autoreconf, autoscan, autoupdate, and ifnames</seg></seglistitem>
+</segmentedlist>
+
+<variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
+<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
+
+<varlistentry id="autoconf">
+<term><command>autoconf</command></term>
+<listitem>
+<para>Produces shell scripts that automatically
+configure software source code packages to adapt to many kinds of
+Unix-like systems. The configuration scripts it produces are
+independent&mdash;running them does not require the <command>autoconf</command> program.</para>
+<indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autoconf"><primary sortas="b-autoconf">autoconf</primary></indexterm>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry id="autoheader">
+<term><command>autoheader</command> </term>
+<listitem>
+<para>A tool for creating template files of C
+<emphasis>#define</emphasis> statements for configure to use</para>
+<indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autoheader"><primary sortas="b-autoheader">autoheader</primary></indexterm>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry id="autom4te">
+<term><command>autom4te</command></term>
+<listitem>
+<para>A wrapper for the M4 macro processor</para>
+<indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autom4te"><primary sortas="b-autom4te">autom4te</primary></indexterm>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry id="autoreconf">
+<term><command>autoreconf</command></term>
+<listitem>
+<para>Automatically runs <command>autoconf</command>,
+<command>autoheader</command>, <command>aclocal</command>,
+<command>automake</command>, <command>gettextize</command>, and
+<command>libtoolize</command> in the correct order to save time
+when changes are made to <command>autoconf</command> and 
+<command>automake</command> template files</para>
+<indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autoreconf"><primary sortas="b-autoreconf">autoreconf</primary></indexterm>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry id="autoscan">
+<term><command>autoscan</command> </term>
+<listitem>
+<para>Helps to create a <filename>configure.in</filename> file for a
+software package; it examines the source files in a directory tree,
+searching them for common portability issues, and creates a
+<filename>configure.scan</filename> file that serves as as a
+preliminary <filename>configure.in</filename> file for the
+package</para>
+<indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autoscan"><primary sortas="b-autoscan">autoscan</primary></indexterm>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry id="autoupdate">
+<term><command>autoupdate</command></term>
+<listitem>
+<para>Modifies a <filename>configure.in</filename> file that still
+calls <command>autoconf</command> macros by their old names to use the 
+current macro names</para>
+<indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autoupdate"><primary sortas="b-autoupdate">autoupdate</primary></indexterm>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry id="ifnames">
+<term><command>ifnames</command> </term>
+<listitem>
+<para>Helps when writing <filename>configure.in</filename> files
+for a software package; it prints the identifiers that the package
+uses in C preprocessor conditionals. If a package has already been set
+up to have some portability, this program can help determine what
+<command>configure</command> needs to check for. It can also fill in
+gaps in a <filename>configure.in</filename> file generated by
+<command>autoscan</command></para>
+<indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf ifnames"><primary sortas="b-ifnames">ifnames</primary></indexterm>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+</variablelist>
 
 </sect2>
 
 </sect1>
+