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authorTimothy Bauscher <timothy@linuxfromscratch.org>2002-06-23 21:39:27 +0000
committerTimothy Bauscher <timothy@linuxfromscratch.org>2002-06-23 21:39:27 +0000
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@@ -3,11 +3,16 @@
<para>Last checked against version &automake-contversion;.</para>
<sect3><title>Program Files</title>
-<para>aclocal and automake</para></sect3>
+<para>acinstall, aclocal, aclocal-1.6, automake, automake-1.6,
+compile, config.guess, config.sub, depcomp, elisp-comp, install-sh,
+mdate-sh, missing, mkinstalldirs, py-compile, ylwrap</para></sect3>
<sect3><title>Descriptions</title>
-<sect4><title>aclocal</title>
+<sect4><title>acinstall</title>
+<para>acinstall is a script which installs aclocal-style M4 files.</para></sect4>
+
+<sect4><title>aclocal, aclocal-1.6</title>
<para>automake includes a number of autoconf macros which can be used in
packages; some of them are actually required by automake in certain
situations. These macros must be defined in the aclocal.m4-file;
@@ -19,13 +24,52 @@ way to get automake-provided macros, without having to search around.
Also, the aclocal mechanism is extensible for use
by other packages.</para></sect4>
-<sect4><title>automake</title>
+<sect4><title>automake, automake-1.6</title>
<para>To create all the Makefile.in's for a package, run the automake
program in the top level directory, with no arguments. automake will
automatically find each appropriate Makefile.am (by scanning
configure.in) and generate the corresponding Makefile.in.</para></sect4>
+<sect4><title>compile</title>
+<para>compile is script which acts as a wrapper for compilers.</para></sect4>
+
+<sect4><title>config.guess</title>
+<para>config.guess is a script which attempts to guess a canonical system
+name.</para></sect4>
+
+<sect4><title>config.sub</title>
+<para>config.sub is a configuration validation subroutine script.</para></sect4>
+
+<sect4><title>depcomp</title>
+<para>depcomp is a script which compiles a program while generating
+dependencies as side-effects.</para></sect4>
+
+<sect4><title>elisp-comp</title>
+<para>elisp-comp is a script which byte-compiles .el files.</para></sect4>
+
+<sect4><title>install-sh</title>
+<para>install-sh is a script which installs a program, script, or a
+datafile.</para></sect4>
+
+<sect4><title>mdate-sh</title>
+<para>mdate-sh is a script which prints the modification time of a file
+or directory.</para></sect4>
+
+<sect4><title>missing</title>
+<para>missing is a script which acts as a common stub for a few missing
+GNU programs during an installation.</para></sect4>
+
+<sect4><title>mkinstalldirs</title>
+<para>mkinstalldirs is a script which makes a directory
+hierarchy.</para></sect4>
+
+<sect4><title>py-compile</title>
+<para>py-compile is a script which compiles a Python program.</para></sect4>
+
+<sect4><title>ylwrap</title>
+<para>ylwrap is a script which acts as a wrapper for lex/yacc
+invocations.</para></sect4>
+
</sect3>
</sect2>
-