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author | Alex Gronenwoud <alex@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2003-11-01 22:31:50 +0000 |
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committer | Alex Gronenwoud <alex@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2003-11-01 22:31:50 +0000 |
commit | 73aedd1d35747ff2fad4ddf514dca810721a612a (patch) | |
tree | d05f8b503f210d7248c2b2abea9e5528fc04d90a /chapter05/expect.xml | |
parent | 0b400add2ba87352e955326bcb931e53864cc2ae (diff) |
Merging caption and installation sections for all packages in chapters 5 and 6.
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diff --git a/chapter05/expect.xml b/chapter05/expect.xml index 338d35537..500cfb5b9 100644 --- a/chapter05/expect.xml +++ b/chapter05/expect.xml @@ -7,7 +7,63 @@ Estimated required disk space: &expect-compsize-tools;</screen> &aa-expect-shortdesc; &aa-expect-dep; -&c5-expect-inst; + +<sect2><title> </title><para> </para></sect2> + +<sect2> +<title>Installation of Expect</title> + +<para>First apply a patch:</para> + +<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&expect-patch;</userinput></screen> + +<para>This fixes a bug in Expect that can result in bogus failures during the +GCC test suite run.</para> + +<para>Now prepare Expect to be compiled:</para> + +<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/tools --with-tcl=/tools/lib --with-x=no</userinput></screen> + +<para>The meaning of the configure options:</para> + +<itemizedlist> +<listitem><para><userinput>--with-tcl=/tools/lib</userinput>: This ensures that +the configure script finds the Tcl installation in our temporary tools location. +We don't want it to find an existing one that may possibly reside on the host +system.</para></listitem> + +<listitem><para><userinput>--with-x=no</userinput>: This tells the configure +script not to search for Tk (the Tcl GUI component) or the X Window System +libraries, both of which may possibly reside on the host system.</para></listitem> +</itemizedlist> + +<para>Build the package:</para> + +<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen> + +<para>This package has a test suite available which can perform a number of +checks to ensure it built correctly. However, the Expect test suite here in +Chapter 5 is known to experience failures under certain host conditions that +are not fully understood. Therefore, test suite failures here are not +surprising, but are not considered critical. Should you choose to run the test +suite, the following command will do so:</para> + +<screen><userinput>make test</userinput></screen> + +<para>And install:</para> + +<screen><userinput>make SCRIPTS="" install</userinput></screen> + +<para>The meaning of the make option:</para> + +<itemizedlist> +<listitem><para><userinput>SCRIPTS=""</userinput>: This prevents installation of +the supplementary expect scripts which are not needed.</para></listitem> +</itemizedlist> + +<para>You can now remove the source directories of both Tcl and Expect.</para> + +</sect2> </sect1> |