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authorGerard Beekmans <gerard@linuxfromscratch.org>2005-02-19 22:16:42 +0000
committerGerard Beekmans <gerard@linuxfromscratch.org>2005-02-19 22:16:42 +0000
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+++ b/chapter06/automake.xml
@@ -3,13 +3,15 @@
<!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
%general-entities;
]>
-<sect1 id="ch-system-automake" xreflabel="Automake" role="wrap">
+<sect1 id="ch-system-automake" role="wrap">
<title>Automake-&automake-version;</title>
<?dbhtml filename="automake.html"?>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-automake"><primary sortas="a-Automake">Automake</primary></indexterm>
<sect2 role="package"><title/>
+<para>The Automake package contains programs for generating Makefiles for use
+with Autoconf.</para>
<segmentedlist>
<segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
@@ -17,6 +19,11 @@
<seglistitem><seg>0.2 SBU</seg><seg>6.8 MB</seg></seglistitem>
</segmentedlist>
+<segmentedlist>
+<segtitle>Automake installation depends on</segtitle>
+<seglistitem><seg>Autoconf, Bash, Coreutils,
+Diffutils, Grep, M4, Make, Perl, and Sed</seg></seglistitem>
+</segmentedlist>
</sect2>
<sect2 role="installation">
@@ -31,7 +38,7 @@
<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
<para>To test the results, issue:
-<userinput>make check</userinput></para>
+<userinput>make check</userinput>. This takes a long time, about 5 SBUs.</para>
<para>Install the package:</para>
@@ -42,8 +49,168 @@
<sect2 id="contents-automake" role="content"><title>Contents of Automake</title>
-<para>See testing</para>
+<segmentedlist>
+<segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
+<seglistitem><seg>acinstall, aclocal, aclocal-&automake-version;,
+automake, automake-&automake-version;,
+compile, config.guess, config.sub, depcomp, elisp-comp, install-sh, mdate-sh,
+missing, mkinstalldirs, py-compile, symlink-tree, and ylwrap</seg></seglistitem>
+</segmentedlist>
+
+<variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
+<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
+
+<varlistentry id="acinstall">
+<term><command>acinstall</command></term>
+<listitem>
+<para>A script that installs aclocal-style M4 files</para>
+<indexterm zone="ch-system-automake acinstall"><primary sortas="b-acinstall">acinstall</primary></indexterm>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry id="aclocal">
+<term><command>aclocal</command></term>
+<listitem>
+<para>Generates <filename>aclocal.m4</filename>
+files based on the contents of <filename>configure.in</filename> files</para>
+<indexterm zone="ch-system-automake aclocal"><primary sortas="b-aclocal">aclocal</primary></indexterm>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry id="aclocal-version">
+<term><command>aclocal-&automake-version;</command></term>
+<listitem>
+<para>A hard link to <command>aclocal</command></para>
+<indexterm zone="ch-system-automake aclocal-version"><primary
+sortas="b-aclocal-&automake-version;">aclocal-&automake-version;</primary></indexterm>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry id="automake">
+<term><command>automake</command></term>
+<listitem>
+<para>A tool for automatically generating
+<filename>Makefile.in</filename> files from
+<filename>Makefile.am</filename> files. To create all the
+<filename>Makefile.in</filename> files for a package, run this program
+in the top-level directory. By scanning the
+<filename>configure.in</filename> file, it automatically finds each
+appropriate <filename>Makefile.am</filename> file and generate the
+corresponding <filename>Makefile.in</filename> file</para>
+<indexterm zone="ch-system-automake automake"><primary sortas="b-automake">automake</primary></indexterm>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry id="automake-version">
+<term><command>automake-&automake-version;</command></term>
+<listitem>
+<para>A hard link to <command>automake</command></para>
+<indexterm zone="ch-system-automake automake-version"><primary
+sortas="b-automake-&automake-version;">automake-&automake-version;</primary></indexterm>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry id="compile">
+<term><command>compile</command></term>
+<listitem>
+<para>A wrapper for compilers</para>
+<indexterm zone="ch-system-automake compile"><primary sortas="b-compile">compile</primary></indexterm>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry id="config.guess">
+<term><command>config.guess</command></term>
+<listitem>
+<para>A script that attempts to guess
+the canonical triplet for the given build, host, or target architecture</para>
+<indexterm zone="ch-system-automake config.guess"><primary sortas="b-config.guess">config.guess</primary></indexterm>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry id="config.sub">
+<term><command>config.sub</command></term>
+<listitem>
+<para>A configuration validation subroutine script</para>
+<indexterm zone="ch-system-automake config.sub"><primary sortas="b-config.sub">config.sub</primary></indexterm>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry id="depcomp">
+<term><command>depcomp</command></term>
+<listitem>
+<para>A script for compiling a program so that dependency information
+is generated in addition to the desired output</para>
+<indexterm zone="ch-system-automake depcomp"><primary sortas="b-depcomp">depcomp</primary></indexterm>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry id="elisp-comp">
+<term><command>elisp-comp</command></term>
+<listitem>
+<para>Byte-compiles Emacs Lisp code</para>
+<indexterm zone="ch-system-automake elisp-comp"><primary sortas="b-elisp-comp">elisp-comp</primary></indexterm>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry id="install-sh">
+<term><command>install-sh</command></term>
+<listitem>
+<para>A script that installs a program, script, or data file</para>
+<indexterm zone="ch-system-automake install-sh"><primary sortas="b-install-sh">install-sh</primary></indexterm>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry id="mdate-sh">
+<term><command>mdate-sh</command></term>
+<listitem>
+<para>A script that prints the modification time of a file or directory</para>
+<indexterm zone="ch-system-automake mdate-sh"><primary sortas="b-mdate-sh">mdate-sh</primary></indexterm>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry id="missing">
+<term><command>missing</command></term>
+<listitem>
+<para>A script acting as a common stub for missing GNU programs during
+an installation</para>
+<indexterm zone="ch-system-automake missing"><primary sortas="b-missing">missing</primary></indexterm>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry id="mkinstalldirs">
+<term><command>mkinstalldirs</command></term>
+<listitem>
+<para>A script that creates a directory tree</para>
+<indexterm zone="ch-system-automake mkinstalldirs"><primary sortas="b-mkinstalldirs">mkinstalldirs</primary></indexterm>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry id="py-compile">
+<term><command>py-compile</command></term>
+<listitem>
+<para>Compiles a Python program</para>
+<indexterm zone="ch-system-automake py-compile"><primary sortas="b-py-compile">py-compile</primary></indexterm>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry id="symlink-tree">
+<term><command>symlink-tree</command></term>
+<listitem>
+<para>A script to create a symlink tree of a directory tree</para>
+<indexterm zone="ch-system-automake symlink-tree"><primary sortas="b-symlink-tree">symlink-tree</primary></indexterm>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry id="ylwrap">
+<term><command>ylwrap</command></term>
+<listitem>
+<para>A wrapper for <command>lex</command> and <command>yacc</command></para>
+<indexterm zone="ch-system-automake ylwrap"><primary sortas="b-ylwrap">ylwrap</primary></indexterm>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+</variablelist>
</sect2>
</sect1>
+