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diff --git a/appendixa/autoconf-desc.xml b/appendixa/autoconf-desc.xml deleted file mode 100644 index 54edf9f73..000000000 --- a/appendixa/autoconf-desc.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,38 +0,0 @@ -<sect2><title>Short descriptions</title> - -<para><command>autoconf</command> is a tool for producing 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 -- running them does not require the autoconf program.</para> - -<para><command>autoheader</command> is a tool for creating template files -of C #define statements for configure to use.</para> - -<para><command>autom4te</command> is a wrapper for the M4 macro -processor.</para> - -<para><command>autoreconf</command> comes in handy when there are a lot -of autoconf-generated configure scripts around. The program runs autoconf and -autoheader repeatedly (where appropriate) to remake the autoconf configure -scripts and configuration header templates in a given directory tree.</para> - -<para><command>autoscan</command> can help 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 -problems and creates a <filename>configure.scan</filename> file that serves as -as a preliminary <filename>configure.in</filename> for the package.</para> - -<para><command>autoupdate</command> modifies a -<filename>configure.in</filename> file that still calls autoconf macros -by their old names to use the current macro names.</para> - -<para><command>ifnames</command> can be helpful when writing a -<filename>configure.in</filename> 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 to -determine what <command>configure</command> needs to check. It can fill -in some gaps in a <filename>configure.in</filename> file generated by -autoscan.</para> - -</sect2> - |