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diff --git a/chapter05/expect.xml b/chapter05/expect.xml deleted file mode 100644 index a2cc67d0e..000000000 --- a/chapter05/expect.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,167 +0,0 @@ -<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> -<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN" - "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [ - <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent"> - %general-entities; -]> - -<sect1 id="ch-tools-expect" role="wrap"> - <?dbhtml filename="expect.html"?> - - <sect1info condition="script"> - <productname>expect</productname> - <productnumber>&expect-version;</productnumber> - <address>&expect-url;</address> - </sect1info> - - <title>Expect-&expect-version;</title> - - <indexterm zone="ch-tools-expect"> - <primary sortas="a-Expect">Expect</primary> - </indexterm> - - <sect2 role="package"> - <title/> - - <para>The <application>Expect</application> package contains tools for - automating, via scripted dialogues, interactive applications such as - <command>telnet</command>, <command>ftp</command>, - <command>passwd</command>, <command>fsck</command>, - <command>rlogin</command>, and <command>tip</command>. - <application>Expect</application> is also useful for testing these same - applications as well as easing all sorts of tasks that are prohibitively - difficult with anything else. The <application>DejaGnu</application> - framework is written in <application>Expect</application>.</para> - - <segmentedlist> - <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle> - <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle> - - <seglistitem> - <seg>&expect-ch5-sbu;</seg> - <seg>&expect-ch5-du;</seg> - </seglistitem> - </segmentedlist> - - </sect2> - - <sect2 role="installation"> - <title>Installation of Expect</title> - - <para>First, force Expect's configure script to use <filename>/bin/stty</filename> - instead of a <filename>/usr/local/bin/stty</filename> it may find on the host system. - This will ensure that our test suite tools remain sane for the final builds of our - toolchain:</para> - -<screen><userinput remap="pre">cp -v configure{,.orig} -sed 's:/usr/local/bin:/bin:' configure.orig > configure</userinput></screen> - - <para>Now prepare Expect for compilation:</para> - -<screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/tools \ - --with-tcl=/tools/lib \ - --with-tclinclude=/tools/include</userinput></screen> - - <variablelist> - <title>The meaning of the configure options:</title> - - <varlistentry> - <term><parameter>--with-tcl=/tools/lib</parameter></term> - <listitem> - <para>This ensures that the configure script finds the Tcl - installation in the temporary tools location instead of possibly - locating an existing one on the host system.</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><parameter>--with-tclinclude=/tools/include</parameter></term> - <listitem> - <para>This explicitly tells Expect where to find Tcl's internal - headers. Using this option avoids conditions where - <command>configure</command> fails because it cannot automatically - discover the location of Tcl's headers.</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - </variablelist> - - <para>Build the package:</para> - -<screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen> - - <para>Compilation is now complete. As discussed earlier, running the test - suite is not mandatory for the temporary tools here in this chapter. To run - the Expect test suite anyway, issue the following command:</para> - -<screen><userinput remap="test">make test</userinput></screen> - - <para>Note that the Expect test suite is known to experience failures under - certain host conditions that are not within our control. Therefore, - test suite failures here are not surprising and are not considered - critical.</para> - - <para>Install the package:</para> - -<screen><userinput remap="install">make SCRIPTS="" install</userinput></screen> - - <variablelist> - <title>The meaning of the make parameter:</title> - - <varlistentry> - <term><parameter>SCRIPTS=""</parameter></term> - <listitem> - <para>This prevents installation of the supplementary Expect - scripts, which are not needed.</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - </variablelist> - - </sect2> - - <sect2 id="contents-expect" role="content"> - <title>Contents of Expect</title> - - <segmentedlist> - <segtitle>Installed program</segtitle> - <segtitle>Installed library</segtitle> - - <seglistitem> - <seg>expect</seg> - <seg>libexpect-&expect-lib-version;.so</seg> - </seglistitem> - </segmentedlist> - - <variablelist> - <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead> - <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?> - <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?> - - <varlistentry id="expect"> - <term><command>expect</command></term> - <listitem> - <para>Communicates with other interactive programs according - to a script</para> - <indexterm zone="ch-tools-expect expect"> - <primary sortas="b-expect">expect</primary> - </indexterm> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry id="libexpect"> - <term><filename class="libraryfile">libexpect-&expect-lib-version;.so</filename></term> - <listitem> - <para>Contains functions that allow Expect to be used as a Tcl - extension or to be used directly from C or C++ (without Tcl)</para> - <indexterm zone="ch-tools-expect libexpect"> - <primary sortas="c-libexpect-&expect-lib-version;">libexpect-&expect-lib-version;</primary> - </indexterm> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - </variablelist> - - </sect2> - -</sect1> |