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diff --git a/chapter06/autoconf.xml b/chapter06/autoconf.xml index b4c39aea2..8a822f037 100644 --- a/chapter06/autoconf.xml +++ b/chapter06/autoconf.xml @@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ <indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf"><primary sortas="a-Autoconf">Autoconf</primary></indexterm> <sect2 role="package"><title/> -<para>The Autoconf package contains programs for producing shell scripts that -can automatically configure source code.</para> <segmentedlist> <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle> @@ -19,11 +17,6 @@ can automatically configure source code.</para> <seglistitem><seg>0.5 SBU</seg><seg>7.7 MB</seg></seglistitem> </segmentedlist> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>Autoconf installation depends on</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>Bash, Coreutils, Diffutils, Grep, -M4, Make, Perl, Sed</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> </sect2> <sect2 role="installation"> @@ -38,7 +31,7 @@ M4, Make, Perl, Sed</seg></seglistitem> <screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen> <para>To test the results, issue: -<userinput>make check</userinput>. This takes a long time, about 2 SBUs.</para> +<userinput>make check</userinput></para> <para>Install the package:</para> @@ -49,88 +42,7 @@ M4, Make, Perl, Sed</seg></seglistitem> <sect2 id="contents-autoconf" role="content"><title>Contents of Autoconf</title> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>autoconf, autoheader, autom4te, -autoreconf, autoscan, autoupdate and ifnames</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> - -<variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title> - -<varlistentry id="autoconf"> -<term><command>autoconf</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autoconf"><primary sortas="b-autoconf">autoconf</primary></indexterm> -<para>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> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="autoheader"> -<term><command>autoheader</command> </term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autoheader"><primary sortas="b-autoheader">autoheader</primary></indexterm> -<para>is a tool for creating template files -of C #define statements for configure to use.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="autom4te"> -<term><command>autom4te</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autom4te"><primary sortas="b-autom4te">autom4te</primary></indexterm> -<para>is a wrapper for the M4 macro processor.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="autoreconf"> -<term><command>autoreconf</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autoreconf"><primary sortas="b-autoreconf">autoreconf</primary></indexterm> -<para>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> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="autoscan"> -<term><command>autoscan</command> </term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autoscan"><primary sortas="b-autoscan">autoscan</primary></indexterm> -<para>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> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="autoupdate"> -<term><command>autoupdate</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autoupdate"><primary sortas="b-autoupdate">autoupdate</primary></indexterm> -<para>modifies a <filename>configure.in</filename> file that still calls autoconf -macros by their old names to use the current macro names.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="ifnames"> -<term><command>ifnames</command> </term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf ifnames"><primary sortas="b-ifnames">ifnames</primary></indexterm> -<para>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> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> -</variablelist> +<para>See testing</para> </sect2> |