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diff --git a/chapter06/autoconf.xml b/chapter06/autoconf.xml index 7e6cc0151..dd7c5e233 100644 --- a/chapter06/autoconf.xml +++ b/chapter06/autoconf.xml @@ -47,58 +47,91 @@ M4, Make, Perl, Sed</seg></seglistitem> </sect2> -<sect2 id="contents-autoconf"><title>Contents of Autoconf</title> +<sect2 id="contents-autoconf" role="content"><title>Contents of Autoconf</title> -<para><emphasis>Installed programs</emphasis>: autoconf, autoheader, autom4te, -autoreconf, autoscan, autoupdate and ifnames</para> - -</sect2> +<segmentedlist> +<segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle> +<seglistitem><seg>autoconf, autoheader, autom4te, +autoreconf, autoscan, autoupdate and ifnames</seg></seglistitem> +</segmentedlist> -<sect2><title>Short descriptions</title> +<variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title> +<varlistentry> +<term id="autoconf"><command>autoconf</command></term> +<listitem> <indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autoconf"><primary sortas="b-autoconf">autoconf</primary></indexterm> -<para id="autoconf"><command>autoconf</command> is a tool for producing shell scripts +<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> +<term id="autoheader"><command>autoheader</command> </term> +<listitem> <indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autoheader"><primary sortas="b-autoheader">autoheader</primary></indexterm> -<para id="autoheader"><command>autoheader</command> is a tool for creating template files +<para>is a tool for creating template files of C #define statements for configure to use.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term id="autom4te"><command>autom4te</command></term> +<listitem> <indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autom4te"><primary sortas="b-autom4te">autom4te</primary></indexterm> -<para id="autom4te"><command>autom4te</command> is a wrapper for the M4 macro -processor.</para> +<para>is a wrapper for the M4 macro processor.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term id="autoreconf"><command>autoreconf</command></term> +<listitem> <indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autoreconf"><primary sortas="b-autoreconf">autoreconf</primary></indexterm> -<para id="autoreconf"><command>autoreconf</command> comes in handy when there are a lot +<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> +<term id="autoscan"><command>autoscan</command> </term> +<listitem> <indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autoscan"><primary sortas="b-autoscan">autoscan</primary></indexterm> -<para id="autoscan"><command>autoscan</command> can help to create a +<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> +<term id="autoupdate"><command>autoupdate</command></term> +<listitem> <indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autoupdate"><primary sortas="b-autoupdate">autoupdate</primary></indexterm> -<para id="autoupdate"><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>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> +<term id="ifnames"><command>ifnames</command> </term> +<listitem> <indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf ifnames"><primary sortas="b-ifnames">ifnames</primary></indexterm> -<para id="ifnames"><command>ifnames</command> can be helpful when writing a +<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> </sect2> - - </sect1> |