From 978d0bffc413b67ead9db2d2816b916cf3d502ca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alex Gronenwoud Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 22:29:16 +0000 Subject: Changing the style of the command descriptions in appendix A. git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@2879 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689 --- appendixa/automake-desc.xml | 79 ++++++++++++++++++--------------------------- 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+), 48 deletions(-) (limited to 'appendixa/automake-desc.xml') diff --git a/appendixa/automake-desc.xml b/appendixa/automake-desc.xml index 321b77010..416ff2e90 100644 --- a/appendixa/automake-desc.xml +++ b/appendixa/automake-desc.xml @@ -6,68 +6,51 @@ Program file descriptions -acinstall -acinstall is a script which installs aclocal-style M4 files. +acinstall is a script that installs +aclocal-style M4 files. -aclocal, aclocal-1.6 -automake includes a number of autoconf macros which can be used in -packages, some of which are needed by automake in certain -situations. These macros must be defined in the aclocal.m4-file -or they will not be seen by autoconf. +aclocal generates aclocal.m4 +files based on the contents of configure.in files. -The aclocal program will automatically generate aclocal.m4 files -based on the contents of configure.in. This provides a convenient -way to get automake-provided macros without having to search around. -Also, the aclocal mechanism is extensible for use -by other packages. +automake is a tool for automatically generating +Makefile.in's from files called +Makefile.am. To create all the +Makefile.in files for a package, run this program in the +top level directory. By scanning the configure.ins it +automatically finds each appropriate Makefile.am and +generate the corresponding Makefile.in. -automake, automake-1.6 -To create all the Makefile.in files for a package, run the -automake program in the top level directory, with no -arguments. automake will automatically find each appropriate -Makefile.am (by scanning configure.in) and generate the corresponding -Makefile.in. +compile is a wrapper for compilers. -compile -compile is script which acts as a wrapper for compilers. +config.guess is a script that attempts to guess +the canonical triplet for the given build, host, or target architecture. -config.guess -config.guess is a script which attempts to guess a canonical system -name. +config.sub is a configuration validation +subroutine script. -config.sub -config.sub is a configuration validation subroutine script. +depcomp is a script for compiling a program +so that not only the desired output is generated but also dependency +information. -depcomp -depcomp is a script which compiles a program while generating -dependencies as side-effects. +elisp-comp byte-compiles Emacs Lisp code. -elisp-comp -elisp-comp is a script which byte-compiles .el files. +install-sh is a script that installs a program, +a script, or a datafile. -install-sh -install-sh is a script which installs a program, script, or a -datafile. +mdate-sh is a script that prints the modification +time of a file or directory. -mdate-sh -mdate-sh is a script which prints the modification time of a file -or directory. +missing is a script acting as a common stub for +missing GNU programs during an installation. -missing -missing is a script which acts as a common stub for a few missing -GNU programs during an installation. +mkinstalldirs is a script that creates a directory +tree. -mkinstalldirs -mkinstalldirs is a script which makes a directory -hierarchy. +py-compile compiles a Python program. -py-compile -py-compile is a script which compiles a Python program. - -ylwrap -ylwrap is a script which acts as a wrapper for lex/yacc -invocations. +ylwrap is a wrapper for lex and yacc. + -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf