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<?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-system-autoconf" role="wrap">
<?dbhtml filename="autoconf.html"?>
<sect1info condition="script">
<productname>autoconf</productname>
<productnumber>&autoconf-version;</productnumber>
<address>&autoconf-url;</address>
</sect1info>
<title>Autoconf-&autoconf-version;</title>
<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>
<segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
<seglistitem>
<seg>&autoconf-fin-sbu;</seg>
<seg>&autoconf-fin-du;</seg>
</seglistitem>
</segmentedlist>
</sect2>
<sect2 role="installation">
<title>Installation of Autoconf</title>
<para>First, fix several problems with the tests caused by bash-5.2 and later:</para>
<screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -e 's/SECONDS|/&SHLVL|/' \
-e '/BASH_ARGV=/a\ /^SHLVL=/ d' \
-i.orig tests/local.at</userinput></screen>
<para>Prepare Autoconf for compilation:</para>
<screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen>
<para>Compile the package:</para>
<screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
<para>To test the results, issue:</para>
<!--
<para>The test suite is currently broken by bash-5 and libtool-2.4.3.
To run the tests anyway, issue:</para>
-->
<screen><userinput remap="test">make check</userinput></screen>
<!--
<para>This takes a long time, about &autoconf-fin-sbu-tests; SBUs. In addition,
several tests are skipped that use Automake. For full test coverage,
Autoconf can be re-tested after Automake has been installed. In addition,
two tests fail due to changes in libtool-2.4.3 and later.</para>
-->
<note><para>The test time for autoconf can be reduced significantly on a
system with multiple cores. To do this, append
<command>TESTSUITEFLAGS=-j<N></command> to the line above. For
instance, using -j4 can reduce the test time by over 60
percent.</para></note>
<para>Install the package:</para>
<screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="contents-autoconf" role="content">
<title>Contents of Autoconf</title>
<segmentedlist>
<segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
<segtitle>Installed directory</segtitle>
<seglistitem>
<seg>autoconf, autoheader, autom4te, autoreconf, autoscan, autoupdate,
and ifnames</seg>
<seg>/usr/share/autoconf</seg>
</seglistitem>
</segmentedlist>
<variablelist>
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
<?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
<varlistentry id="autoconf">
<term><command>autoconf</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Produces 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 <command>autoconf</command> program</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autoconf">
<primary sortas="b-autoconf">autoconf</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="autoheader">
<term><command>autoheader</command> </term>
<listitem>
<para>A tool for creating template files of C
<emphasis>#define</emphasis> statements for configure to use</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autoheader">
<primary sortas="b-autoheader">autoheader</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="autom4te">
<term><command>autom4te</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>A wrapper for the M4 macro processor</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autom4te">
<primary sortas="b-autom4te">autom4te</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="autoreconf">
<term><command>autoreconf</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Automatically runs <command>autoconf</command>,
<command>autoheader</command>, <command>aclocal</command>,
<command>automake</command>, <command>gettextize</command>, and
<command>libtoolize</command> in the correct order to save time
when changes are made to <command>autoconf</command> and
<command>automake</command> template files</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autoreconf">
<primary sortas="b-autoreconf">autoreconf</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="autoscan">
<term><command>autoscan</command> </term>
<listitem>
<para>Helps 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 issues, and creates a
<filename>configure.scan</filename> file that serves as a
preliminary <filename>configure.in</filename> file for the
package</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autoscan">
<primary sortas="b-autoscan">autoscan</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="autoupdate">
<term><command>autoupdate</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Modifies a <filename>configure.in</filename> file that still
calls <command>autoconf</command> macros by their old names to use the
current macro names</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autoupdate">
<primary sortas="b-autoupdate">autoupdate</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="ifnames">
<term><command>ifnames</command> </term>
<listitem>
<para>Helps when writing <filename>configure.in</filename> files
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 determine what
<command>configure</command> needs to check for. It can also fill in
gaps in a <filename>configure.in</filename> file generated by
<command>autoscan</command>.]</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf ifnames">
<primary sortas="b-ifnames">ifnames</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</sect2>
</sect1>
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