BOOK/chapter08/automake.xml

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   8 <sect1 id="ch-system-automake" role="wrap">
   9   <?dbhtml filename="automake.html"?>
  10
  11   <sect1info condition="script">
  12     <productname>automake</productname>
  13     <productnumber>&automake-version;</productnumber>
  14     <address>&automake-url;</address>
  15   </sect1info>
  16
  17   <title>Automake-&automake-version;</title>
  18
  19   <indexterm zone="ch-system-automake">
  20     <primary sortas="a-Automake">Automake</primary>
  21   </indexterm>
  22
  23   <sect2 role="package">
  24     <title/>
  25
  26     <para>The Automake package contains programs for generating Makefiles for use
  27     with Autoconf.</para>
  28
  29     <segmentedlist>
  30       <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
  31       <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
  32
  33       <seglistitem>
  34         <seg>&automake-fin-sbu;</seg>
  35         <seg>&automake-fin-du;</seg>
  36       </seglistitem>
  37     </segmentedlist>
  38
  39   </sect2>
  40
  41   <sect2 role="installation">
  42     <title>Installation of Automake</title>
  43
  44     <para>Fix a failing test:</para>
  45
  46 <screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -i "s/''/etags/" t/tags-lisp-space.sh</userinput></screen>
  47
  48     <para>Prepare Automake for compilation:</para>
  49
  50 <screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr --docdir=/usr/share/doc/automake-&automake-version;</userinput></screen>
  51
  52     <para>Compile the package:</para>
  53
  54 <screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
  55
  56     <para> Using the -j4 make option speeds up the tests, even on systems with
  57     only one processor, due to internal delays in individual tests.  To test
  58     the results, issue:</para>
  59
  60 <screen><userinput remap="test">make -j4 check</userinput></screen>
  61
  62     <para>The test t/subobj.sh is known to fail in the LFS environment.</para>
  63
  64     <para>Install the package:</para>
  65
  66 <screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>
  67
  68   </sect2>
  69
  70
  71   <sect2 id="contents-automake" role="content">
  72     <title>Contents of Automake</title>
  73
  74     <segmentedlist>
  75       <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
  76       <segtitle>Installed directories</segtitle>
  77
  78       <seglistitem>
  79         <seg>aclocal, aclocal-&am-minor-version; (hard linked with aclocal), automake, and
  80         automake-&am-minor-version; (hard linked with automake) </seg>
  81         <seg>/usr/share/aclocal-&am-minor-version;, /usr/share/automake-&am-minor-version;, and
  82         /usr/share/doc/automake-&automake-version;</seg>
  83       </seglistitem>
  84     </segmentedlist>
  85
  86     <variablelist>
  87       <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
  88       <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
  89       <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
  90
  91       <varlistentry id="aclocal">
  92         <term><command>aclocal</command></term>
  93         <listitem>
  94           <para>Generates <filename>aclocal.m4</filename> files based on the
  95           contents of <filename>configure.in</filename> files</para>
  96           <indexterm zone="ch-system-automake aclocal">
  97             <primary sortas="b-aclocal">aclocal</primary>
  98           </indexterm>
  99         </listitem>
 100       </varlistentry>
 101
 102       <varlistentry id="aclocalversion">
 103         <term><command>aclocal-&am-minor-version;</command></term>
 104         <listitem>
 105           <para>A hard link to <command>aclocal</command></para>
 106           <indexterm zone="ch-system-automake aclocalversion">
 107             <primary sortas="b-aclocal-&am-minor-version;">aclocal-&am-minor-version;</primary>
 108           </indexterm>
 109         </listitem>
 110       </varlistentry>
 111
 112       <varlistentry id="automake">
 113         <term><command>automake</command></term>
 114         <listitem>
 115           <para>A tool for automatically generating
 116           <filename>Makefile.in</filename> files from
 117           <filename>Makefile.am</filename> files [To create all the
 118           <filename>Makefile.in</filename> files for a package, run this program
 119           in the top-level directory. By scanning the
 120           <filename>configure.in</filename> file, it automatically finds each
 121           appropriate <filename>Makefile.am</filename> file and generates the
 122           corresponding <filename>Makefile.in</filename> file.]</para>
 123           <indexterm zone="ch-system-automake automake">
 124             <primary sortas="b-automake">automake</primary>
 125           </indexterm>
 126         </listitem>
 127       </varlistentry>
 128
 129       <varlistentry id="automake-version">
 130         <term><command>automake-&am-minor-version;</command></term>
 131         <listitem>
 132           <para>A hard link to <command>automake</command></para>
 133           <indexterm zone="ch-system-automake automake-version">
 134             <primary sortas="b-automake-&am-minor-version;">automake-&am-minor-version;</primary>
 135           </indexterm>
 136         </listitem>
 137       </varlistentry>
 138
 139     </variablelist>
 140
 141   </sect2>
 142
 143 </sect1>