chapter06/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-ch6-sbu;</seg>
  35         <seg>&automake-ch6-du;</seg>
  36       </seglistitem>
  37     </segmentedlist>
  38
  39   </sect2>
  40
  41   <sect2 role="installation">
  42     <title>Installation of Automake</title>
  43
  44     <para>Prepare Automake for compilation:</para>
  45
  46 <screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr --docdir=/usr/share/doc/automake-&automake-version;</userinput></screen>
  47
  48     <para>Compile the package:</para>
  49
  50 <screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
  51
  52 <!--<para>There are a couple of tests that incorrectly link to the
  53     wrong version of the flex library, so we temporarily work around
  54     the problem.  Also, using the -j4 make option speeds up the tests, even on
  55     systems with only one processor, due to internal delays in individual
  56     tests.  To test the results, issue:</para>
  57  -->
  58
  59     <para> Using the -j4 make option speeds up the tests, even on systems with
  60     only one processor, due to internal delays in individual tests.  To test
  61     the results, issue:</para>
  62
  63  <!--<screen><userinput remap="test">sed -i "s:./configure:LEXLIB=/usr/lib/libfl.a &amp;:" t/lex-{clean,depend}-cxx.sh
  64        make -j4 check</userinput></screen>-->
  65
  66 <screen><userinput remap="test">make -j4 check</userinput></screen>
  67
  68
  69     <para>One test is known to fail in the LFS environment:
  70     subobj.sh.</para>
  71
  72     <para>Install the package:</para>
  73
  74 <screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>
  75
  76   </sect2>
  77
  78
  79   <sect2 id="contents-automake" role="content">
  80     <title>Contents of Automake</title>
  81
  82     <segmentedlist>
  83       <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
  84       <segtitle>Installed directories</segtitle>
  85
  86       <seglistitem>
  87         <seg>aclocal, aclocal-&am-minor-version; (hard linked with aclocal), automake, and
  88         automake-&am-minor-version; (hard linked with automake) </seg>
  89         <seg>/usr/share/aclocal-&am-minor-version;, /usr/share/automake-&am-minor-version;, and
  90         /usr/share/doc/automake-&automake-version;</seg>
  91       </seglistitem>
  92     </segmentedlist>
  93
  94     <variablelist>
  95       <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
  96       <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
  97       <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
  98
  99       <varlistentry id="aclocal">
 100         <term><command>aclocal</command></term>
 101         <listitem>
 102           <para>Generates <filename>aclocal.m4</filename> files based on the
 103           contents of <filename>configure.in</filename> files</para>
 104           <indexterm zone="ch-system-automake aclocal">
 105             <primary sortas="b-aclocal">aclocal</primary>
 106           </indexterm>
 107         </listitem>
 108       </varlistentry>
 109
 110       <varlistentry id="aclocalversion">
 111         <term><command>aclocal-&am-minor-version;</command></term>
 112         <listitem>
 113           <para>A hard link to <command>aclocal</command></para>
 114           <indexterm zone="ch-system-automake aclocalversion">
 115             <primary sortas="b-aclocal-&am-minor-version;">aclocal-&am-minor-version;</primary>
 116           </indexterm>
 117         </listitem>
 118       </varlistentry>
 119
 120       <varlistentry id="automake">
 121         <term><command>automake</command></term>
 122         <listitem>
 123           <para>A tool for automatically generating
 124           <filename>Makefile.in</filename> files from
 125           <filename>Makefile.am</filename> files [To create all the
 126           <filename>Makefile.in</filename> files for a package, run this program
 127           in the top-level directory. By scanning the
 128           <filename>configure.in</filename> file, it automatically finds each
 129           appropriate <filename>Makefile.am</filename> file and generates the
 130           corresponding <filename>Makefile.in</filename> file.]</para>
 131           <indexterm zone="ch-system-automake automake">
 132             <primary sortas="b-automake">automake</primary>
 133           </indexterm>
 134         </listitem>
 135       </varlistentry>
 136
 137       <varlistentry id="automake-version">
 138         <term><command>automake-&am-minor-version;</command></term>
 139         <listitem>
 140           <para>A hard link to <command>automake</command></para>
 141           <indexterm zone="ch-system-automake automake-version">
 142             <primary sortas="b-automake-&am-minor-version;">automake-&am-minor-version;</primary>
 143           </indexterm>
 144         </listitem>
 145       </varlistentry>
 146
 147     </variablelist>
 148
 149   </sect2>
 150
 151 </sect1>