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>First fix a warning that is caused by perl-5.22 and later:</para>
  45
  46 <screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -i 's:/\\\${:/\\\$\\{:' bin/automake.in</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>There are a couple of tests that incorrectly link to the
  57     wrong version of the flex library, so we temporarily work around
  58     the problem.  Also, using the -j4 make option speeds up the tests, even on
  59     systems with only one processor, due to internal delays in individual
  60     tests.  To test the results, issue:</para>
  61
  62 <screen><userinput remap="test">sed -i "s:./configure:LEXLIB=/usr/lib/libfl.a &amp;:" t/lex-{clean,depend}-cxx.sh
  63 make -j4 check</userinput></screen>
  64
  65     <para>Install the package:</para>
  66
  67 <screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>
  68
  69   </sect2>
  70
  71
  72   <sect2 id="contents-automake" role="content">
  73     <title>Contents of Automake</title>
  74
  75     <segmentedlist>
  76       <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
  77       <segtitle>Installed directories</segtitle>
  78
  79       <seglistitem>
  80         <seg>aclocal, aclocal-&am-minor-version; (hard linked with aclocal), automake, and
  81         automake-&am-minor-version; (hard linked with automake) </seg>
  82         <seg>/usr/share/aclocal-&am-minor-version;, /usr/share/automake-&am-minor-version;, and
  83         /usr/share/doc/automake-&automake-version;</seg>
  84       </seglistitem>
  85     </segmentedlist>
  86
  87     <variablelist>
  88       <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
  89       <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
  90       <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
  91
  92       <varlistentry id="aclocal">
  93         <term><command>aclocal</command></term>
  94         <listitem>
  95           <para>Generates <filename>aclocal.m4</filename> files based on the
  96           contents of <filename>configure.in</filename> files</para>
  97           <indexterm zone="ch-system-automake aclocal">
  98             <primary sortas="b-aclocal">aclocal</primary>
  99           </indexterm>
 100         </listitem>
 101       </varlistentry>
 102
 103       <varlistentry id="aclocalversion">
 104         <term><command>aclocal-&am-minor-version;</command></term>
 105         <listitem>
 106           <para>A hard link to <command>aclocal</command></para>
 107           <indexterm zone="ch-system-automake aclocalversion">
 108             <primary sortas="b-aclocal-&am-minor-version;">aclocal-&am-minor-version;</primary>
 109           </indexterm>
 110         </listitem>
 111       </varlistentry>
 112
 113       <varlistentry id="automake">
 114         <term><command>automake</command></term>
 115         <listitem>
 116           <para>A tool for automatically generating
 117           <filename>Makefile.in</filename> files from
 118           <filename>Makefile.am</filename> files [To create all the
 119           <filename>Makefile.in</filename> files for a package, run this program
 120           in the top-level directory. By scanning the
 121           <filename>configure.in</filename> file, it automatically finds each
 122           appropriate <filename>Makefile.am</filename> file and generates the
 123           corresponding <filename>Makefile.in</filename> file.]</para>
 124           <indexterm zone="ch-system-automake automake">
 125             <primary sortas="b-automake">automake</primary>
 126           </indexterm>
 127         </listitem>
 128       </varlistentry>
 129
 130       <varlistentry id="automake-version">
 131         <term><command>automake-&am-minor-version;</command></term>
 132         <listitem>
 133           <para>A hard link to <command>automake</command></para>
 134           <indexterm zone="ch-system-automake automake-version">
 135             <primary sortas="b-automake-&am-minor-version;">automake-&am-minor-version;</primary>
 136           </indexterm>
 137         </listitem>
 138       </varlistentry>
 139
 140     </variablelist>
 141
 142   </sect2>
 143
 144 </sect1>