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authorAlexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@gnu.org>2006-08-19 13:28:25 +0000
committerAlexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@gnu.org>2006-08-19 13:28:25 +0000
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* doc/automake.texi (Autotools Introduction) New chapter.
Thanks to Ben Pfaff and Ralf Wildenhues for comments. (Auxiliary Programs, Install, Dist, Third-Party Makefiles) (distcleancheck): More cross references. * doc/amhello/configure.ac, doc/amhello/README, doc/amhello/Makefile.am, doc/amhello/src/Makefile.am, doc/amhello/src/main.c: New files. * doc/Makefile.am (dist_noinst_DATA): Distribute them. ($(srcdir)/amhello-1.0.tar.gz): New rule. (dist_doc_DATA): Install amhello-1.0.tar.gz. * Makefile.am (SUBDIRS): Update comment.
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@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
Installation Instructions
*************************
-Copyright (C) 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004 Free
-Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright (C) 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005,
+2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This file is free documentation; the Free Software Foundation gives
unlimited permission to copy, distribute and modify it.
@@ -102,16 +102,16 @@ for another architecture.
Installation Names
==================
-By default, `make install' will install the package's files in
-`/usr/local/bin', `/usr/local/man', etc. You can specify an
-installation prefix other than `/usr/local' by giving `configure' the
-option `--prefix=PREFIX'.
+By default, `make install' installs the package's commands under
+`/usr/local/bin', include files under `/usr/local/include', etc. You
+can specify an installation prefix other than `/usr/local' by giving
+`configure' the option `--prefix=PREFIX'.
You can specify separate installation prefixes for
architecture-specific files and architecture-independent files. If you
-give `configure' the option `--exec-prefix=PREFIX', the package will
-use PREFIX as the prefix for installing programs and libraries.
-Documentation and other data files will still use the regular prefix.
+pass the option `--exec-prefix=PREFIX' to `configure', the package uses
+PREFIX as the prefix for installing programs and libraries.
+Documentation and other data files still use the regular prefix.
In addition, if you use an unusual directory layout you can give
options like `--bindir=DIR' to specify different values for particular
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ where SYSTEM can have one of these forms:
need to know the machine type.
If you are _building_ compiler tools for cross-compiling, you should
-use the `--target=TYPE' option to select the type of system they will
+use the option `--target=TYPE' to select the type of system they will
produce code for.
If you want to _use_ a cross compiler, that generates code for a
@@ -189,9 +189,14 @@ them in the `configure' command line, using `VAR=value'. For example:
./configure CC=/usr/local2/bin/gcc
-will cause the specified gcc to be used as the C compiler (unless it is
+causes the specified `gcc' to be used as the C compiler (unless it is
overridden in the site shell script).
+Unfortunately, this technique does not work for `CONFIG_SHELL' due to
+an Autoconf bug. Until the bug is fixed you can use this workaround:
+
+ CONFIG_SHELL=/bin/bash /bin/bash ./configure CONFIG_SHELL=/bin/bash
+
`configure' Invocation
======================