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PROGRAMMING: Autoconf-2.12 for EMX
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (worm@arrakis.es)
Fri Jan 23 22:47:36 1998
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Date: 23 Jan 1998 22:04:00 -0500
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Introduction:
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This is the second release of my port of GNU Autoconf to the EMX programming
environment. It's a tool with a definite target: OS/2 programmers, either
amateur or professional, involved in porting applications from Unix to OS/2.
Autoconf is a tool for used by unix programs to guess information about the
system they're going to run on.
Typically, the designer of the application creates a M4-macro file with
several requirements for the systems. He parses it with Autoconf, and
produces a `configure' script, which he distributes together with the source
code of the application. Next, the user grabs that package, unpacks it, and
runs the `configure' script, which inspects the system and creates
Makefiles, plus one or more configuration files. And finally, the user is
free to do a `make install' to install the program in their unix
workstation.
What I offer you here is not the possibility to unpack and install those
Unix programs from scratch, but a comfortable way to configure them before
beginning to do any port-work. This way, you won't need to run the configure
script from a Linux box, or even build the Makefiles by hand, but only fix
them once they're automatically built.
News
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+ We move up to version 2.12
+ Patches from T.E.Dickey needed to support NCurses-4.1. In fact, the EMX
port of this Library relies on Autoconf for EMX.
+ Fixed the tests for XWindows. Now they know about X11ROOT and other
XFreeOS/2 features.
Distribution
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Autoconf-2.12 for EMX is available (freely, of course) in two flavours: a
precompiled set of macro files (I call it `binary distribution') and the
hacked sources (Named as `source distribution') --I prefer the last one, as
`compiling' Autoconf will give you a clue about whether your system is well
configured to run Autoconf, but you're free to choose.
Both packages can be reached at http://www.arrakis.es/~worm/acemx.htm
Requirements. More info
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Autoconf-2.12 will need a few tools to run. For instance, a good
sh-like shell is needed and Ash-0.2 for EMX is the only tested one
(Korn Shell 2.13 is reported to run as well).
Look at http://www.arrakis.es/~worm/acemx.htm for more on the subject.
E-Mail
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I will gratefully accept any suggestions, bug reports, etc, etc. My
email address is worm@--no--spam--.arrakis.es
Thanks for your attention
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Juan Jose Garcia Ripoll
c/Sierra Alcubierre, 8
E-28923 Alcorcon (Spain)
Phone: +34-1-6124400
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