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Gavin D. Smith |
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Wed, 16 Aug 2023 05:50:38 -0400 (EDT) |
branch: master
commit 779201fb9f70ebd0f8c9d51abb22fe5b43c0a065
Author: Gavin Smith <gavinsmith0123@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Wed Aug 16 10:50:29 2023 +0100
update INSTALL to new version from autoconf
---
INSTALL.generic | 301 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------------
1 file changed, 152 insertions(+), 149 deletions(-)
diff --git a/INSTALL.generic b/INSTALL.generic
index 06065d8c9e..7de62c9a74 100644
--- a/INSTALL.generic
+++ b/INSTALL.generic
@@ -11,101 +11,104 @@ Basic Installation
make
make install
-should configure, build, and install this package. The ‘./bootstrap’
-line is intended for developers; you can omit it when building from a
-distribution tarball.
+should configure, build, and install this package. The first line,
+which bootstraps, is intended for developers; when building from
+distribution tarballs it does nothing and can be skipped.
The following more-detailed instructions are generic; see the
-‘README’ file for instructions specific to this package. Some packages
-provide this ‘INSTALL’ file but do not implement all of the features
+'README' file for instructions specific to this package. Some packages
+provide this 'INSTALL' file but do not implement all of the features
documented below. The lack of an optional feature in a given package is
not necessarily a bug. More recommendations for GNU packages can be
found in the GNU Coding Standards.
- If the ‘bootstrap’ shell script exists, it attempts to build the
-‘configure’ shell script and related files, perhaps by downloading other
-software components from the network, and by using developer tools that
-are less commonly installed. Because the output of ‘bootstrap’ is
+ Many packages have scripts meant for developers instead of ordinary
+builders, as they may use developer tools that are less commonly
+installed, or they may access the network, which has privacy
+implications. If the 'bootstrap' shell script exists, it attempts to
+build the 'configure' shell script and related files, possibly using
+developer tools or the network. Because the output of 'bootstrap' is
system-independent, it is normally run by a package developer so that
its output can be put into the distribution tarball and ordinary
-builders and users need not run ‘bootstrap’. Some packages have
-commands like ‘./autopull.sh’ and ‘./autogen.sh’ that you can run
-instead of ‘./bootstrap’, for more fine-grained control over
+builders and users need not run 'bootstrap'. Some packages have
+commands like './autopull.sh' and './autogen.sh' that you can run
+instead of './bootstrap', for more fine-grained control over
bootstrapping.
- The ‘configure’ shell script attempts to guess correct values for
+ The 'configure' shell script attempts to guess correct values for
various system-dependent variables used during compilation. It uses
-those values to create a ‘Makefile’ in each directory of the package.
-It may also create one or more ‘.h’ files containing system-dependent
-definitions. Finally, it creates a shell script ‘config.status’ that
+those values to create a 'Makefile' in each directory of the package.
+It may also create one or more '.h' files containing system-dependent
+definitions. Finally, it creates a shell script 'config.status' that
you can run in the future to recreate the current configuration, and a
-file ‘config.log’ containing output useful for debugging ‘configure’.
+file 'config.log' containing output useful for debugging 'configure'.
- It can also use an optional file (typically called ‘config.cache’ and
-enabled with ‘--cache-file=config.cache’ or simply ‘-C’) that saves the
+ It can also use an optional file (typically called 'config.cache' and
+enabled with '--cache-file=config.cache' or simply '-C') that saves the
results of its tests to speed up reconfiguring. Caching is disabled by
default to prevent problems with accidental use of stale cache files.
If you need to do unusual things to compile the package, please try
-to figure out how ‘configure’ could check whether to do them, and mail
-diffs or instructions to the address given in the ‘README’ so they can
+to figure out how 'configure' could check whether to do them, and mail
+diffs or instructions to the address given in the 'README' so they can
be considered for the next release. If you are using the cache, and at
-some point ‘config.cache’ contains results you don’t want to keep, you
+some point 'config.cache' contains results you don't want to keep, you
may remove or edit it.
- The ‘autoconf’ program generates ‘configure’ from the file
-‘configure.ac’. Normally you should edit ‘configure.ac’ instead of
-editing ‘configure’ directly.
+ The 'autoconf' program generates 'configure' from the file
+'configure.ac'. Normally you should edit 'configure.ac' instead of
+editing 'configure' directly.
The simplest way to compile this package is:
- 1. ‘cd’ to the directory containing the package’s source code.
+ 1. 'cd' to the directory containing the package's source code.
- 2. If this is a developer checkout and file ‘configure’ does not yet
- exist, type ‘./bootstrap’ to create it. You may need special
- developer tools and network access to bootstrap.
+ 2. If this is a developer checkout and file 'configure' does not yet
+ exist, type './bootstrap' to create it. You may need special
+ developer tools and network access to bootstrap, and the network
+ access may have privacy implications.
- 3. Type ‘./configure’ to configure the package for your system. This
- might take a while. While running, ‘configure’ prints messages
+ 3. Type './configure' to configure the package for your system. This
+ might take a while. While running, 'configure' prints messages
telling which features it is checking for.
- 4. Type ‘make’ to compile the package.
+ 4. Type 'make' to compile the package.
- 5. Optionally, type ‘make check’ to run any self-tests that come with
+ 5. Optionally, type 'make check' to run any self-tests that come with
the package, generally using the just-built uninstalled binaries.
- 6. Type ‘make install’ to install the programs and any data files and
+ 6. Type 'make install' to install the programs and any data files and
documentation. When installing into a prefix owned by root, it is
recommended that the package be configured and built as a regular
- user, and only the ‘make install’ phase executed with root
+ user, and only the 'make install' phase executed with root
privileges.
- 7. Optionally, type ‘make installcheck’ to repeat any self-tests, but
+ 7. Optionally, type 'make installcheck' to repeat any self-tests, but
this time using the binaries in their final installed location.
This target does not install anything. Running this target as a
- regular user, particularly if the prior ‘make install’ required
+ regular user, particularly if the prior 'make install' required
root privileges, verifies that the installation completed
correctly.
8. You can remove the program binaries and object files from the
- source code directory by typing ‘make clean’. To also remove the
- files that ‘configure’ created (so you can compile the package for
- a different kind of computer), type ‘make distclean’. There is
- also a ‘make maintainer-clean’ target, but that is intended mainly
- for the package’s developers. If you use it, you may have to
+ source code directory by typing 'make clean'. To also remove the
+ files that 'configure' created (so you can compile the package for
+ a different kind of computer), type 'make distclean'. There is
+ also a 'make maintainer-clean' target, but that is intended mainly
+ for the package's developers. If you use it, you may have to
bootstrap again.
- 9. If the package follows the GNU Coding Standards, you can type ‘make
- uninstall’ to remove the installed files.
+ 9. If the package follows the GNU Coding Standards, you can type 'make
+ uninstall' to remove the installed files.
Compilers and Options
=====================
Some systems require unusual options for compilation or linking that
-the ‘configure’ script does not know about. Run ‘./configure --help’
+the 'configure' script does not know about. Run './configure --help'
for details on some of the pertinent environment variables.
- You can give ‘configure’ initial values for configuration parameters
+ You can give 'configure' initial values for configuration parameters
by setting variables in the command line or in the environment. Here is
an example:
@@ -118,18 +121,18 @@ Compiling For Multiple Architectures
You can compile the package for more than one kind of computer at the
same time, by placing the object files for each system in their own
-directory. To do this, you can use GNU ‘make’. ‘cd’ to the directory
+directory. To do this, you can use GNU 'make'. 'cd' to the directory
where you want the object files and executables to go and run the
-‘configure’ script. ‘configure’ automatically checks for the source
-code in the directory that ‘configure’ is in and in ‘..’. This is known
-as a “VPATH” build.
+'configure' script. 'configure' automatically checks for the source
+code in the directory that 'configure' is in and in '..'. This is known
+as a "VPATH" build.
- With a non-GNU ‘make’, it is safer to compile the package for one
+ With a non-GNU 'make', it is safer to compile the package for one
system at a time in the source code directory. After you have installed
-the package for one system, use ‘make distclean’ before reconfiguring
+the package for one system, use 'make distclean' before reconfiguring
for another system.
- Some platforms, notably macOS, support “fat” or “universal” binaries,
+ Some platforms, notably macOS, support "fat" or "universal" binaries,
where a single binary can execute on different architectures. On these
platforms you can configure and compile just once, with options specific
to that platform.
@@ -137,38 +140,38 @@ to that platform.
Installation Names
==================
- 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’, where PREFIX must be an
+ 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', where PREFIX must be an
absolute file name.
You can specify separate installation prefixes for
architecture-specific files and architecture-independent files. If you
-pass the option ‘--exec-prefix=PREFIX’ to ‘configure’, the package uses
+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
-kinds of files. Run ‘configure --help’ for a list of the directories
+options like '--bindir=DIR' to specify different values for particular
+kinds of files. Run 'configure --help' for a list of the directories
you can set and what kinds of files go in them. In general, the default
-for these options is expressed in terms of ‘${prefix}’, so that
-specifying just ‘--prefix’ will affect all of the other directory
+for these options is expressed in terms of '${prefix}', so that
+specifying just '--prefix' will affect all of the other directory
specifications that were not explicitly provided.
The most portable way to affect installation locations is to pass the
-correct locations to ‘configure’; however, many packages provide one or
+correct locations to 'configure'; however, many packages provide one or
both of the following shortcuts of passing variable assignments to the
-‘make install’ command line to change installation locations without
+'make install' command line to change installation locations without
having to reconfigure or recompile.
The first method involves providing an override variable for each
-affected directory. For example, ‘make install
-prefix=/alternate/directory’ will choose an alternate location for all
+affected directory. For example, 'make install
+prefix=/alternate/directory' will choose an alternate location for all
directory configuration variables that were expressed in terms of
-‘${prefix}’. Any directories that were specified during ‘configure’,
-but not in terms of ‘${prefix}’, must each be overridden at install time
+'${prefix}'. Any directories that were specified during 'configure',
+but not in terms of '${prefix}', must each be overridden at install time
for the entire installation to be relocated. The approach of makefile
variable overrides for each directory variable is required by the GNU
Coding Standards, and ideally causes no recompilation. However, some
@@ -176,42 +179,42 @@ platforms have known limitations with the semantics of
shared libraries
that end up requiring recompilation when using this method, particularly
noticeable in packages that use GNU Libtool.
- The second method involves providing the ‘DESTDIR’ variable. For
-example, ‘make install DESTDIR=/alternate/directory’ will prepend
-‘/alternate/directory’ before all installation names. The approach of
-‘DESTDIR’ overrides is not required by the GNU Coding Standards, and
+ The second method involves providing the 'DESTDIR' variable. For
+example, 'make install DESTDIR=/alternate/directory' will prepend
+'/alternate/directory' before all installation names. The approach of
+'DESTDIR' overrides is not required by the GNU Coding Standards, and
does not work on platforms that have drive letters. On the other hand,
it does better at avoiding recompilation issues, and works well even
-when some directory options were not specified in terms of ‘${prefix}’
-at ‘configure’ time.
+when some directory options were not specified in terms of '${prefix}'
+at 'configure' time.
Optional Features
=================
If the package supports it, you can cause programs to be installed
-with an extra prefix or suffix on their names by giving ‘configure’ the
-option ‘--program-prefix=PREFIX’ or ‘--program-suffix=SUFFIX’.
+with an extra prefix or suffix on their names by giving 'configure' the
+option '--program-prefix=PREFIX' or '--program-suffix=SUFFIX'.
- Some packages pay attention to ‘--enable-FEATURE’ and
-‘--disable-FEATURE’ options to ‘configure’, where FEATURE indicates an
+ Some packages pay attention to '--enable-FEATURE' and
+'--disable-FEATURE' options to 'configure', where FEATURE indicates an
optional part of the package. They may also pay attention to
-‘--with-PACKAGE’ and ‘--without-PACKAGE’ options, where PACKAGE is
-something like ‘gnu-ld’. ‘./configure --help’ should mention the
-‘--enable-...’ and ‘--with-...’ options that the package recognizes.
+'--with-PACKAGE' and '--without-PACKAGE' options, where PACKAGE is
+something like 'gnu-ld'. './configure --help' should mention the
+'--enable-...' and '--with-...' options that the package recognizes.
Some packages offer the ability to configure how verbose the
-execution of ‘make’ will be. For these packages, running ‘./configure
---enable-silent-rules’ sets the default to minimal output, which can be
-overridden with ‘make V=1’; while running ‘./configure
---disable-silent-rules’ sets the default to verbose, which can be
-overridden with ‘make V=0’.
+execution of 'make' will be. For these packages, running './configure
+--enable-silent-rules' sets the default to minimal output, which can be
+overridden with 'make V=1'; while running './configure
+--disable-silent-rules' sets the default to verbose, which can be
+overridden with 'make V=0'.
Specifying a System Type
========================
- By default ‘configure’ builds for the current system. To create
+ By default 'configure' builds for the current system. To create
binaries that can run on a different system type, specify a
-‘--host=TYPE’ option along with compiler variables that specify how to
+'--host=TYPE' option along with compiler variables that specify how to
generate object code for TYPE. For example, to create binaries intended
to run on a 64-bit ARM processor:
@@ -220,32 +223,32 @@ to run on a 64-bit ARM processor:
CXX=aarch64-linux-gnu-g++
If done on a machine that can execute these binaries (e.g., via
-‘qemu-aarch64’, ‘$QEMU_LD_PREFIX’, and Linux’s ‘binfmt_misc’
+'qemu-aarch64', '$QEMU_LD_PREFIX', and Linux's 'binfmt_misc'
capability), the build behaves like a native build. Otherwise it is a
-cross-build: ‘configure’ will make cross-compilation guesses instead of
-running test programs, and ‘make check’ will not work.
+cross-build: 'configure' will make cross-compilation guesses instead of
+running test programs, and 'make check' will not work.
- A system type can either be a short name like ‘mingw64’, or a
-canonical name like ‘x86_64-pc-linux-gnu’. Canonical names have the
+ A system type can either be a short name like 'mingw64', or a
+canonical name like 'x86_64-pc-linux-gnu'. Canonical names have the
form CPU-COMPANY-SYSTEM where SYSTEM is either OS or KERNEL-OS. To
canonicalize and validate a system type, you can run the command
-‘config.sub’, which is often squirreled away in a subdirectory like
-‘build-aux’. For example:
+'config.sub', which is often squirreled away in a subdirectory like
+'build-aux'. For example:
$ build-aux/config.sub arm64-linux
aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu
$ build-aux/config.sub riscv-lnx
Invalid configuration 'riscv-lnx': OS 'lnx' not recognized
-You can look at the ‘config.sub’ file to see which types are recognized.
+You can look at the 'config.sub' file to see which types are recognized.
If the file is absent, this package does not need the system type.
- If ‘configure’ fails with the diagnostic “cannot guess build type”.
-‘config.sub’ did not recognize your system’s type. In this case, first
+ If 'configure' fails with the diagnostic "cannot guess build type".
+'config.sub' did not recognize your system's type. In this case, first
fetch the newest versions of these files from the GNU config package
(https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/config). If that fixes things,
please report it to the maintainers of the package containing
-‘configure’. Otherwise, you can try the configure option ‘--build=TYPE’
+'configure'. Otherwise, you can try the configure option '--build=TYPE'
where TYPE comes close to your system type; also, please report the
problem to <config-patches@gnu.org>.
@@ -255,105 +258,105 @@ documentation.
Sharing Defaults
================
- If you want to set default values for ‘configure’ scripts to share,
-you can create a site shell script called ‘config.site’ that gives
-default values for variables like ‘CC’, ‘cache_file’, and ‘prefix’.
-‘configure’ looks for ‘PREFIX/share/config.site’ if it exists, then
-‘PREFIX/etc/config.site’ if it exists. Or, you can set the
-‘CONFIG_SITE’ environment variable to the location of the site script.
-A warning: not all ‘configure’ scripts look for a site script.
+ If you want to set default values for 'configure' scripts to share,
+you can create a site shell script called 'config.site' that gives
+default values for variables like 'CC', 'cache_file', and 'prefix'.
+'configure' looks for 'PREFIX/share/config.site' if it exists, then
+'PREFIX/etc/config.site' if it exists. Or, you can set the
+'CONFIG_SITE' environment variable to the location of the site script.
+A warning: not all 'configure' scripts look for a site script.
Defining Variables
==================
Variables not defined in a site shell script can be set in the
-environment passed to ‘configure’. However, some packages may run
+environment passed to 'configure'. However, some packages may run
configure again during the build, and the customized values of these
variables may be lost. In order to avoid this problem, you should set
-them in the ‘configure’ command line, using ‘VAR=value’. For example:
+them in the 'configure' command line, using 'VAR=value'. For example:
./configure CC=/usr/local2/bin/gcc
-causes 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
+Unfortunately, this technique does not work for 'CONFIG_SHELL' due to an
Autoconf limitation. Until the limitation is lifted, you can use this
workaround:
CONFIG_SHELL=/bin/bash ./configure CONFIG_SHELL=/bin/bash
-‘configure’ Invocation
+'configure' Invocation
======================
- ‘configure’ recognizes the following options to control how it
+ 'configure' recognizes the following options to control how it
operates.
-‘--help’
-‘-h’
- Print a summary of all of the options to ‘configure’, and exit.
+'--help'
+'-h'
+ Print a summary of all of the options to 'configure', and exit.
-‘--help=short’
-‘--help=recursive’
- Print a summary of the options unique to this package’s
- ‘configure’, and exit. The ‘short’ variant lists options used only
- in the top level, while the ‘recursive’ variant lists options also
+'--help=short'
+'--help=recursive'
+ Print a summary of the options unique to this package's
+ 'configure', and exit. The 'short' variant lists options used only
+ in the top level, while the 'recursive' variant lists options also
present in any nested packages.
-‘--version’
-‘-V’
- Print the version of Autoconf used to generate the ‘configure’
+'--version'
+'-V'
+ Print the version of Autoconf used to generate the 'configure'
script, and exit.
-‘--cache-file=FILE’
+'--cache-file=FILE'
Enable the cache: use and save the results of the tests in FILE,
- traditionally ‘config.cache’. FILE defaults to ‘/dev/null’ to
+ traditionally 'config.cache'. FILE defaults to '/dev/null' to
disable caching.
-‘--config-cache’
-‘-C’
- Alias for ‘--cache-file=config.cache’.
+'--config-cache'
+'-C'
+ Alias for '--cache-file=config.cache'.
-‘--srcdir=DIR’
- Look for the package’s source code in directory DIR. Usually
- ‘configure’ can determine that directory automatically.
+'--srcdir=DIR'
+ Look for the package's source code in directory DIR. Usually
+ 'configure' can determine that directory automatically.
-‘--prefix=DIR’
+'--prefix=DIR'
Use DIR as the installation prefix. *note Installation Names:: for
more details, including other options available for fine-tuning the
installation locations.
-‘--host=TYPE’
- Build binaries for system TYPE. *Note System Types::.
+'--host=TYPE'
+ Build binaries for system TYPE. See "Specifying a System Type".
-‘--enable-FEATURE’
-‘--disable-FEATURE’
- Enable or disable the optional FEATURE. *Note Optional Features::.
+'--enable-FEATURE'
+'--disable-FEATURE'
+ Enable or disable the optional FEATURE. See "Optional Features".
-‘--with-PACKAGE’
-‘--without-PACKAGE’
- Use or omit PACKAGE when building. *Note Optional Features::.
+'--with-PACKAGE'
+'--without-PACKAGE'
+ Use or omit PACKAGE when building. See "Optional Features".
-‘--quiet’
-‘--silent’
-‘-q’
+'--quiet'
+'--silent'
+'-q'
Do not print messages saying which checks are being made. To
- suppress all normal output, redirect it to ‘/dev/null’ (any error
+ suppress all normal output, redirect it to '/dev/null' (any error
messages will still be shown).
-‘--no-create’
-‘-n’
+'--no-create'
+'-n'
Run the configure checks, but stop before creating any output
files.
-‘configure’ also recognizes several environment variables, and accepts
-some other, less widely useful, options. Run ‘configure --help’ for
+'configure' also recognizes several environment variables, and accepts
+some other, less widely useful, options. Run 'configure --help' for
more details.
Copyright notice
================
- Copyright © 1994–1996, 1999–2002, 2004–2017, 2020–2023 Free Software
+ Copyright (C) 1994-1996, 1999-2002, 2004-2017, 2020-2023 Free Software
Foundation, Inc.
Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,