Autoconf2.13
Introduction to Autoconf2.13
Autoconf2.13 is an old version of
Autoconf . This old version
accepts switches which are not valid in more recent versions. Now
that firefox has started to use
python2 for configuring, this old
version is required even if configure files have not been changed.
This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-11.2
platform.
Package Information
Additional Downloads
User Notes: https://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/autoconf213
Installation of Autoconf2.13
Install Autoconf by running the
following commands:
patch -Np1 -i ../autoconf-2.13-consolidated_fixes-1.patch &&
mv -v autoconf.texi autoconf213.texi &&
rm -v autoconf.info &&
./configure --prefix=/usr --program-suffix=2.13 &&
make
To test the installation issue make
check (all 253 tests should pass).
Now, as the root user:
make install &&
install -v -m644 autoconf213.info /usr/share/info &&
install-info --info-dir=/usr/share/info autoconf213.info
Command Explanations
mv -v autoconf.texi
autoconf213.texi: ensure that the info file added
by this package will not overwrite the more recent version.
rm -v autoconf.info:
ensure that the info file will be created by the current version of
texinfo.
--program-suffix=2.13: ensure
that the installed programs have the version added to their names,
so that only a script which specifically looks for these old
versions will find them.
install -v -m644 ...:
the patch removes install-info from the Makefile because that would
install (and if necessary recreate) standards.info which is an old
version, so now autoconf213.info has
to be manually installed.
Contents
Installed Programs:
autoconf2.13, autoheader2.13,
autoreconf2.13, autoscan2.13, autoupdate2.13, and
ifnames2.13
Installed Library:
None
Installed Directory:
/usr/share/autoconf-2.13
Short Descriptions
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autoconf2.13
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Produces shell scripts that automatically configure
software source code packages to adapt to many kinds of
Unix-like systems
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autoheader2.13
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is a tool for creating template files of C #define statements for
configure to use
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autoreconf2.13
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This automatically runs autoconf2.13,
autoheader2.13,
aclocal,
automake,
gettextize
and libtoolize in the right
order when changes have been made to autoconf or
automake
template files
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autoscan2.13
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Can be used as a preliminary step in creating a
configure.in file
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autoupdate2.13
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Modifies a configure.in
file that still calls autoconf macros by
their old names to use the current macro names
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ifnames2.13
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Prints the identifiers that the package uses in C
preprocessor conditionals [If a package has already been
set up to have some portability, this program can help
determine what configure needs to check for. It can also
fill in gaps in a configure.in file generated by
autoscan]
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