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| 7 |  | 
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| 8 | <sect1 id="ch-system-automake" role="wrap"> | 
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| 9 | <?dbhtml filename="automake.html"?> | 
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| 10 |  | 
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| 11 | <title>Automake-&automake-version;</title> | 
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| 12 |  | 
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| 13 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-automake"> | 
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| 14 | <primary sortas="a-Automake">Automake</primary> | 
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| 15 | </indexterm> | 
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| 16 |  | 
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| 17 | <sect2 role="package"> | 
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| 18 | <title/> | 
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| 19 |  | 
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| 20 | <para>The Automake package contains programs for generating Makefiles | 
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| 21 | for use with Autoconf.</para> | 
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| 22 |  | 
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| 23 | </sect2> | 
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| 24 |  | 
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| 25 | <sect2 role="installation"> | 
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| 26 | <title>Installation of Automake</title> | 
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| 27 |  | 
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| 28 | <para os="a">Prepare Automake for compilation:</para> | 
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| 29 |  | 
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| 30 | <screen os="b"><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen> | 
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| 31 |  | 
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| 32 | <para os="c">Compile the package:</para> | 
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| 33 |  | 
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| 34 | <screen os="d"><userinput>make</userinput></screen> | 
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| 35 |  | 
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| 36 | <para os="e">To test the results, issue: | 
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| 37 | <userinput>make check</userinput>. 2 tests are skipped that use | 
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| 38 | Automake.  For full test coverage, Autoconf can be re-tested after | 
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| 39 | Automake has been installed.</para> | 
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| 40 |  | 
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| 41 | <para os="f">Install the package:</para> | 
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| 42 |  | 
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| 43 | <screen os="g"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen> | 
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| 44 |  | 
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| 45 | </sect2> | 
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| 46 |  | 
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| 47 | <sect2 id="contents-automake" role="content"> | 
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| 48 | <title>Contents of Automake</title> | 
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| 49 |  | 
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| 50 | <segmentedlist> | 
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| 51 | <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle> | 
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| 52 |  | 
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| 53 | <seglistitem> | 
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| 54 | <seg>acinstall, aclocal, aclocal-&automake-version2;, automake, | 
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| 55 | automake-&automake-version2;, compile, config.guess, config.sub, | 
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| 56 | depcomp, elisp-comp, install-sh, mdate-sh, missing, mkinstalldirs, | 
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| 57 | py-compile, symlink-tree, and ylwrap</seg> | 
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| 58 | </seglistitem> | 
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| 59 | </segmentedlist> | 
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| 60 |  | 
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| 61 | <variablelist> | 
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| 62 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead> | 
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| 63 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?> | 
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| 64 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?> | 
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| 65 |  | 
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| 66 | <varlistentry id="acinstall"> | 
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| 67 | <term><command>acinstall</command></term> | 
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| 68 | <listitem> | 
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| 69 | <para>A script that installs aclocal-style M4 files</para> | 
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| 70 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-automake acinstall"> | 
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| 71 | <primary sortas="b-acinstall">acinstall</primary> | 
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| 72 | </indexterm> | 
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| 73 | </listitem> | 
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| 74 | </varlistentry> | 
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| 75 |  | 
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| 76 | <varlistentry id="aclocal"> | 
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| 77 | <term><command>aclocal</command></term> | 
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| 78 | <listitem> | 
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| 79 | <para>Generates <filename>aclocal.m4</filename> files based on the | 
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| 80 | contents of <filename>configure.in</filename> files</para> | 
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| 81 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-automake aclocal"> | 
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| 82 | <primary sortas="b-aclocal">aclocal</primary> | 
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| 83 | </indexterm> | 
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| 84 | </listitem> | 
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| 85 | </varlistentry> | 
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| 86 |  | 
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| 87 | <varlistentry id="aclocal-version"> | 
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| 88 | <term><command>aclocal-&automake-version2;</command></term> | 
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| 89 | <listitem> | 
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| 90 | <para>A hard link to <command>aclocal</command></para> | 
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| 91 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-automake aclocal-version"> | 
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| 92 | <primary | 
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| 93 | sortas="b-aclocal-&automake-version;">aclocal-&automake-version;</primary> | 
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| 94 | </indexterm> | 
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| 95 | </listitem> | 
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| 96 | </varlistentry> | 
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| 97 |  | 
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| 98 | <varlistentry id="automake"> | 
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| 99 | <term><command>automake</command></term> | 
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| 100 | <listitem> | 
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| 101 | <para>A tool for automatically generating | 
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| 102 | <filename>Makefile.in</filename> files from | 
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| 103 | <filename>Makefile.am</filename> files. To create all the | 
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| 104 | <filename>Makefile.in</filename> files for a package, run this | 
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| 105 | program in the top-level directory. By scanning the | 
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| 106 | <filename>configure.in</filename> file, it automatically finds | 
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| 107 | each appropriate <filename>Makefile.am</filename> file and generates | 
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| 108 | the corresponding <filename>Makefile.in</filename> file</para> | 
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| 109 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-automake automake"> | 
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| 110 | <primary sortas="b-automake">automake</primary> | 
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| 111 | </indexterm> | 
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| 112 | </listitem> | 
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| 113 | </varlistentry> | 
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| 114 |  | 
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| 115 | <varlistentry id="automake-version"> | 
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| 116 | <term><command>automake-&automake-version2;</command></term> | 
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| 117 | <listitem> | 
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| 118 | <para>A hard link to <command>automake</command></para> | 
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| 119 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-automake automake-version"> | 
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| 120 | <primary | 
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| 121 | sortas="b-automake-&automake-version;">automake-&automake-version;</primary> | 
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| 122 | </indexterm> | 
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| 123 | </listitem> | 
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| 124 | </varlistentry> | 
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| 125 |  | 
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| 126 | <varlistentry id="compile"> | 
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| 127 | <term><command>compile</command></term> | 
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| 128 | <listitem> | 
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| 129 | <para>A wrapper for compilers</para> | 
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| 130 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-automake compile"> | 
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| 131 | <primary sortas="b-compile">compile</primary> | 
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| 132 | </indexterm> | 
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| 133 | </listitem> | 
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| 134 | </varlistentry> | 
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| 135 |  | 
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| 136 | <varlistentry id="config.guess"> | 
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| 137 | <term><command>config.guess</command></term> | 
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| 138 | <listitem> | 
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| 139 | <para>A script that attempts to guess the canonical triplet for | 
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| 140 | the given build, host, or target architecture</para> | 
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| 141 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-automake config.guess"> | 
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| 142 | <primary sortas="b-config.guess">config.guess</primary> | 
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| 143 | </indexterm> | 
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| 144 | </listitem> | 
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| 145 | </varlistentry> | 
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| 146 |  | 
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| 147 | <varlistentry id="config.sub"> | 
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| 148 | <term><command>config.sub</command></term> | 
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| 149 | <listitem> | 
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| 150 | <para>A configuration validation subroutine script</para> | 
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| 151 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-automake config.sub"> | 
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| 152 | <primary sortas="b-config.sub">config.sub</primary> | 
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| 153 | </indexterm> | 
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| 154 | </listitem> | 
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| 155 | </varlistentry> | 
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| 156 |  | 
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| 157 | <varlistentry id="depcomp"> | 
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| 158 | <term><command>depcomp</command></term> | 
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| 159 | <listitem> | 
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| 160 | <para>A script for compiling a program so that dependency information | 
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| 161 | is generated in addition to the desired output</para> | 
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| 162 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-automake depcomp"> | 
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| 163 | <primary sortas="b-depcomp">depcomp</primary> | 
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| 164 | </indexterm> | 
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| 165 | </listitem> | 
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| 166 | </varlistentry> | 
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| 167 |  | 
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| 168 | <varlistentry id="elisp-comp"> | 
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| 169 | <term><command>elisp-comp</command></term> | 
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| 170 | <listitem> | 
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| 171 | <para>Byte-compiles Emacs Lisp code</para> | 
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| 172 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-automake elisp-comp"> | 
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| 173 | <primary sortas="b-elisp-comp">elisp-comp</primary> | 
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| 174 | </indexterm> | 
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| 175 | </listitem> | 
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| 176 | </varlistentry> | 
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| 177 |  | 
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| 178 | <varlistentry id="install-sh"> | 
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| 179 | <term><command>install-sh</command></term> | 
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| 180 | <listitem> | 
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| 181 | <para>A script that installs a program, script, or data file</para> | 
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| 182 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-automake install-sh"> | 
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| 183 | <primary sortas="b-install-sh">install-sh</primary> | 
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| 184 | </indexterm> | 
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| 185 | </listitem> | 
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| 186 | </varlistentry> | 
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| 187 |  | 
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| 188 | <varlistentry id="mdate-sh"> | 
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| 189 | <term><command>mdate-sh</command></term> | 
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| 190 | <listitem> | 
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| 191 | <para>A script that prints the modification time of a file or | 
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| 192 | directory</para> | 
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| 193 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-automake mdate-sh"> | 
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| 194 | <primary sortas="b-mdate-sh">mdate-sh</primary> | 
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| 195 | </indexterm> | 
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| 196 | </listitem> | 
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| 197 | </varlistentry> | 
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| 198 |  | 
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| 199 | <varlistentry id="missing"> | 
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| 200 | <term><command>missing</command></term> | 
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| 201 | <listitem> | 
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| 202 | <para>A script acting as a common stub for missing GNU programs during | 
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| 203 | an installation</para> | 
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| 204 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-automake missing"> | 
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| 205 | <primary sortas="b-missing">missing</primary> | 
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| 206 | </indexterm> | 
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| 207 | </listitem> | 
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| 208 | </varlistentry> | 
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| 209 |  | 
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| 210 | <varlistentry id="mkinstalldirs"> | 
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| 211 | <term><command>mkinstalldirs</command></term> | 
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| 212 | <listitem> | 
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| 213 | <para>A script that creates a directory tree</para> | 
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| 214 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-automake mkinstalldirs"> | 
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| 215 | <primary sortas="b-mkinstalldirs">mkinstalldirs</primary> | 
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| 216 | </indexterm> | 
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| 217 | </listitem> | 
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| 218 | </varlistentry> | 
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| 219 |  | 
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| 220 | <varlistentry id="py-compile"> | 
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| 221 | <term><command>py-compile</command></term> | 
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| 222 | <listitem> | 
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| 223 | <para>Compiles a Python program</para> | 
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| 224 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-automake py-compile"> | 
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| 225 | <primary sortas="b-py-compile">py-compile</primary> | 
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| 226 | </indexterm> | 
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| 227 | </listitem> | 
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| 228 | </varlistentry> | 
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| 229 |  | 
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| 230 | <varlistentry id="symlink-tree"> | 
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| 231 | <term><command>symlink-tree</command></term> | 
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| 232 | <listitem> | 
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| 233 | <para>A script to create a symlink tree of a directory tree</para> | 
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| 234 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-automake symlink-tree"> | 
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| 235 | <primary sortas="b-symlink-tree">symlink-tree</primary> | 
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| 236 | </indexterm> | 
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| 237 | </listitem> | 
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| 238 | </varlistentry> | 
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| 239 |  | 
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| 240 | <varlistentry id="ylwrap"> | 
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| 241 | <term><command>ylwrap</command></term> | 
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| 242 | <listitem> | 
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| 243 | <para>A wrapper for <command>lex</command> and | 
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| 244 | <command>yacc</command></para> | 
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| 245 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-automake ylwrap"> | 
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| 246 | <primary sortas="b-ylwrap">ylwrap</primary> | 
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| 247 | </indexterm> | 
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| 248 | </listitem> | 
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| 249 | </varlistentry> | 
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| 250 |  | 
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| 251 | </variablelist> | 
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| 252 |  | 
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| 253 | </sect2> | 
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| 254 |  | 
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| 255 | </sect1> | 
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