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1 | .\" -*- nroff -*- |
| 2 | .\" Copyright 1991, 1992 Free Software Foundation, Inc. | |
| 3 | .\" written by K. Richard Pixley | |
| 4 | .TH configure 1 "13 December 1991" "cygnus support" "Cygnus Support" | |
| 5 | .de BP | |
| 6 | .sp | |
| 7 | .ti \-.2i | |
| 8 | \(** | |
| 9 | .. | |
| 10 | ||
| 11 | .SH NAME | |
| 12 | configure \(em\& prepare source code to be built | |
| 13 | ||
| 14 | .SH SYNOPSIS | |
| 15 | configure host1 [host2 [host3 ...]] [-exec_prefix=dir] [-gas] [-help] | |
| 16 | [-host=h] [-nfp] [-norecursion] | |
| 17 | [-prefix=dir] [-s] [-rm] [-site=s] [-srcdir=dir] | |
| 18 | [-target=t] [-v] [-x] | |
| 19 | ||
| 20 | .SH DESCRIPTION | |
| 21 | .I Configure | |
| 22 | is a program used to prepare souce code to be built. It does this by | |
| 23 | generating Makefiles and .gdbinit files, creating symlinks, digging | |
| 24 | directories, and some other miscellaneous file editting. | |
| 25 | ||
| 26 | .SH OPTIONS | |
| 27 | .I Configure | |
| 28 | accepts the following options: | |
| 29 | ||
| 30 | .TP | |
| 31 | .I \-exec_prefix=dir | |
| 32 | sets the root directory for host dependent files to | |
| 33 | .I dir. | |
| 34 | The default location is the same as | |
| 35 | .I prefix. | |
| 36 | ||
| 37 | .TP | |
| 38 | .I \-gas | |
| 39 | tells configure that the GNU assembler is available on this machine | |
| 40 | even if it is not ordinarily. | |
| 41 | ||
| 42 | .TP | |
| 43 | .I \-help | |
| 44 | displays a brief summary of the calling convention. | |
| 45 | ||
| 46 | .TP | |
| 47 | .I \-host=h | |
| 48 | asks configure to prepare the source to be compiled in an environment | |
| 49 | called | |
| 50 | .I h. | |
| 51 | This option is very confusing and is best ignored. FIXME: I don't | |
| 52 | think it should even be documented. | |
| 53 | ||
| 54 | .TP | |
| 55 | .I \-nfp | |
| 56 | Notifies configure that all of the specified hosts have | |
| 57 | .I no floating point | |
| 58 | units. | |
| 59 | ||
| 60 | .TP | |
| 61 | .I \-norecursion | |
| 62 | asks that only the current directory be configured. Normally | |
| 63 | configure recurs on subdirectories. | |
| 64 | ||
| 65 | .TP | |
| 66 | .I \-prefix=dir | |
| 67 | sets the default location in which to install files to dir. The | |
| 68 | default is "/usr/local". | |
| 69 | ||
| 70 | .TP | |
| 71 | .I \-s | |
| 72 | used internally by configure to supress status messages on | |
| 73 | subdirectory recursions. | |
| 74 | ||
| 75 | .TP | |
| 76 | .I \-rm | |
| 77 | asks configure to remove a configuration rather than creating one. | |
| 78 | ||
| 79 | .TP | |
| 80 | .I \-site=s | |
| 81 | asks configure to use any site specific Makefile fragments for s when | |
| 82 | building Makefiles. | |
| 83 | ||
| 84 | .TP | |
| 85 | .I \-srcdir=dir | |
| 86 | tells configure to find the source in srcdir. | |
| 87 | ||
| 88 | .TP | |
| 89 | .I \-target=t | |
| 90 | Requests that the sources be configured to target the t machine. If | |
| 91 | no targets are specified explicitly, the target is assumed to be the | |
| 92 | same as the host. | |
| 93 | ||
| 94 | .TP | |
| 95 | .I \-tmpdir=dir | |
| 96 | Sets the directory in which configure creates temporary files to | |
| 97 | tmpdir. | |
| 98 | ||
| 99 | .TP | |
| 100 | .I \-verbose | |
| 101 | .I \-v | |
| 102 | Asks that configure print status lines for each directory configured. | |
| 103 | Normally, only the status lines for the current directory are printed. | |
| 104 | ||
| 105 | .TP | |
| 106 | .I \-x | |
| 107 | Tells configure that MIT style X11 header files and libraries are | |
| 108 | available on this machine, even if they are not normally available. | |
| 109 | ||
| 110 | .SH FILES | |
| 111 | configure.in for each directory's individual needs | |
| 112 | config.sub for parsing configuration names | |
| 113 | ||
| 114 | .SH "SEE ALSO" | |
| 115 | .RB "`\|" configure "\|'" | |
| 116 | entry in | |
| 117 | .B | |
| 118 | info. (not yet available). |