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@c %**start of header
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@setfilename configure.info
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@settitle The GNU configure and build system
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@c %**end of header
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@dircategory GNU admin
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@direntry
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* configure: (configure). The GNU configure and build system
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@end direntry
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@ifinfo
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This file documents the GNU configure and build system.
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Copyright (C) 1998 Cygnus Solutions.
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Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of
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this manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice
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are preserved on all copies.
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@ignore
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Permission is granted to process this file through TeX and print the
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results, provided the printed document carries copying permission
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notice identical to this one except for the removal of this paragraph
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@end ignore
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Permission is granted to copy and distribute modified versions of this
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manual under the conditions for verbatim copying, provided that the entire
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resulting derived work is distributed under the terms of a permission
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notice identical to this one.
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Permission is granted to copy and distribute translations of this manual
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into another language, under the above conditions for modified versions,
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except that this permission notice may be stated in a translation approved
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by the Foundation.
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@end ifinfo
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@titlepage
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@title The GNU configure and build system
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@author Ian Lance Taylor
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@page
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@vskip 0pt plus 1filll
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Copyright @copyright{} 1998 Cygnus Solutions
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Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of
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this manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice
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are preserved on all copies.
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Permission is granted to copy and distribute modified versions of this
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manual under the conditions for verbatim copying, provided that the entire
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resulting derived work is distributed under the terms of a permission
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notice identical to this one.
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Permission is granted to copy and distribute translations of this manual
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into another language, under the above conditions for modified versions,
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except that this permission notice may be stated in a translation
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approved by the Free Software Foundation.
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@end titlepage
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@ifinfo
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@node Top
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@top GNU configure and build system
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The GNU configure and build system.
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@menu
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* Introduction:: Introduction.
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* Getting Started:: Getting Started.
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* Files:: Files.
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* Configuration Names:: Configuration Names.
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* Cross Compilation Tools:: Cross Compilation Tools.
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* Canadian Cross:: Canadian Cross.
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* Cygnus Configure:: Cygnus Configure.
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* Multilibs:: Multilibs.
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* FAQ:: Frequently Asked Questions.
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* Index:: Index.
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@end menu
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@end ifinfo
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@node Introduction
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@chapter Introduction
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This document describes the GNU configure and build systems. It
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describes how autoconf, automake, libtool, and make fit together. It
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also includes a discussion of the older Cygnus configure system.
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This document does not describe in detail how to use each of the tools;
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see the respective manuals for that. Instead, it describes which files
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the developer must write, which files are machine generated and how they
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are generated, and where certain common problems should be addressed.
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@ifnothtml
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This document draws on several sources, including the autoconf manual by
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David MacKenzie (@pxref{Top, , autoconf overview, autoconf, Autoconf}),
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the automake manual by David MacKenzie and Tom Tromey (@pxref{Top, ,
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automake overview, automake, GNU Automake}), the libtool manual by
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Gordon Matzigkeit (@pxref{Top, , libtool overview, libtool, GNU
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libtool}), and the Cygnus configure manual by K. Richard Pixley.
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@end ifnothtml
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@ifhtml
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This document draws on several sources, including
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@uref{http://www.delorie.com/gnu/docs/autoconf/autoconf_toc.html, the
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autoconf manual} by David MacKenzie,
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@uref{http://www.delorie.com/gnu/docs/automake/automake_toc.html, the
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automake manual} by David MacKenzie and Tom Tromey,
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@uref{http://www.delorie.com/gnu/docs/libtool/libtool_toc.html, the
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libtool manual} by Gordon Matzigkeit, and the Cygnus configure manual by
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K. Richard Pixley.
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@end ifhtml
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@menu
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* Goals:: Goals.
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* Tools:: The tools.
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* History:: History.
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* Building:: Building.
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@end menu
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@node Goals
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@section Goals
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@cindex goals
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The GNU configure and build system has two main goals.
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The first is to simplify the development of portable programs. The
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system permits the developer to concentrate on writing the program,
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simplifying many details of portability across Unix and even Windows
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systems, and permitting the developer to describe how to build the
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program using simple rules rather than complex Makefiles.
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The second is to simplify the building of programs distributed as source
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code. All programs are built using a simple, standardized, two step
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process. The program builder need not install any special tools in
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order to build the program.
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@node Tools
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@section Tools
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The GNU configure and build system is comprised of several different
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tools. Program developers must build and install all of these tools.
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People who just want to build programs from distributed sources normally
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do not need any special tools beyond a Unix shell, a make program, and a
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C compiler.
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@table @asis
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@item autoconf
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provides a general portability framework, based on testing the features
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of the host system at build time.
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@item automake
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a system for describing how to build a program, permitting the developer
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to write a simplified @file{Makefile}.
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@item libtool
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a standardized approach to building shared libraries.
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@item gettext
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provides a framework for translation of text messages into other
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languages; not really discussed in this document.
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@item m4
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autoconf requires the GNU version of m4; the standard Unix m4 does not
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suffice.
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@item perl
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automake requires perl.
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@end table
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@node History
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@section History
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@cindex history
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This is a very brief and probably inaccurate history.
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As the number of Unix variants increased during the 1980s, it became
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harder to write programs which could run on all variants. While it was
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often possible to use @code{#ifdef} to identify particular systems,
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developers frequently did not have access to every system, and the
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characteristics of some systems changed from version to version.
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By 1992, at least three different approaches had been developed:
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@itemize @bullet
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@item
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The Metaconfig program, by Larry Wall, Harlan Stenn, and Raphael
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Manfredi.
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@item
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The Cygnus configure script, by K. Richard Pixley, and the gcc configure
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script, by Richard Stallman. These use essentially the same approach,
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and the developers communicated regularly.
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@item
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The autoconf program, by David MacKenzie.
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@end itemize
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The Metaconfig program is still used for Perl and a few other programs.
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It is part of the Dist package. I do not know if it is being developed.
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In 1994, David MacKenzie and others modified autoconf to incorporate all
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the features of Cygnus configure. Since then, there has been a slow but
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steady conversion of GNU programs from Cygnus configure to autoconf. gcc
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has been converted, eliminating the gcc configure script.
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GNU autoconf was regularly maintained until late 1996. As of this
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writing in June, 1998, it has no public maintainer.
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Most programs are built using the make program, which requires the
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developer to write Makefiles describing how to build the programs.
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Since most programs are built in pretty much the same way, this led to a
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lot of duplication.
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The X Window system is built using the imake tool, which uses a database
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of rules to eliminate the duplication. However, building a tool which
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was developed using imake requires that the builder have imake
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installed, violating one of the goals of the GNU system.
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The new BSD make provides a standard library of Makefile fragments,
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which permits developers to write very simple Makefiles. However, this
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requires that the builder install the new BSD make program.
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In 1994, David MacKenzie wrote the first version of automake, which
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permitted writing a simple build description which was converted into a
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Makefile which could be used by the standard make program. In 1995, Tom
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Tromey completely rewrote automake in Perl, and he continues to enhance
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it.
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Various free packages built libraries, and by around 1995 several
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included support to build shared libraries on various platforms.
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However, there was no consistent approach. In early 1996, Gordon
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Matzigkeit began working on libtool, which provided a standardized
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approach to building shared libraries. This was integrated into
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automake from the start.
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The development of automake and libtool was driven by the GNITS project,
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a group of GNU maintainers who designed standardized tools to help meet
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the GNU coding standards.
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@node Building
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@section Building
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Most readers of this document should already know how to build a tool by
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running @samp{configure} and @samp{make}. This section may serve as a
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quick introduction or reminder.
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Building a tool is normally as simple as running @samp{configure}
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followed by @samp{make}. You should normally run @samp{configure} from
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an empty directory, using some path to refer to the @samp{configure}
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script in the source directory. The directory in which you run
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@samp{configure} is called the @dfn{object directory}.
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In order to use a object directory which is different from the source
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directory, you must be using the GNU version of @samp{make}, which has
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the required @samp{VPATH} support. Despite this restriction, using a
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different object directory is highly recommended:
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@itemize @bullet
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@item
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It keeps the files generated during the build from cluttering up your
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sources.
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@item
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It permits you to remove the built files by simply removing the entire
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build directory.
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@item
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It permits you to build from the same sources with several sets of
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configure options simultaneously.
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@end itemize
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If you don't have GNU @samp{make}, you will have to run @samp{configure}
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in the source directory. All GNU packages should support this; in
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particular, GNU packages should not assume the presence of GNU
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@samp{make}.
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After running @samp{configure}, you can build the tools by running
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@samp{make}.
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To install the tools, run @samp{make install}. Installing the tools
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will copy the programs and any required support files to the
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@dfn{installation directory}. The location of the installation
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directory is controlled by @samp{configure} options, as described below.
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In the Cygnus tree at present, the info files are built and installed as
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a separate step. To build them, run @samp{make info}. To install them,
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run @samp{make install-info}.
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All @samp{configure} scripts support a wide variety of options. The
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most interesting ones are @samp{--with} and @samp{--enable} options
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which are generally specific to particular tools. You can usually use
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the @samp{--help} option to get a list of interesting options for a
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particular configure script.
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The only generic options you are likely to use are the @samp{--prefix}
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and @samp{--exec-prefix} options. These options are used to specify the
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installation directory.
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The directory named by the @samp{--prefix} option will hold machine
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independent files such as info files.
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The directory named by the @samp{--exec-prefix} option, which is
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normally a subdirectory of the @samp{--prefix} directory, will hold
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machine dependent files such as executables.
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The default for @samp{--prefix} is @file{/usr/local}. The default for
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@samp{--exec-prefix} is the value used for @samp{--prefix}.
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The convention used in Cygnus releases is to use a @samp{--prefix}
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option of @file{/usr/cygnus/@var{release}}, where @var{release} is the
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name of the release, and to use a @samp{--exec-prefix} option of
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@file{/usr/cygnus/@var{release}/H-@var{host}}, where @var{host} is the
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configuration name of the host system (@pxref{Configuration Names}).
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Do not use either the source or the object directory as the installation
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directory. That will just lead to confusion.
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@node Getting Started
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@chapter Getting Started
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To start using the GNU configure and build system with your software
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package, you must write three files, and you must run some tools to
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manually generate additional files.
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@menu
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* Write configure.in:: Write configure.in.
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* Write Makefile.am:: Write Makefile.am.
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* Write acconfig.h:: Write acconfig.h.
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* Generate files:: Generate files.
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* Getting Started Example:: Example.
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@end menu
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@node Write configure.in
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@section Write configure.in
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@cindex @file{configure.in}, writing
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You must first write the file @file{configure.in}. This is an autoconf
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input file, and the autoconf manual describes in detail what this file
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should look like.
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You will write tests in your @file{configure.in} file to check for
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conditions that may change from one system to another, such as the
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presence of particular header files or functions.
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For example, not all systems support the @samp{gettimeofday} function.
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If you want to use the @samp{gettimeofday} function when it is
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available, and to use some other function when it is not, you would
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check for this by putting @samp{AC_CHECK_FUNCS(gettimeofday)} in
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@file{configure.in}.
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When the configure script is run at build time, this will arrange to
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define the preprocessor macro @samp{HAVE_GETTIMEOFDAY} to the value 1 if
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the @samp{gettimeofday} function is available, and to not define the
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macro at all if the function is not available. Your code can then use
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@samp{#ifdef} to test whether it is safe to call @samp{gettimeofday}.
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If you have an existing body of code, the @samp{autoscan} program may
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help identify potential portability problems, and hence configure tests
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that you will want to use.
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@ifnothtml
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@xref{Invoking autoscan, , , autoconf, the autoconf manual}.
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@end ifnothtml
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@ifhtml
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See @uref{http://www.delorie.com/gnu/docs/autoconf/autoconf_4.html, the
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autoscan documentation}.
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@end ifhtml
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Another handy tool for an existing body of code is @samp{ifnames}. This
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will show you all the preprocessor conditionals that the code already
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uses.
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@ifnothtml
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@xref{Invoking ifnames, , , autoconf, the autoconf manual}.
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@end ifnothtml
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@ifhtml
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See @uref{http://www.delorie.com/gnu/docs/autoconf/autoconf_5.html, the
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ifnames documentation}.
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@end ifhtml
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Besides the portability tests which are specific to your particular
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package, every @file{configure.in} file should contain the following
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macros.
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@table @samp
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@item AC_INIT
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@cindex @samp{AC_INIT}
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This macro takes a single argument, which is the name of a file in your
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package. For example, @samp{AC_INIT(foo.c)}.
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@item AC_PREREQ(@var{VERSION})
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@cindex @samp{AC_PREREQ}
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This macro is optional. It may be used to indicate the version of
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@samp{autoconf} that you are using. This will prevent users from
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running an earlier version of @samp{autoconf} and perhaps getting an
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invalid @file{configure} script. For example, @samp{AC_PREREQ(2.12)}.
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@item AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
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@cindex @samp{AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE}
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This macro takes two arguments: the name of the package, and a version
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number. For example, @samp{AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(foo, 1.0)}. (This macro is
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not needed if you are not using automake).
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@item AM_CONFIG_HEADER
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@cindex @samp{AM_CONFIG_HEADER}
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This macro names the header file which will hold the preprocessor macro
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definitions at run time. Normally this should be @file{config.h}. Your
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sources would then use @samp{#include "config.h"} to include it.
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This macro may optionally name the input file for that header file; by
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default, this is @file{config.h.in}, but that file name works poorly on
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DOS filesystems. Therefore, it is often better to name it explicitly as
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@file{config.in}.
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This is what you should normally put in @file{configure.in}:
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@example
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AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h:config.in)
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@end example
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@cindex @samp{AC_CONFIG_HEADER}
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(If you are not using automake, use @samp{AC_CONFIG_HEADER} rather than
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@samp{AM_CONFIG_HEADER}).
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@item AM_MAINTAINER_MODE
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@cindex @samp{AM_MAINTAINER_MODE}
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This macro always appears in Cygnus configure scripts. Other programs
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may or may not use it.
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If this macro is used, the @samp{--enable-maintainer-mode} option is
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required to enable automatic rebuilding of generated files used by the
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configure system. This of course requires that developers be aware of,
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and use, that option.
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If this macro is not used, then the generated files will always be
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rebuilt automatically. This will cause problems if the wrong versions
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of autoconf, automake, or others are in the builder's @samp{PATH}.
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(If you are not using automake, you do not need to use this macro).
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@item AC_EXEEXT
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@cindex @samp{AC_EXEEXT}
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@cindex @samp{AM_EXEEXT}
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Either this macro or @samp{AM_EXEEXT} always appears in Cygnus configure
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files. Other programs may or may not use one of them.
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This macro looks for the executable suffix used on the host system. On
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Unix systems, this is the empty string. On Windows systems, this is
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@samp{.exe}. This macro directs automake to use the executable suffix
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as appropriate when creating programs. This macro does not take any
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arguments.
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The @samp{AC_EXEEXT} form is new, and is part of a Cygnus patch to
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autoconf to support compiling with Visual C++. Older programs use
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@samp{AM_EXEEXT} instead.
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(Programs which do not use automake use neither @samp{AC_EXEEXT} nor
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@samp{AM_EXEEXT}).
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@item AC_PROG_CC
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@cindex @samp{AC_PROG_CC}
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If you are writing C code, you will normally want to use this macro. It
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locates the C compiler to use. It does not take any arguments.
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However, if this @file{configure.in} file is for a library which is to
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be compiled by a cross compiler which may not fully work, then you will
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not want to use @samp{AC_PROG_CC}. Instead, you will want to use a
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variant which does not call the macro @samp{AC_PROG_CC_WORKS}. Examples
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can be found in various @file{configure.in} files for libraries that are
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compiled with cross compilers, such as libiberty or libgloss. This is
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essentially a bug in autoconf, and there will probably be a better
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workaround at some point.
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@item AC_PROG_CXX
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@cindex @samp{AC_PROG_CXX}
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If you are writing C++ code, you will want to use this macro. It
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locates the C++ compiler to use. It does not take any arguments. The
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same cross compiler comments apply as for @samp{AC_PROG_CC}.
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@item AM_PROG_LIBTOOL
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@cindex @samp{AM_PROG_LIBTOOL}
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If you want to build libraries, and you want to permit them to be
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shared, or you want to link against libraries which were built using
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libtool, then you will need this macro. This macro is required in order
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to use libtool.
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@cindex @samp{AM_DISABLE_SHARED}
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By default, this will cause all libraries to be built as shared
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libraries. To prevent this--to change the default--use
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@samp{AM_DISABLE_SHARED} before @samp{AM_PROG_LIBTOOL}. The configure
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options @samp{--enable-shared} and @samp{--disable-shared} may be used
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to override the default at build time.
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@item AC_DEFINE(_GNU_SOURCE)
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@cindex @samp{_GNU_SOURCE}
|
|
GNU packages should normally include this line before any other feature
|
|
tests. This defines the macro @samp{_GNU_SOURCE} when compiling, which
|
|
directs the libc header files to provide the standard GNU system
|
|
interfaces including all GNU extensions. If this macro is not defined,
|
|
certain GNU extensions may not be available.
|
|
|
|
@item AC_OUTPUT
|
|
@cindex @samp{AC_OUTPUT}
|
|
This macro takes a list of file names which the configure process should
|
|
produce. This is normally a list of one or more @file{Makefile} files
|
|
in different directories. If your package lives entirely in a single
|
|
directory, you would use simply @samp{AC_OUTPUT(Makefile)}. If you also
|
|
have, for example, a @file{lib} subdirectory, you would use
|
|
@samp{AC_OUTPUT(Makefile lib/Makefile)}.
|
|
@end table
|
|
|
|
If you want to use locally defined macros in your @file{configure.in}
|
|
file, then you will need to write a @file{acinclude.m4} file which
|
|
defines them (if not using automake, this file is called
|
|
@file{aclocal.m4}). Alternatively, you can put separate macros in an
|
|
@file{m4} subdirectory, and put @samp{ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4} in your
|
|
@file{Makefile.am} file so that the @samp{aclocal} program will be able
|
|
to find them.
|
|
|
|
The different macro prefixes indicate which tool defines the macro.
|
|
Macros which start with @samp{AC_} are part of autoconf. Macros which
|
|
start with @samp{AM_} are provided by automake or libtool.
|
|
|
|
@node Write Makefile.am
|
|
@section Write Makefile.am
|
|
@cindex @file{Makefile.am}, writing
|
|
|
|
You must write the file @file{Makefile.am}. This is an automake input
|
|
file, and the automake manual describes in detail what this file should
|
|
look like.
|
|
|
|
The automake commands in @file{Makefile.am} mostly look like variable
|
|
assignments in a @file{Makefile}. automake recognizes special variable
|
|
names, and automatically add make rules to the output as needed.
|
|
|
|
There will be one @file{Makefile.am} file for each directory in your
|
|
package. For each directory with subdirectories, the @file{Makefile.am}
|
|
file should contain the line
|
|
@smallexample
|
|
SUBDIRS = @var{dir} @var{dir} @dots{}
|
|
@end smallexample
|
|
@noindent
|
|
where each @var{dir} is the name of a subdirectory.
|
|
|
|
For each @file{Makefile.am}, there should be a corresponding
|
|
@file{Makefile} in the @samp{AC_OUTPUT} macro in @file{configure.in}.
|
|
|
|
Every @file{Makefile.am} written at Cygnus should contain the line
|
|
@smallexample
|
|
AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = cygnus
|
|
@end smallexample
|
|
@noindent
|
|
This puts automake into Cygnus mode. See the automake manual for
|
|
details.
|
|
|
|
You may to include the version number of @samp{automake} that you are
|
|
using on the @samp{AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS} line. For example,
|
|
@smallexample
|
|
AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = cygnus 1.3
|
|
@end smallexample
|
|
@noindent
|
|
This will prevent users from running an earlier version of
|
|
@samp{automake} and perhaps getting an invalid @file{Makefile.in}.
|
|
|
|
If your package builds a program, then in the directory where that
|
|
program is built you will normally want a line like
|
|
@smallexample
|
|
bin_PROGRAMS = @var{program}
|
|
@end smallexample
|
|
@noindent
|
|
where @var{program} is the name of the program. You will then want a
|
|
line like
|
|
@smallexample
|
|
@var{program}_SOURCES = @var{file} @var{file} @dots{}
|
|
@end smallexample
|
|
@noindent
|
|
where each @var{file} is the name of a source file to link into the
|
|
program (e.g., @samp{foo.c}).
|
|
|
|
If your package builds a library, and you do not want the library to
|
|
ever be built as a shared library, then in the directory where that
|
|
library is built you will normally want a line like
|
|
@smallexample
|
|
lib_LIBRARIES = lib@var{name}.a
|
|
@end smallexample
|
|
@noindent
|
|
where @samp{lib@var{name}.a} is the name of the library. You will then
|
|
want a line like
|
|
@smallexample
|
|
lib@var{name}_a_SOURCES = @var{file} @var{file} @dots{}
|
|
@end smallexample
|
|
@noindent
|
|
where each @var{file} is the name of a source file to add to the
|
|
library.
|
|
|
|
If your package builds a library, and you want to permit building the
|
|
library as a shared library, then in the directory where that library is
|
|
built you will normally want a line like
|
|
@smallexample
|
|
lib_LTLIBRARIES = lib@var{name}.la
|
|
@end smallexample
|
|
The use of @samp{LTLIBRARIES}, and the @samp{.la} extension, indicate a
|
|
library to be built using libtool. As usual, you will then want a line
|
|
like
|
|
@smallexample
|
|
lib@var{name}_la_SOURCES = @var{file} @var{file} @dots{}
|
|
@end smallexample
|
|
|
|
The strings @samp{bin} and @samp{lib} that appear above in
|
|
@samp{bin_PROGRAMS} and @samp{lib_LIBRARIES} are not arbitrary. They
|
|
refer to particular directories, which may be set by the @samp{--bindir}
|
|
and @samp{--libdir} options to @file{configure}. If those options are
|
|
not used, the default values are based on the @samp{--prefix} or
|
|
@samp{--exec-prefix} options to @file{configure}. It is possible to use
|
|
other names if the program or library should be installed in some other
|
|
directory.
|
|
|
|
The @file{Makefile.am} file may also contain almost anything that may
|
|
appear in a normal @file{Makefile}. automake also supports many other
|
|
special variables, as well as conditionals.
|
|
|
|
See the automake manual for more information.
|
|
|
|
@node Write acconfig.h
|
|
@section Write acconfig.h
|
|
@cindex @file{acconfig.h}, writing
|
|
|
|
If you are generating a portability header file, (i.e., you are using
|
|
@samp{AM_CONFIG_HEADER} in @file{configure.in}), then you will have to
|
|
write a @file{acconfig.h} file. It will have to contain the following
|
|
lines.
|
|
|
|
@smallexample
|
|
/* Name of package. */
|
|
#undef PACKAGE
|
|
|
|
/* Version of package. */
|
|
#undef VERSION
|
|
@end smallexample
|
|
|
|
This requirement is really a bug in the system, and the requirement may
|
|
be eliminated at some later date.
|
|
|
|
The @file{acconfig.h} file will also similar comment and @samp{#undef}
|
|
lines for any unusual macros in the @file{configure.in} file, including
|
|
any macro which appears in a @samp{AC_DEFINE} macro.
|
|
|
|
In particular, if you are writing a GNU package and therefore include
|
|
@samp{AC_DEFINE(_GNU_SOURCE)} in @file{configure.in} as suggested above,
|
|
you will need lines like this in @file{acconfig.h}:
|
|
@smallexample
|
|
/* Enable GNU extensions. */
|
|
#undef _GNU_SOURCE
|
|
@end smallexample
|
|
|
|
Normally the @samp{autoheader} program will inform you of any such
|
|
requirements by printing an error message when it is run. However, if
|
|
you do anything particular odd in your @file{configure.in} file, you
|
|
will have to make sure that the right entries appear in
|
|
@file{acconfig.h}, since otherwise the results of the tests may not be
|
|
available in the @file{config.h} file which your code will use.
|
|
|
|
(Thee @samp{PACKAGE} and @samp{VERSION} lines are not required if you
|
|
are not using automake, and in that case you may not need a
|
|
@file{acconfig.h} file at all).
|
|
|
|
@node Generate files
|
|
@section Generate files
|
|
|
|
Once you have written @file{configure.in}, @file{Makefile.am},
|
|
@file{acconfig.h}, and possibly @file{acinclude.m4}, you must use
|
|
autoconf and automake programs to produce the first versions of the
|
|
generated files. This is done by executing the following sequence of
|
|
commands.
|
|
|
|
@smallexample
|
|
aclocal
|
|
autoconf
|
|
autoheader
|
|
automake
|
|
@end smallexample
|
|
|
|
The @samp{aclocal} and @samp{automake} commands are part of the automake
|
|
package, and the @samp{autoconf} and @samp{autoheader} commands are part
|
|
of the autoconf package.
|
|
|
|
If you are using a @file{m4} subdirectory for your macros, you will need
|
|
to use the @samp{-I m4} option when you run @samp{aclocal}.
|
|
|
|
If you are not using the Cygnus tree, use the @samp{-a} option when
|
|
running @samp{automake} command in order to copy the required support
|
|
files into your source directory.
|
|
|
|
If you are using libtool, you must build and install the libtool package
|
|
with the same @samp{--prefix} and @samp{--exec-prefix} options as you
|
|
used with the autoconf and automake packages. You must do this before
|
|
running any of the above commands. If you are not using the Cygnus
|
|
tree, you will need to run the @samp{libtoolize} program to copy the
|
|
libtool support files into your directory.
|
|
|
|
Once you have managed to run these commands without getting any errors,
|
|
you should create a new empty directory, and run the @samp{configure}
|
|
script which will have been created by @samp{autoconf} with the
|
|
@samp{--enable-maintainer-mode} option. This will give you a set of
|
|
Makefiles which will include rules to automatically rebuild all the
|
|
generated files.
|
|
|
|
After doing that, whenever you have changed some of the input files and
|
|
want to regenerated the other files, go to your object directory and run
|
|
@samp{make}. Doing this is more reliable than trying to rebuild the
|
|
files manually, because there are complex order dependencies and it is
|
|
easy to forget something.
|
|
|
|
@node Getting Started Example
|
|
@section Example
|
|
|
|
Let's consider a trivial example.
|
|
|
|
Suppose we want to write a simple version of @samp{touch}. Our program,
|
|
which we will call @samp{poke}, will take a single file name argument,
|
|
and use the @samp{utime} system call to set the modification and access
|
|
times of the file to the current time. We want this program to be
|
|
highly portable.
|
|
|
|
We'll first see what this looks like without using autoconf and
|
|
automake, and then see what it looks like with them.
|
|
|
|
@menu
|
|
* Getting Started Example 1:: First Try.
|
|
* Getting Started Example 2:: Second Try.
|
|
* Getting Started Example 3:: Third Try.
|
|
* Generate Files in Example:: Generate Files.
|
|
@end menu
|
|
|
|
@node Getting Started Example 1
|
|
@subsection First Try
|
|
|
|
Here is our first try at @samp{poke.c}. Note that we've written it
|
|
without ANSI/ISO C prototypes, since we want it to be highly portable.
|
|
|
|
@example
|
|
#include <stdio.h>
|
|
#include <stdlib.h>
|
|
#include <sys/types.h>
|
|
#include <utime.h>
|
|
|
|
int
|
|
main (argc, argv)
|
|
int argc;
|
|
char **argv;
|
|
@{
|
|
if (argc != 2)
|
|
@{
|
|
fprintf (stderr, "Usage: poke file\n");
|
|
exit (1);
|
|
@}
|
|
|
|
if (utime (argv[1], NULL) < 0)
|
|
@{
|
|
perror ("utime");
|
|
exit (1);
|
|
@}
|
|
|
|
exit (0);
|
|
@}
|
|
@end example
|
|
|
|
We also write a simple @file{Makefile}.
|
|
|
|
@example
|
|
CC = gcc
|
|
CFLAGS = -g -O2
|
|
|
|
all: poke
|
|
|
|
poke: poke.o
|
|
$(CC) -o poke $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) poke.o
|
|
@end example
|
|
|
|
So far, so good.
|
|
|
|
Unfortunately, there are a few problems.
|
|
|
|
On older Unix systems derived from BSD 4.3, the @samp{utime} system call
|
|
does not accept a second argument of @samp{NULL}. On those systems, we
|
|
need to pass a pointer to @samp{struct utimbuf} structure.
|
|
Unfortunately, even older systems don't define that structure; on those
|
|
systems, we need to pass an array of two @samp{long} values.
|
|
|
|
The header file @file{stdlib.h} was invented by ANSI C, and older
|
|
systems don't have a copy. We included it above to get a declaration of
|
|
@samp{exit}.
|
|
|
|
We can find some of these portability problems by running
|
|
@samp{autoscan}, which will create a @file{configure.scan} file which we
|
|
can use as a prototype for our @file{configure.in} file. I won't show
|
|
the output, but it will notice the potential problems with @samp{utime}
|
|
and @file{stdlib.h}.
|
|
|
|
In our @file{Makefile}, we don't provide any way to install the program.
|
|
This doesn't matter much for such a simple example, but a real program
|
|
will need an @samp{install} target. For that matter, we will also want
|
|
a @samp{clean} target.
|
|
|
|
@node Getting Started Example 2
|
|
@subsection Second Try
|
|
|
|
Here is our second try at this program.
|
|
|
|
We modify @file{poke.c} to use preprocessor macros to control what
|
|
features are available. (I've cheated a bit by using the same macro
|
|
names which autoconf will use).
|
|
|
|
@example
|
|
#include <stdio.h>
|
|
|
|
#ifdef STDC_HEADERS
|
|
#include <stdlib.h>
|
|
#endif
|
|
|
|
#include <sys/types.h>
|
|
|
|
#ifdef HAVE_UTIME_H
|
|
#include <utime.h>
|
|
#endif
|
|
|
|
#ifndef HAVE_UTIME_NULL
|
|
|
|
#include <time.h>
|
|
|
|
#ifndef HAVE_STRUCT_UTIMBUF
|
|
|
|
struct utimbuf
|
|
@{
|
|
long actime;
|
|
long modtime;
|
|
@};
|
|
|
|
#endif
|
|
|
|
static int
|
|
utime_now (file)
|
|
char *file;
|
|
@{
|
|
struct utimbuf now;
|
|
|
|
now.actime = now.modtime = time (NULL);
|
|
return utime (file, &now);
|
|
@}
|
|
|
|
#define utime(f, p) utime_now (f)
|
|
|
|
#endif /* HAVE_UTIME_NULL */
|
|
|
|
int
|
|
main (argc, argv)
|
|
int argc;
|
|
char **argv;
|
|
@{
|
|
if (argc != 2)
|
|
@{
|
|
fprintf (stderr, "Usage: poke file\n");
|
|
exit (1);
|
|
@}
|
|
|
|
if (utime (argv[1], NULL) < 0)
|
|
@{
|
|
perror ("utime");
|
|
exit (1);
|
|
@}
|
|
|
|
exit (0);
|
|
@}
|
|
@end example
|
|
|
|
Here is the associated @file{Makefile}. We've added support for the
|
|
preprocessor flags we use. We've also added @samp{install} and
|
|
@samp{clean} targets.
|
|
|
|
@example
|
|
# Set this to your installation directory.
|
|
bindir = /usr/local/bin
|
|
|
|
# Uncomment this if you have the standard ANSI/ISO C header files.
|
|
# STDC_HDRS = -DSTDC_HEADERS
|
|
|
|
# Uncomment this if you have utime.h.
|
|
# UTIME_H = -DHAVE_UTIME_H
|
|
|
|
# Uncomment this if utime (FILE, NULL) works on your system.
|
|
# UTIME_NULL = -DHAVE_UTIME_NULL
|
|
|
|
# Uncomment this if struct utimbuf is defined in utime.h.
|
|
# UTIMBUF = -DHAVE_STRUCT_UTIMBUF
|
|
|
|
CC = gcc
|
|
CFLAGS = -g -O2
|
|
|
|
ALL_CFLAGS = $(STDC_HDRS) $(UTIME_H) $(UTIME_NULL) $(UTIMBUF) $(CFLAGS)
|
|
|
|
all: poke
|
|
|
|
poke: poke.o
|
|
$(CC) -o poke $(ALL_CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) poke.o
|
|
|
|
.c.o:
|
|
$(CC) -c $(ALL_CFLAGS) poke.c
|
|
|
|
install: poke
|
|
cp poke $(bindir)/poke
|
|
|
|
clean:
|
|
rm poke poke.o
|
|
@end example
|
|
|
|
Some problems with this approach should be clear.
|
|
|
|
Users who want to compile poke will have to know how @samp{utime} works
|
|
on their systems, so that they can uncomment the @file{Makefile}
|
|
correctly.
|
|
|
|
The installation is done using @samp{cp}, but many systems have an
|
|
@samp{install} program which may be used, and which supports optional
|
|
features such as stripping debugging information out of the installed
|
|
binary.
|
|
|
|
The use of @file{Makefile} variables like @samp{CC}, @samp{CFLAGS} and
|
|
@samp{LDFLAGS} follows the requirements of the GNU standards. This is
|
|
convenient for all packages, since it reduces surprises for users.
|
|
However, it is easy to get the details wrong, and wind up with a
|
|
slightly nonstandard distribution.
|
|
|
|
@node Getting Started Example 3
|
|
@subsection Third Try
|
|
|
|
For our third try at this program, we will write a @file{configure.in}
|
|
script to discover the configuration features on the host system, rather
|
|
than requiring the user to edit the @file{Makefile}. We will also write
|
|
a @file{Makefile.am} rather than a @file{Makefile}.
|
|
|
|
The only change to @file{poke.c} is to add a line at the start of the
|
|
file:
|
|
@smallexample
|
|
#include "config.h"
|
|
@end smallexample
|
|
|
|
The new @file{configure.in} file is as follows.
|
|
|
|
@example
|
|
AC_INIT(poke.c)
|
|
AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(poke, 1.0)
|
|
AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h:config.in)
|
|
AC_PROG_CC
|
|
AC_HEADER_STDC
|
|
AC_CHECK_HEADERS(utime.h)
|
|
AC_EGREP_HEADER(utimbuf, utime.h, AC_DEFINE(HAVE_STRUCT_UTIMBUF))
|
|
AC_FUNC_UTIME_NULL
|
|
AC_OUTPUT(Makefile)
|
|
@end example
|
|
|
|
The first four macros in this file, and the last one, were described
|
|
above; see @ref{Write configure.in}. If we omit these macros, then when
|
|
we run @samp{automake} we will get a reminder that we need them.
|
|
|
|
The other macros are standard autoconf macros.
|
|
|
|
@table @samp
|
|
@item AC_HEADER_STDC
|
|
Check for standard C headers.
|
|
@item AC_CHECK_HEADERS
|
|
Check whether a particular header file exists.
|
|
@item AC_EGREP_HEADER
|
|
Check for a particular string in a particular header file, in this case
|
|
checking for @samp{utimbuf} in @file{utime.h}.
|
|
@item AC_FUNC_UTIME_NULL
|
|
Check whether @samp{utime} accepts a NULL second argument to set the
|
|
file change time to the current time.
|
|
@end table
|
|
|
|
See the autoconf manual for a more complete description.
|
|
|
|
The new @file{Makefile.am} file is as follows. Note how simple this is
|
|
compared to our earlier @file{Makefile}.
|
|
|
|
@example
|
|
bin_PROGRAMS = poke
|
|
|
|
poke_SOURCES = poke.c
|
|
@end example
|
|
|
|
This means that we should build a single program name @samp{poke}. It
|
|
should be installed in the binary directory, which we called
|
|
@samp{bindir} earlier. The program @samp{poke} is built from the source
|
|
file @file{poke.c}.
|
|
|
|
We must also write a @file{acconfig.h} file. Besides @samp{PACKAGE} and
|
|
@samp{VERSION}, which must be mentioned for all packages which use
|
|
automake, we must include @samp{HAVE_STRUCT_UTIMBUF}, since we mentioned
|
|
it in an @samp{AC_DEFINE}.
|
|
|
|
@example
|
|
/* Name of package. */
|
|
#undef PACKAGE
|
|
|
|
/* Version of package. */
|
|
#undef VERSION
|
|
|
|
/* Whether utime.h defines struct utimbuf. */
|
|
#undef HAVE_STRUCT_UTIMBUF
|
|
@end example
|
|
|
|
@node Generate Files in Example
|
|
@subsection Generate Files
|
|
|
|
We must now generate the other files, using the following commands.
|
|
|
|
@smallexample
|
|
aclocal
|
|
autoconf
|
|
autoheader
|
|
automake
|
|
@end smallexample
|
|
|
|
When we run @samp{autoheader}, it will remind us of any macros we forgot
|
|
to add to @file{acconfig.h}.
|
|
|
|
When we run @samp{automake}, it will want to add some files to our
|
|
distribution. It will add them automatically if we use the
|
|
@samp{--add-missing} option.
|
|
|
|
By default, @samp{automake} will run in GNU mode, which means that it
|
|
will want us to create certain additional files; as of this writing, it
|
|
will want @file{NEWS}, @file{README}, @file{AUTHORS}, and
|
|
@file{ChangeLog}, all of which are files which should appear in a
|
|
standard GNU distribution. We can either add those files, or run
|
|
@samp{automake} with the @samp{--foreign} option.
|
|
|
|
Running these tools will generate the following files, all of which are
|
|
described in the next chapter.
|
|
|
|
@itemize @bullet
|
|
@item
|
|
@file{aclocal.m4}
|
|
@item
|
|
@file{configure}
|
|
@item
|
|
@file{config.in}
|
|
@item
|
|
@file{Makefile.in}
|
|
@item
|
|
@file{stamp-h.in}
|
|
@end itemize
|
|
|
|
@node Files
|
|
@chapter Files
|
|
|
|
As was seen in the previous chapter, the GNU configure and build system
|
|
uses a number of different files. The developer must write a few files.
|
|
The others are generated by various tools.
|
|
|
|
The system is rather flexible, and can be used in many different ways.
|
|
In describing the files that it uses, I will describe the common case,
|
|
and mention some other cases that may arise.
|
|
|
|
@menu
|
|
* Developer Files:: Developer Files.
|
|
* Build Files:: Build Files.
|
|
* Support Files:: Support Files.
|
|
@end menu
|
|
|
|
@node Developer Files
|
|
@section Developer Files
|
|
|
|
This section describes the files written or generated by the developer
|
|
of a package.
|
|
|
|
@menu
|
|
* Developer Files Picture:: Developer Files Picture.
|
|
* Written Developer Files:: Written Developer Files.
|
|
* Generated Developer Files:: Generated Developer Files.
|
|
@end menu
|
|
|
|
@node Developer Files Picture
|
|
@subsection Developer Files Picture
|
|
|
|
Here is a picture of the files which are written by the developer, the
|
|
generated files which would be included with a complete source
|
|
distribution, and the tools which create those files.
|
|
@ifinfo
|
|
The file names are plain text and the tool names are enclosed by
|
|
@samp{*} characters
|
|
@end ifinfo
|
|
@ifnotinfo
|
|
The file names are in rectangles with square corners and the tool names
|
|
are in rectangles with rounded corners
|
|
@end ifnotinfo
|
|
(e.g., @samp{autoheader} is the name of a tool, not the name of a file).
|
|
|
|
@image{configdev}
|
|
|
|
@node Written Developer Files
|
|
@subsection Written Developer Files
|
|
|
|
The following files would be written by the developer.
|
|
|
|
@table @file
|
|
@item configure.in
|
|
@cindex @file{configure.in}
|
|
This is the configuration script. This script contains invocations of
|
|
autoconf macros. It may also contain ordinary shell script code. This
|
|
file will contain feature tests for portability issues. The last thing
|
|
in the file will normally be an @samp{AC_OUTPUT} macro listing which
|
|
files to create when the builder runs the configure script. This file
|
|
is always required when using the GNU configure system. @xref{Write
|
|
configure.in}.
|
|
|
|
@item Makefile.am
|
|
@cindex @file{Makefile.am}
|
|
This is the automake input file. It describes how the code should be
|
|
built. It consists of definitions of automake variables. It may also
|
|
contain ordinary Makefile targets. This file is only needed when using
|
|
automake (newer tools normally use automake, but there are still older
|
|
tools which have not been converted, in which the developer writes
|
|
@file{Makefile.in} directly). @xref{Write Makefile.am}.
|
|
|
|
@item acconfig.h
|
|
@cindex @file{acconfig.h}
|
|
When the configure script creates a portability header file, by using
|
|
@samp{AM_CONFIG_HEADER} (or, if not using automake,
|
|
@samp{AC_CONFIG_HEADER}), this file is used to describe macros which are
|
|
not recognized by the @samp{autoheader} command. This is normally a
|
|
fairly uninteresting file, consisting of a collection of @samp{#undef}
|
|
lines with comments. Normally any call to @samp{AC_DEFINE} in
|
|
@file{configure.in} will require a line in this file. @xref{Write
|
|
acconfig.h}.
|
|
|
|
@item acinclude.m4
|
|
@cindex @file{acinclude.m4}
|
|
This file is not always required. It defines local autoconf macros.
|
|
These macros may then be used in @file{configure.in}. If you don't need
|
|
any local autoconf macros, then you don't need this file at all. In
|
|
fact, in general, you never need local autoconf macros, since you can
|
|
put everything in @file{configure.in}, but sometimes a local macro is
|
|
convenient.
|
|
|
|
Newer tools may omit @file{acinclude.m4}, and instead use a
|
|
subdirectory, typically named @file{m4}, and define
|
|
@samp{ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4} in @file{Makefile.am} to force
|
|
@samp{aclocal} to look there for macro definitions. The macro
|
|
definitions are then placed in separate files in that directory.
|
|
|
|
The @file{acinclude.m4} file is only used when using automake; in older
|
|
tools, the developer writes @file{aclocal.m4} directly, if it is needed.
|
|
@end table
|
|
|
|
@node Generated Developer Files
|
|
@subsection Generated Developer Files
|
|
|
|
The following files would be generated by the developer.
|
|
|
|
When using automake, these files are normally not generated manually
|
|
after the first time. Instead, the generated @file{Makefile} contains
|
|
rules to automatically rebuild the files as required. When
|
|
@samp{AM_MAINTAINER_MODE} is used in @file{configure.in} (the normal
|
|
case in Cygnus code), the automatic rebuilding rules will only be
|
|
defined if you configure using the @samp{--enable-maintainer-mode}
|
|
option.
|
|
|
|
When using automatic rebuilding, it is important to ensure that all the
|
|
various tools have been built and installed on your @samp{PATH}. Using
|
|
automatic rebuilding is highly recommended, so much so that I'm not
|
|
going to explain what you have to do if you don't use it.
|
|
|
|
@table @file
|
|
@item configure
|
|
@cindex @file{configure}
|
|
This is the configure script which will be run when building the
|
|
package. This is generated by @samp{autoconf} from @file{configure.in}
|
|
and @file{aclocal.m4}. This is a shell script.
|
|
|
|
@item Makefile.in
|
|
@cindex @file{Makefile.in}
|
|
This is the file which the configure script will turn into the
|
|
@file{Makefile} at build time. This file is generated by
|
|
@samp{automake} from @file{Makefile.am}. If you aren't using automake,
|
|
you must write this file yourself. This file is pretty much a normal
|
|
@file{Makefile}, with some configure substitutions for certain
|
|
variables.
|
|
|
|
@item aclocal.m4
|
|
@cindex @file{aclocal.m4}
|
|
This file is created by the @samp{aclocal} program, based on the
|
|
contents of @file{configure.in} and @file{acinclude.m4} (or, as noted in
|
|
the description of @file{acinclude.m4} above, on the contents of an
|
|
@file{m4} subdirectory). This file contains definitions of autoconf
|
|
macros which @samp{autoconf} will use when generating the file
|
|
@file{configure}. These autoconf macros may be defined by you in
|
|
@file{acinclude.m4} or they may be defined by other packages such as
|
|
automake, libtool or gettext. If you aren't using automake, you will
|
|
normally write this file yourself; in that case, if @file{configure.in}
|
|
uses only standard autoconf macros, this file will not be needed at all.
|
|
|
|
@item config.in
|
|
@cindex @file{config.in}
|
|
@cindex @file{config.h.in}
|
|
This file is created by @samp{autoheader} based on @file{acconfig.h} and
|
|
@file{configure.in}. At build time, the configure script will define
|
|
some of the macros in it to create @file{config.h}, which may then be
|
|
included by your program. This permits your C code to use preprocessor
|
|
conditionals to change its behaviour based on the characteristics of the
|
|
host system. This file may also be called @file{config.h.in}.
|
|
|
|
@item stamp.h-in
|
|
@cindex @file{stamp-h.in}
|
|
This rather uninteresting file, which I omitted from the picture, is
|
|
generated by @samp{automake}. It always contains the string
|
|
@samp{timestamp}. It is used as a timestamp file indicating whether
|
|
@file{config.in} is up to date. Using a timestamp file means that
|
|
@file{config.in} can be marked as up to date without actually changing
|
|
its modification time. This is useful since @file{config.in} depends
|
|
upon @file{configure.in}, but it is easy to change @file{configure.in}
|
|
in a way which does not affect @file{config.in}.
|
|
@end table
|
|
|
|
@node Build Files
|
|
@section Build Files
|
|
|
|
This section describes the files which are created at configure and
|
|
build time. These are the files which somebody who builds the package
|
|
will see.
|
|
|
|
Of course, the developer will also build the package. The distinction
|
|
between developer files and build files is not that the developer does
|
|
not see the build files, but that somebody who only builds the package
|
|
does not have to worry about the developer files.
|
|
|
|
@menu
|
|
* Build Files Picture:: Build Files Picture.
|
|
* Build Files Description:: Build Files Description.
|
|
@end menu
|
|
|
|
@node Build Files Picture
|
|
@subsection Build Files Picture
|
|
|
|
Here is a picture of the files which will be created at build time.
|
|
@file{config.status} is both a created file and a shell script which is
|
|
run to create other files, and the picture attempts to show that.
|
|
|
|
@image{configbuild}
|
|
|
|
@node Build Files Description
|
|
@subsection Build Files Description
|
|
|
|
This is a description of the files which are created at build time.
|
|
|
|
@table @file
|
|
@item config.status
|
|
@cindex @file{config.status}
|
|
The first step in building a package is to run the @file{configure}
|
|
script. The @file{configure} script will create the file
|
|
@file{config.status}, which is itself a shell script. When you first
|
|
run @file{configure}, it will automatically run @file{config.status}.
|
|
An @file{Makefile} derived from an automake generated @file{Makefile.in}
|
|
will contain rules to automatically run @file{config.status} again when
|
|
necessary to recreate certain files if their inputs change.
|
|
|
|
@item Makefile
|
|
@cindex @file{Makefile}
|
|
This is the file which make will read to build the program. The
|
|
@file{config.status} script will transform @file{Makefile.in} into
|
|
@file{Makefile}.
|
|
|
|
@item config.h
|
|
@cindex @file{config.h}
|
|
This file defines C preprocessor macros which C code can use to adjust
|
|
its behaviour on different systems. The @file{config.status} script
|
|
will transform @file{config.in} into @file{config.h}.
|
|
|
|
@item config.cache
|
|
@cindex @file{config.cache}
|
|
This file did not fit neatly into the picture, and I omitted it. It is
|
|
used by the @file{configure} script to cache results between runs. This
|
|
can be an important speedup. If you modify @file{configure.in} in such
|
|
a way that the results of old tests should change (perhaps you have
|
|
added a new library to @samp{LDFLAGS}), then you will have to remove
|
|
@file{config.cache} to force the tests to be rerun.
|
|
|
|
The autoconf manual explains how to set up a site specific cache file.
|
|
This can speed up running @file{configure} scripts on your system.
|
|
|
|
@item stamp.h
|
|
@cindex @file{stamp-h}
|
|
This file, which I omitted from the picture, is similar to
|
|
@file{stamp-h.in}. It is used as a timestamp file indicating whether
|
|
@file{config.h} is up to date. This is useful since @file{config.h}
|
|
depends upon @file{config.status}, but it is easy for
|
|
@file{config.status} to change in a way which does not affect
|
|
@file{config.h}.
|
|
@end table
|
|
|
|
@node Support Files
|
|
@section Support Files
|
|
|
|
The GNU configure and build system requires several support files to be
|
|
included with your distribution. You do not normally need to concern
|
|
yourself with these. If you are using the Cygnus tree, most are already
|
|
present. Otherwise, they will be installed with your source by
|
|
@samp{automake} (with the @samp{--add-missing} option) and
|
|
@samp{libtoolize}.
|
|
|
|
You don't have to put the support files in the top level directory. You
|
|
can put them in a subdirectory, and use the @samp{AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR}
|
|
macro in @file{configure.in} to tell @samp{automake} and the
|
|
@file{configure} script where they are.
|
|
|
|
In this section, I describe the support files, so that you can know what
|
|
they are and why they are there.
|
|
|
|
@table @file
|
|
@item ABOUT-NLS
|
|
Added by automake if you are using gettext. This is a documentation
|
|
file about the gettext project.
|
|
@item ansi2knr.c
|
|
Used by an automake generated @file{Makefile} if you put @samp{ansi2knr}
|
|
in @samp{AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS} in @file{Makefile.am}. This permits
|
|
compiling ANSI C code with a K&R C compiler.
|
|
@item ansi2knr.1
|
|
The man page which goes with @file{ansi2knr.c}.
|
|
@item config.guess
|
|
A shell script which determines the configuration name for the system on
|
|
which it is run.
|
|
@item config.sub
|
|
A shell script which canonicalizes a configuration name entered by a
|
|
user.
|
|
@item elisp-comp
|
|
Used to compile Emacs LISP files.
|
|
@item install-sh
|
|
A shell script which installs a program. This is used if the configure
|
|
script can not find an install binary.
|
|
@item ltconfig
|
|
Used by libtool. This is a shell script which configures libtool for
|
|
the particular system on which it is used.
|
|
@item ltmain.sh
|
|
Used by libtool. This is the actual libtool script which is used, after
|
|
it is configured by @file{ltconfig} to build a library.
|
|
@item mdate-sh
|
|
A shell script used by an automake generated @file{Makefile} to pretty
|
|
print the modification time of a file. This is used to maintain version
|
|
numbers for texinfo files.
|
|
@item missing
|
|
A shell script used if some tool is missing entirely. This is used by
|
|
an automake generated @file{Makefile} to avoid certain sorts of
|
|
timestamp problems.
|
|
@item mkinstalldirs
|
|
A shell script which creates a directory, including all parent
|
|
directories. This is used by an automake generated @file{Makefile}
|
|
during installation.
|
|
@item texinfo.tex
|
|
Required if you have any texinfo files. This is used when converting
|
|
Texinfo files into DVI using @samp{texi2dvi} and @TeX{}.
|
|
@item ylwrap
|
|
A shell script used by an automake generated @file{Makefile} to run
|
|
programs like @samp{bison}, @samp{yacc}, @samp{flex}, and @samp{lex}.
|
|
These programs default to producing output files with a fixed name, and
|
|
the @file{ylwrap} script runs them in a subdirectory to avoid file name
|
|
conflicts when using a parallel make program.
|
|
@end table
|
|
|
|
@node Configuration Names
|
|
@chapter Configuration Names
|
|
@cindex configuration names
|
|
@cindex configuration triplets
|
|
@cindex triplets
|
|
@cindex host names
|
|
@cindex host triplets
|
|
@cindex canonical system names
|
|
@cindex system names
|
|
@cindex system types
|
|
|
|
The GNU configure system names all systems using a @dfn{configuration
|
|
name}. All such names used to be triplets (they may now contain four
|
|
parts in certain cases), and the term @dfn{configuration triplet} is
|
|
still seen.
|
|
|
|
@menu
|
|
* Configuration Name Definition:: Configuration Name Definition.
|
|
* Using Configuration Names:: Using Configuration Names.
|
|
@end menu
|
|
|
|
@node Configuration Name Definition
|
|
@section Configuration Name Definition
|
|
|
|
This is a string of the form
|
|
@var{cpu}-@var{manufacturer}-@var{operating_system}. In some cases,
|
|
this is extended to a four part form:
|
|
@var{cpu}-@var{manufacturer}-@var{kernel}-@var{operating_system}.
|
|
|
|
When using a configuration name in a configure option, it is normally
|
|
not necessary to specify an entire name. In particular, the
|
|
@var{manufacturer} field is often omitted, leading to strings such as
|
|
@samp{i386-linux} or @samp{sparc-sunos}. The shell script
|
|
@file{config.sub} will translate these shortened strings into the
|
|
canonical form. autoconf will arrange for @file{config.sub} to be run
|
|
automatically when it is needed.
|
|
|
|
The fields of a configuration name are as follows:
|
|
|
|
@table @var
|
|
@item cpu
|
|
The type of processor. This is typically something like @samp{i386} or
|
|
@samp{sparc}. More specific variants are used as well, such as
|
|
@samp{mipsel} to indicate a little endian MIPS processor.
|
|
@item manufacturer
|
|
A somewhat freeform field which indicates the manufacturer of the
|
|
system. This is often simply @samp{unknown}. Other common strings are
|
|
@samp{pc} for an IBM PC compatible system, or the name of a workstation
|
|
vendor, such as @samp{sun}.
|
|
@item operating_system
|
|
The name of the operating system which is run on the system. This will
|
|
be something like @samp{solaris2.5} or @samp{irix6.3}. There is no
|
|
particular restriction on the version number, and strings like
|
|
@samp{aix4.1.4.0} are seen. For an embedded system, which has no
|
|
operating system, this field normally indicates the type of object file
|
|
format, such as @samp{elf} or @samp{coff}.
|
|
@item kernel
|
|
This is used mainly for GNU/Linux. A typical GNU/Linux configuration
|
|
name is @samp{i586-pc-linux-gnulibc1}. In this case the kernel,
|
|
@samp{linux}, is separated from the operating system, @samp{gnulibc1}.
|
|
@end table
|
|
|
|
The shell script @file{config.guess} will normally print the correct
|
|
configuration name for the system on which it is run. It does by
|
|
running @samp{uname} and by examining other characteristics of the
|
|
system.
|
|
|
|
Because @file{config.guess} can normally determine the configuration
|
|
name for a machine, it is normally only necessary to specify a
|
|
configuration name when building a cross-compiler or when building using
|
|
a cross-compiler.
|
|
|
|
@node Using Configuration Names
|
|
@section Using Configuration Names
|
|
|
|
A configure script will sometimes have to make a decision based on a
|
|
configuration name. You will need to do this if you have to compile
|
|
code differently based on something which can not be tested using a
|
|
standard autoconf feature test.
|
|
|
|
It is normally better to test for particular features, rather than to
|
|
test for a particular system. This is because as Unix evolves,
|
|
different systems copy features from one another. Even if you need to
|
|
determine whether the feature is supported based on a configuration
|
|
name, you should define a macro which describes the feature, rather than
|
|
defining a macro which describes the particular system you are on.
|
|
|
|
Testing for a particular system is normally done using a case statement
|
|
in @file{configure.in}. The case statement might look something like
|
|
the following, assuming that @samp{host} is a shell variable holding a
|
|
canonical configuration name (which will be the case if
|
|
@file{configure.in} uses the @samp{AC_CANONICAL_HOST} or
|
|
@samp{AC_CANONICAL_SYSTEM} macro).
|
|
|
|
@smallexample
|
|
case "$@{host@}" in
|
|
i[3456]86-*-linux-gnu*) do something ;;
|
|
sparc*-sun-solaris2.[56789]*) do something ;;
|
|
sparc*-sun-solaris*) do something ;;
|
|
mips*-*-elf*) do something ;;
|
|
esac
|
|
@end smallexample
|
|
|
|
It is particularly important to use @samp{*} after the operating system
|
|
field, in order to match the version number which will be generated by
|
|
@file{config.guess}.
|
|
|
|
In most cases you must be careful to match a range of processor types.
|
|
For most processor families, a trailing @samp{*} suffices, as in
|
|
@samp{mips*} above. For the i386 family, something along the lines of
|
|
@samp{i[3456]86} suffices at present. For the m68k family, you will
|
|
need something like @samp{m68*}. Of course, if you do not need to match
|
|
on the processor, it is simpler to just replace the entire field by a
|
|
@samp{*}, as in @samp{*-*-irix*}.
|
|
|
|
@node Cross Compilation Tools
|
|
@chapter Cross Compilation Tools
|
|
@cindex cross tools
|
|
|
|
The GNU configure and build system can be used to build @dfn{cross
|
|
compilation} tools. A cross compilation tool is a tool which runs on
|
|
one system and produces code which runs on another system.
|
|
|
|
@menu
|
|
* Cross Compilation Concepts:: Cross Compilation Concepts.
|
|
* Host and Target:: Host and Target.
|
|
* Using the Host Type:: Using the Host Type.
|
|
* Specifying the Target:: Specifying the Target.
|
|
* Using the Target Type:: Using the Target Type.
|
|
* Cross Tools in the Cygnus Tree:: Cross Tools in the Cygnus Tree
|
|
@end menu
|
|
|
|
@node Cross Compilation Concepts
|
|
@section Cross Compilation Concepts
|
|
|
|
@cindex cross compiler
|
|
A compiler which produces programs which run on a different system is a
|
|
cross compilation compiler, or simply a @dfn{cross compiler}.
|
|
Similarly, we speak of cross assemblers, cross linkers, etc.
|
|
|
|
In the normal case, a compiler produces code which runs on the same
|
|
system as the one on which the compiler runs. When it is necessary to
|
|
distinguish this case from the cross compilation case, such a compiler
|
|
is called a @dfn{native compiler}. Similarly, we speak of native
|
|
assemblers, etc.
|
|
|
|
Although the debugger is not strictly speaking a compilation tool, it is
|
|
nevertheless meaningful to speak of a cross debugger: a debugger which
|
|
is used to debug code which runs on another system. Everything that is
|
|
said below about configuring cross compilation tools applies to the
|
|
debugger as well.
|
|
|
|
@node Host and Target
|
|
@section Host and Target
|
|
@cindex host system
|
|
@cindex target system
|
|
|
|
When building cross compilation tools, there are two different systems
|
|
involved: the system on which the tools will run, and the system for
|
|
which the tools generate code.
|
|
|
|
The system on which the tools will run is called the @dfn{host} system.
|
|
|
|
The system for which the tools generate code is called the @dfn{target}
|
|
system.
|
|
|
|
For example, suppose you have a compiler which runs on a GNU/Linux
|
|
system and generates ELF programs for a MIPS embedded system. In this
|
|
case the GNU/Linux system is the host, and the MIPS ELF system is the
|
|
target. Such a compiler could be called a GNU/Linux cross MIPS ELF
|
|
compiler, or, equivalently, a @samp{i386-linux-gnu} cross
|
|
@samp{mips-elf} compiler.
|
|
|
|
Naturally, most programs are not cross compilation tools. For those
|
|
programs, it does not make sense to speak of a target. It only makes
|
|
sense to speak of a target for tools like @samp{gcc} or the
|
|
@samp{binutils} which actually produce running code. For example, it
|
|
does not make sense to speak of the target of a tool like @samp{bison}
|
|
or @samp{make}.
|
|
|
|
Most cross compilation tools can also serve as native tools. For a
|
|
native compilation tool, it is still meaningful to speak of a target.
|
|
For a native tool, the target is the same as the host. For example, for
|
|
a GNU/Linux native compiler, the host is GNU/Linux, and the target is
|
|
also GNU/Linux.
|
|
|
|
@node Using the Host Type
|
|
@section Using the Host Type
|
|
|
|
In almost all cases the host system is the system on which you run the
|
|
@samp{configure} script, and on which you build the tools (for the case
|
|
when they differ, @pxref{Canadian Cross}).
|
|
|
|
@cindex @samp{AC_CANONICAL_HOST}
|
|
If your configure script needs to know the configuration name of the
|
|
host system, and the package is not a cross compilation tool and
|
|
therefore does not have a target, put @samp{AC_CANONICAL_HOST} in
|
|
@file{configure.in}. This macro will arrange to define a few shell
|
|
variables when the @samp{configure} script is run.
|
|
|
|
@table @samp
|
|
@item host
|
|
The canonical configuration name of the host. This will normally be
|
|
determined by running the @file{config.guess} shell script, although the
|
|
user is permitted to override this by using an explicit @samp{--host}
|
|
option.
|
|
@item host_alias
|
|
In the unusual case that the user used an explicit @samp{--host} option,
|
|
this will be the argument to @samp{--host}. In the normal case, this
|
|
will be the same as the @samp{host} variable.
|
|
@item host_cpu
|
|
@itemx host_vendor
|
|
@itemx host_os
|
|
The first three parts of the canonical configuration name.
|
|
@end table
|
|
|
|
The shell variables may be used by putting shell code in
|
|
@file{configure.in}. For an example, see @ref{Using Configuration
|
|
Names}.
|
|
|
|
@node Specifying the Target
|
|
@section Specifying the Target
|
|
|
|
By default, the @samp{configure} script will assume that the target is
|
|
the same as the host. This is the more common case; for example, it
|
|
leads to a native compiler rather than a cross compiler.
|
|
|
|
@cindex @samp{--target} option
|
|
@cindex target option
|
|
@cindex configure target
|
|
If you want to build a cross compilation tool, you must specify the
|
|
target explicitly by using the @samp{--target} option when you run
|
|
@samp{configure}. The argument to @samp{--target} is the configuration
|
|
name of the system for which you wish to generate code.
|
|
@xref{Configuration Names}.
|
|
|
|
For example, to build tools which generate code for a MIPS ELF embedded
|
|
system, you would use @samp{--target mips-elf}.
|
|
|
|
@node Using the Target Type
|
|
@section Using the Target Type
|
|
|
|
@cindex @samp{AC_CANONICAL_SYSTEM}
|
|
When writing @file{configure.in} for a cross compilation tool, you will
|
|
need to use information about the target. To do this, put
|
|
@samp{AC_CANONICAL_SYSTEM} in @file{configure.in}.
|
|
|
|
@samp{AC_CANONICAL_SYSTEM} will look for a @samp{--target} option and
|
|
canonicalize it using the @file{config.sub} shell script. It will also
|
|
run @samp{AC_CANONICAL_HOST} (@pxref{Using the Host Type}).
|
|
|
|
The target type will be recorded in the following shell variables. Note
|
|
that the host versions of these variables will also be defined by
|
|
@samp{AC_CANONICAL_HOST}.
|
|
|
|
@table @samp
|
|
@item target
|
|
The canonical configuration name of the target.
|
|
@item target_alias
|
|
The argument to the @samp{--target} option. If the user did not specify
|
|
a @samp{--target} option, this will be the same as @samp{host_alias}.
|
|
@item target_cpu
|
|
@itemx target_vendor
|
|
@itemx target_os
|
|
The first three parts of the canonical target configuration name.
|
|
@end table
|
|
|
|
Note that if @samp{host} and @samp{target} are the same string, you can
|
|
assume a native configuration. If they are different, you can assume a
|
|
cross configuration.
|
|
|
|
It is arguably possible for @samp{host} and @samp{target} to represent
|
|
the same system, but for the strings to not be identical. For example,
|
|
if @samp{config.guess} returns @samp{sparc-sun-sunos4.1.4}, and somebody
|
|
configures with @samp{--target sparc-sun-sunos4.1}, then the slight
|
|
differences between the two versions of SunOS may be unimportant for
|
|
your tool. However, in the general case it can be quite difficult to
|
|
determine whether the differences between two configuration names are
|
|
significant or not. Therefore, by convention, if the user specifies a
|
|
@samp{--target} option without specifying a @samp{--host} option, it is
|
|
assumed that the user wants to configure a cross compilation tool.
|
|
|
|
The variables @samp{target} and @samp{target_alias} should be handled
|
|
differently.
|
|
|
|
In general, whenever the user may actually see a string,
|
|
@samp{target_alias} should be used. This includes anything which may
|
|
appear in the file system, such as a directory name or part of a tool
|
|
name. It also includes any tool output, unless it is clearly labelled
|
|
as the canonical target configuration name. This permits the user to
|
|
use the @samp{--target} option to specify how the tool will appear to
|
|
the outside world.
|
|
|
|
On the other hand, when checking for characteristics of the target
|
|
system, @samp{target} should be used. This is because a wide variety of
|
|
@samp{--target} options may map into the same canonical configuration
|
|
name. You should not attempt to duplicate the canonicalization done by
|
|
@samp{config.sub} in your own code.
|
|
|
|
By convention, cross tools are installed with a prefix of the argument
|
|
used with the @samp{--target} option, also known as @samp{target_alias}
|
|
(@pxref{Using the Target Type}). If the user does not use the
|
|
@samp{--target} option, and thus is building a native tool, no prefix is
|
|
used.
|
|
|
|
For example, if gcc is configured with @samp{--target mips-elf}, then
|
|
the installed binary will be named @samp{mips-elf-gcc}. If gcc is
|
|
configured without a @samp{--target} option, then the installed binary
|
|
will be named @samp{gcc}.
|
|
|
|
The autoconf macro @samp{AC_ARG_PROGRAM} will handle this for you. If
|
|
you are using automake, no more need be done; the programs will
|
|
automatically be installed with the correct prefixes. Otherwise, see
|
|
the autoconf documentation for @samp{AC_ARG_PROGRAM}.
|
|
|
|
@node Cross Tools in the Cygnus Tree
|
|
@section Cross Tools in the Cygnus Tree
|
|
|
|
The Cygnus tree is used for various packages including gdb, the GNU
|
|
binutils, and egcs. It is also, of course, used for Cygnus releases.
|
|
|
|
In the Cygnus tree, the top level @file{configure} script uses the old
|
|
Cygnus configure system, not autoconf. The top level @file{Makefile.in}
|
|
is written to build packages based on what is in the source tree, and
|
|
supports building a large number of tools in a single
|
|
@samp{configure}/@samp{make} step.
|
|
|
|
The Cygnus tree may be configured with a @samp{--target} option. The
|
|
@samp{--target} option applies recursively to every subdirectory, and
|
|
permits building an entire set of cross tools at once.
|
|
|
|
@menu
|
|
* Host and Target Libraries:: Host and Target Libraries.
|
|
* Target Library Configure Scripts:: Target Library Configure Scripts.
|
|
* Make Targets in Cygnus Tree:: Make Targets in Cygnus Tree.
|
|
* Target libiberty:: Target libiberty
|
|
@end menu
|
|
|
|
@node Host and Target Libraries
|
|
@subsection Host and Target Libraries
|
|
|
|
The Cygnus tree distinguishes host libraries from target libraries.
|
|
|
|
Host libraries are built with the compiler used to build the programs
|
|
which run on the host, which is called the host compiler. This includes
|
|
libraries such as @samp{bfd} and @samp{tcl}. These libraries are built
|
|
with the host compiler, and are linked into programs like the binutils
|
|
or gcc which run on the host.
|
|
|
|
Target libraries are built with the target compiler. If gcc is present
|
|
in the source tree, then the target compiler is the gcc that is built
|
|
using the host compiler. Target libraries are libraries such as
|
|
@samp{newlib} and @samp{libstdc++}. These libraries are not linked into
|
|
the host programs, but are instead made available for use with programs
|
|
built with the target compiler.
|
|
|
|
For the rest of this section, assume that gcc is present in the source
|
|
tree, so that it will be used to build the target libraries.
|
|
|
|
There is a complication here. The configure process needs to know which
|
|
compiler you are going to use to build a tool; otherwise, the feature
|
|
tests will not work correctly. The Cygnus tree handles this by not
|
|
configuring the target libraries until the target compiler is built. In
|
|
order to permit everything to build using a single
|
|
@samp{configure}/@samp{make}, the configuration of the target libraries
|
|
is actually triggered during the make step.
|
|
|
|
When the target libraries are configured, the @samp{--target} option is
|
|
not used. Instead, the @samp{--host} option is used with the argument
|
|
of the @samp{--target} option for the overall configuration. If no
|
|
@samp{--target} option was used for the overall configuration, the
|
|
@samp{--host} option will be passed with the output of the
|
|
@file{config.guess} shell script. Any @samp{--build} option is passed
|
|
down unchanged.
|
|
|
|
This translation of configuration options is done because since the
|
|
target libraries are compiled with the target compiler, they are being
|
|
built in order to run on the target of the overall configuration. By
|
|
the definition of host, this means that their host system is the same as
|
|
the target system of the overall configuration.
|
|
|
|
The same process is used for both a native configuration and a cross
|
|
configuration. Even when using a native configuration, the target
|
|
libraries will be configured and built using the newly built compiler.
|
|
This is particularly important for the C++ libraries, since there is no
|
|
reason to assume that the C++ compiler used to build the host tools (if
|
|
there even is one) uses the same ABI as the g++ compiler which will be
|
|
used to build the target libraries.
|
|
|
|
There is one difference between a native configuration and a cross
|
|
configuration. In a native configuration, the target libraries are
|
|
normally configured and built as siblings of the host tools. In a cross
|
|
configuration, the target libraries are normally built in a subdirectory
|
|
whose name is the argument to @samp{--target}. This is mainly for
|
|
historical reasons.
|
|
|
|
To summarize, running @samp{configure} in the Cygnus tree configures all
|
|
the host libraries and tools, but does not configure any of the target
|
|
libraries. Running @samp{make} then does the following steps:
|
|
|
|
@itemize @bullet
|
|
@item
|
|
Build the host libraries.
|
|
@item
|
|
Build the host programs, including gcc. Note that we call gcc both a
|
|
host program (since it runs on the host) and a target compiler (since it
|
|
generates code for the target).
|
|
@item
|
|
Using the newly built target compiler, configure the target libraries.
|
|
@item
|
|
Build the target libraries.
|
|
@end itemize
|
|
|
|
The steps need not be done in precisely this order, since they are
|
|
actually controlled by @file{Makefile} targets.
|
|
|
|
@node Target Library Configure Scripts
|
|
@subsection Target Library Configure Scripts
|
|
|
|
There are a few things you must know in order to write a configure
|
|
script for a target library. This is just a quick sketch, and beginners
|
|
shouldn't worry if they don't follow everything here.
|
|
|
|
The target libraries are configured and built using a newly built target
|
|
compiler. There may not be any startup files or libraries for this
|
|
target compiler. In fact, those files will probably be built as part of
|
|
some target library, which naturally means that they will not exist when
|
|
your target library is configured.
|
|
|
|
This means that the configure script for a target library may not use
|
|
any test which requires doing a link. This unfortunately includes many
|
|
useful autoconf macros, such as @samp{AC_CHECK_FUNCS}. autoconf macros
|
|
which do a compile but not a link, such as @samp{AC_CHECK_HEADERS}, may
|
|
be used.
|
|
|
|
This is a severe restriction, but normally not a fatal one, as target
|
|
libraries can often assume the presence of other target libraries, and
|
|
thus know which functions will be available.
|
|
|
|
As of this writing, the autoconf macro @samp{AC_PROG_CC} does a link to
|
|
make sure that the compiler works. This may fail in a target library,
|
|
so target libraries must use a different set of macros to locate the
|
|
compiler. See the @file{configure.in} file in a directory like
|
|
@file{libiberty} or @file{libgloss} for an example.
|
|
|
|
As noted in the previous section, target libraries are sometimes built
|
|
in directories which are siblings to the host tools, and are sometimes
|
|
built in a subdirectory. The @samp{--with-target-subdir} configure
|
|
option will be passed when the library is configured. Its value will be
|
|
an empty string if the target library is a sibling. Its value will be
|
|
the name of the subdirectory if the target library is in a subdirectory.
|
|
|
|
If the overall build is not a native build (i.e., the overall configure
|
|
used the @samp{--target} option), then the library will be configured
|
|
with the @samp{--with-cross-host} option. The value of this option will
|
|
be the host system of the overall build. Recall that the host system of
|
|
the library will be the target of the overall build. If the overall
|
|
build is a native build, the @samp{--with-cross-host} option will not be
|
|
used.
|
|
|
|
A library which can be built both standalone and as a target library may
|
|
want to install itself into different directories depending upon the
|
|
case. When built standalone, or when built native, the library should
|
|
be installed in @samp{$(libdir)}. When built as a target library which
|
|
is not native, the library should be installed in @samp{$(tooldir)/lib}.
|
|
The @samp{--with-cross-host} option may be used to distinguish these
|
|
cases.
|
|
|
|
This same test of @samp{--with-cross-host} may be used to see whether it
|
|
is OK to use link tests in the configure script. If the
|
|
@samp{--with-cross-host} option is not used, then the library is being
|
|
built either standalone or native, and a link should work.
|
|
|
|
@node Make Targets in Cygnus Tree
|
|
@subsection Make Targets in Cygnus Tree
|
|
|
|
The top level @file{Makefile} in the Cygnus tree defines targets for
|
|
every known subdirectory.
|
|
|
|
For every subdirectory @var{dir} which holds a host library or program,
|
|
the @file{Makefile} target @samp{all-@var{dir}} will build that library
|
|
or program.
|
|
|
|
There are dependencies among host tools. For example, building gcc
|
|
requires first building gas, because the gcc build process invokes the
|
|
target assembler. These dependencies are reflected in the top level
|
|
@file{Makefile}.
|
|
|
|
For every subdirectory @var{dir} which holds a target library, the
|
|
@file{Makefile} target @samp{configure-target-@var{dir}} will configure
|
|
that library. The @file{Makefile} target @samp{all-target-@var{dir}}
|
|
will build that library.
|
|
|
|
Every @samp{configure-target-@var{dir}} target depends upon
|
|
@samp{all-gcc}, since gcc, the target compiler, is required to configure
|
|
the tool. Every @samp{all-target-@var{dir}} target depends upon the
|
|
corresponding @samp{configure-target-@var{dir}} target.
|
|
|
|
There are several other targets which may be of interest for each
|
|
directory: @samp{install-@var{dir}}, @samp{clean-@var{dir}}, and
|
|
@samp{check-@var{dir}}. There are also corresponding @samp{target}
|
|
versions of these for the target libraries , such as
|
|
@samp{install-target-@var{dir}}.
|
|
|
|
@node Target libiberty
|
|
@subsection Target libiberty
|
|
|
|
The @file{libiberty} subdirectory is currently a special case, in that
|
|
it is the only directory which is built both using the host compiler and
|
|
using the target compiler.
|
|
|
|
This is because the files in @file{libiberty} are used when building the
|
|
host tools, and they are also incorporated into the @file{libstdc++}
|
|
target library as support code.
|
|
|
|
This duality does not pose any particular difficulties. It means that
|
|
there are targets for both @samp{all-libiberty} and
|
|
@samp{all-target-libiberty}.
|
|
|
|
In a native configuration, when target libraries are not built in a
|
|
subdirectory, the same objects are normally used as both the host build
|
|
and the target build. This is normally OK, since libiberty contains
|
|
only C code, and in a native configuration the results of the host
|
|
compiler and the target compiler are normally interoperable.
|
|
|
|
Irix 6 is again an exception here, since the SGI native compiler
|
|
defaults to using the @samp{O32} ABI, and gcc defaults to using the
|
|
@samp{N32} ABI. On Irix 6, the target libraries are built in a
|
|
subdirectory even for a native configuration, avoiding this problem.
|
|
|
|
There are currently no other libraries built for both the host and the
|
|
target, but there is no conceptual problem with adding more.
|
|
|
|
@node Canadian Cross
|
|
@chapter Canadian Cross
|
|
@cindex canadian cross
|
|
@cindex building with a cross compiler
|
|
@cindex cross compiler, building with
|
|
|
|
It is possible to use the GNU configure and build system to build a
|
|
program which will run on a system which is different from the system on
|
|
which the tools are built. In other words, it is possible to build
|
|
programs using a cross compiler.
|
|
|
|
This is referred to as a @dfn{Canadian Cross}.
|
|
|
|
@menu
|
|
* Canadian Cross Example:: Canadian Cross Example.
|
|
* Canadian Cross Concepts:: Canadian Cross Concepts.
|
|
* Build Cross Host Tools:: Build Cross Host Tools.
|
|
* Build and Host Options:: Build and Host Options.
|
|
* CCross not in Cygnus Tree:: Canadian Cross not in Cygnus Tree.
|
|
* CCross in Cygnus Tree:: Canadian Cross in Cygnus Tree.
|
|
* Supporting Canadian Cross:: Supporting Canadian Cross.
|
|
@end menu
|
|
|
|
@node Canadian Cross Example
|
|
@section Canadian Cross Example
|
|
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Here is an example of a Canadian Cross.
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|
|
|
While running on a GNU/Linux, you can build a program which will run on
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|
a Solaris system. You would use a GNU/Linux cross Solaris compiler to
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|
build the program.
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|
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|
Of course, you could not run the resulting program on your GNU/Linux
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|
system. You would have to copy it over to a Solaris system before you
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|
would run it.
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|
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|
Of course, you could also simply build the programs on the Solaris
|
|
system in the first place. However, perhaps the Solaris system is not
|
|
available for some reason; perhaps you actually don't have one, but you
|
|
want to build the tools for somebody else to use. Or perhaps your
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|
GNU/Linux system is much faster than your Solaris system.
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|
|
|
A Canadian Cross build is most frequently used when building programs to
|
|
run on a non-Unix system, such as DOS or Windows. It may be simpler to
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|
configure and build on a Unix system than to support the configuration
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|
machinery on a non-Unix system.
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@node Canadian Cross Concepts
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|
@section Canadian Cross Concepts
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|
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|
When building a Canadian Cross, there are at least two different systems
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|
involved: the system on which the tools are being built, and the system
|
|
on which the tools will run.
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|
|
|
The system on which the tools are being built is called the @dfn{build}
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|
system.
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|
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|
The system on which the tools will run is called the host system.
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|
|
|
For example, if you are building a Solaris program on a GNU/Linux
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|
system, as in the previous section, the build system would be GNU/Linux,
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|
and the host system would be Solaris.
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|
|
|
It is, of course, possible to build a cross compiler using a Canadian
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|
Cross (i.e., build a cross compiler using a cross compiler). In this
|
|
case, the system for which the resulting cross compiler generates code
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|
is called the target system. (For a more complete discussion of host
|
|
and target systems, @pxref{Host and Target}).
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|
|
|
An example of building a cross compiler using a Canadian Cross would be
|
|
building a Windows cross MIPS ELF compiler on a GNU/Linux system. In
|
|
this case the build system would be GNU/Linux, the host system would be
|
|
Windows, and the target system would be MIPS ELF.
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|
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The name Canadian Cross comes from the case when the build, host, and
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|
target systems are all different. At the time that these issues were
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|
all being hashed out, Canada had three national political parties.
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@node Build Cross Host Tools
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|
@section Build Cross Host Tools
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|
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|
In order to configure a program for a Canadian Cross build, you must
|
|
first build and install the set of cross tools you will use to build the
|
|
program.
|
|
|
|
These tools will be build cross host tools. That is, they will run on
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|
the build system, and will produce code that runs on the host system.
|
|
|
|
It is easy to confuse the meaning of build and host here. Always
|
|
remember that the build system is where you are doing the build, and the
|
|
host system is where the resulting program will run. Therefore, you
|
|
need a build cross host compiler.
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|
|
|
In general, you must have a complete cross environment in order to do
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|
the build. This normally means a cross compiler, cross assembler, and
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|
so forth, as well as libraries and include files for the host system.
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|
|
|
@node Build and Host Options
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|
@section Build and Host Options
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|
@cindex configuring a canadian cross
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|
@cindex canadian cross, configuring
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|
|
|
When you run @file{configure}, you must use both the @samp{--build} and
|
|
@samp{--host} options.
|
|
|
|
@cindex @samp{--build} option
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|
@cindex build option
|
|
@cindex configure build system
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|
The @samp{--build} option is used to specify the configuration name of
|
|
the build system. This can normally be the result of running the
|
|
@file{config.guess} shell script, and it is reasonable to use
|
|
@samp{--build=`config.guess`}.
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|
|
|
@cindex @samp{--host} option
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|
@cindex host option
|
|
@cindex configure host
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|
The @samp{--host} option is used to specify the configuration name of
|
|
the host system.
|
|
|
|
As we explained earlier, @file{config.guess} is used to set the default
|
|
value for the @samp{--host} option (@pxref{Using the Host Type}). We
|
|
can now see that since @file{config.guess} returns the type of system on
|
|
which it is run, it really identifies the build system. Since the host
|
|
system is normally the same as the build system (i.e., people do not
|
|
normally build using a cross compiler), it is reasonable to use the
|
|
result of @file{config.guess} as the default for the host system when
|
|
the @samp{--host} option is not used.
|
|
|
|
It might seem that if the @samp{--host} option were used without the
|
|
@samp{--build} option that the configure script could run
|
|
@file{config.guess} to determine the build system, and presume a
|
|
Canadian Cross if the result of @file{config.guess} differed from the
|
|
@samp{--host} option. However, for historical reasons, some configure
|
|
scripts are routinely run using an explicit @samp{--host} option, rather
|
|
than using the default from @file{config.guess}. As noted earlier, it
|
|
is difficult or impossible to reliably compare configuration names
|
|
(@pxref{Using the Target Type}). Therefore, by convention, if the
|
|
@samp{--host} option is used, but the @samp{--build} option is not used,
|
|
then the build system defaults to the host system.
|
|
|
|
@node CCross not in Cygnus Tree
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|
@section Canadian Cross not in Cygnus Tree.
|
|
|
|
If you are not using the Cygnus tree, you must explicitly specify the
|
|
cross tools which you want to use to build the program. This is done by
|
|
setting environment variables before running the @file{configure}
|
|
script.
|
|
|
|
You must normally set at least the environment variables @samp{CC},
|
|
@samp{AR}, and @samp{RANLIB} to the cross tools which you want to use to
|
|
build.
|
|
|
|
For some programs, you must set additional cross tools as well, such as
|
|
@samp{AS}, @samp{LD}, or @samp{NM}.
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|
|
|
You would set these environment variables to the build cross tools which
|
|
you are going to use.
|
|
|
|
For example, if you are building a Solaris program on a GNU/Linux
|
|
system, and your GNU/Linux cross Solaris compiler were named
|
|
@samp{solaris-gcc}, then you would set the environment variable
|
|
@samp{CC} to @samp{solaris-gcc}.
|
|
|
|
@node CCross in Cygnus Tree
|
|
@section Canadian Cross in Cygnus Tree
|
|
@cindex canadian cross in cygnus tree
|
|
|
|
This section describes configuring and building a Canadian Cross when
|
|
using the Cygnus tree.
|
|
|
|
@menu
|
|
* Standard Cygnus CCross:: Building a Normal Program.
|
|
* Cross Cygnus CCross:: Building a Cross Program.
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|
@end menu
|
|
|
|
@node Standard Cygnus CCross
|
|
@subsection Building a Normal Program
|
|
|
|
When configuring a Canadian Cross in the Cygnus tree, all the
|
|
appropriate environment variables are automatically set to
|
|
@samp{@var{host}-@var{tool}}, where @var{host} is the value used for the
|
|
@samp{--host} option, and @var{tool} is the name of the tool (e.g.,
|
|
@samp{gcc}, @samp{as}, etc.). These tools must be on your @samp{PATH}.
|
|
|
|
Adding a prefix of @var{host} will give the usual name for the build
|
|
cross host tools. To see this, consider that when these cross tools
|
|
were built, they were configured to run on the build system and to
|
|
produce code for the host system. That is, they were configured with a
|
|
@samp{--target} option that is the same as the system which we are now
|
|
calling the host. Recall that the default name for installed cross
|
|
tools uses the target system as a prefix (@pxref{Using the Target
|
|
Type}). Since that is the system which we are now calling the host,
|
|
@var{host} is the right prefix to use.
|
|
|
|
For example, if you configure with @samp{--build=i386-linux-gnu} and
|
|
@samp{--host=solaris}, then the Cygnus tree will automatically default
|
|
to using the compiler @samp{solaris-gcc}. You must have previously
|
|
built and installed this compiler, probably by doing a build with no
|
|
@samp{--host} option and with a @samp{--target} option of
|
|
@samp{solaris}.
|
|
|
|
@node Cross Cygnus CCross
|
|
@subsection Building a Cross Program
|
|
|
|
There are additional considerations if you want to build a cross
|
|
compiler, rather than a native compiler, in the Cygnus tree using a
|
|
Canadian Cross.
|
|
|
|
When you build a cross compiler using the Cygnus tree, then the target
|
|
libraries will normally be built with the newly built target compiler
|
|
(@pxref{Host and Target Libraries}). However, this will not work when
|
|
building with a Canadian Cross. This is because the newly built target
|
|
compiler will be a program which runs on the host system, and therefore
|
|
will not be able to run on the build system.
|
|
|
|
Therefore, when building a cross compiler with the Cygnus tree, you must
|
|
first install a set of build cross target tools. These tools will be
|
|
used when building the target libraries.
|
|
|
|
Note that this is not a requirement of a Canadian Cross in general. For
|
|
example, it would be possible to build just the host cross target tools
|
|
on the build system, to copy the tools to the host system, and to build
|
|
the target libraries on the host system. The requirement for build
|
|
cross target tools is imposed by the Cygnus tree, which expects to be
|
|
able to build both host programs and target libraries in a single
|
|
@samp{configure}/@samp{make} step. Because it builds these in a single
|
|
step, it expects to be able to build the target libraries on the build
|
|
system, which means that it must use a build cross target toolchain.
|
|
|
|
For example, suppose you want to build a Windows cross MIPS ELF compiler
|
|
on a GNU/Linux system. You must have previously installed both a
|
|
GNU/Linux cross Windows compiler and a GNU/Linux cross MIPS ELF
|
|
compiler.
|
|
|
|
In order to build the Windows (configuration name @samp{i386-cygwin32})
|
|
cross MIPS ELF (configure name @samp{mips-elf}) compiler, you might
|
|
execute the following commands (long command lines are broken across
|
|
lines with a trailing backslash as a continuation character).
|
|
|
|
@example
|
|
mkdir linux-x-cygwin32
|
|
cd linux-x-cygwin32
|
|
@var{srcdir}/configure --target i386-cygwin32 --prefix=@var{installdir} \
|
|
--exec-prefix=@var{installdir}/H-i386-linux
|
|
make
|
|
make install
|
|
cd ..
|
|
mkdir linux-x-mips-elf
|
|
cd linux-x-mips-elf
|
|
@var{srcdir}/configure --target mips-elf --prefix=@var{installdir} \
|
|
--exec-prefix=@var{installdir}/H-i386-linux
|
|
make
|
|
make install
|
|
cd ..
|
|
mkdir cygwin32-x-mips-elf
|
|
cd cygwin32-x-mips-elf
|
|
@var{srcdir}/configure --build=i386-linux-gnu --host=i386-cygwin32 \
|
|
--target=mips-elf --prefix=@var{wininstalldir} \
|
|
--exec-prefix=@var{wininstalldir}/H-i386-cygwin32
|
|
make
|
|
make install
|
|
@end example
|
|
|
|
You would then copy the contents of @var{wininstalldir} over to the
|
|
Windows machine, and run the resulting programs.
|
|
|
|
@node Supporting Canadian Cross
|
|
@section Supporting Canadian Cross
|
|
|
|
If you want to make it possible to build a program you are developing
|
|
using a Canadian Cross, you must take some care when writing your
|
|
configure and make rules. Simple cases will normally work correctly.
|
|
However, it is not hard to write configure and make tests which will
|
|
fail in a Canadian Cross.
|
|
|
|
@menu
|
|
* CCross in Configure:: Supporting Canadian Cross in Configure Scripts.
|
|
* CCross in Make:: Supporting Canadian Cross in Makefiles.
|
|
@end menu
|
|
|
|
@node CCross in Configure
|
|
@subsection Supporting Canadian Cross in Configure Scripts
|
|
@cindex canadian cross in configure
|
|
|
|
In a @file{configure.in} file, after calling @samp{AC_PROG_CC}, you can
|
|
find out whether this is a Canadian Cross configure by examining the
|
|
shell variable @samp{cross_compiling}. In a Canadian Cross, which means
|
|
that the compiler is a cross compiler, @samp{cross_compiling} will be
|
|
@samp{yes}. In a normal configuration, @samp{cross_compiling} will be
|
|
@samp{no}.
|
|
|
|
You ordinarily do not need to know the type of the build system in a
|
|
configure script. However, if you do need that information, you can get
|
|
it by using the macro @samp{AC_CANONICAL_SYSTEM}, the same macro that is
|
|
used to determine the target system. This macro will set the variables
|
|
@samp{build}, @samp{build_alias}, @samp{build_cpu}, @samp{build_vendor},
|
|
and @samp{build_os}, which correspond to the similar @samp{target} and
|
|
@samp{host} variables, except that they describe the build system.
|
|
|
|
When writing tests in @file{configure.in}, you must remember that you
|
|
want to test the host environment, not the build environment.
|
|
|
|
Macros like @samp{AC_CHECK_FUNCS} which use the compiler will test the
|
|
host environment. That is because the tests will be done by running the
|
|
compiler, which is actually a build cross host compiler. If the
|
|
compiler can find the function, that means that the function is present
|
|
in the host environment.
|
|
|
|
Tests like @samp{test -f /dev/ptyp0}, on the other hand, will test the
|
|
build environment. Remember that the configure script is running on the
|
|
build system, not the host system. If your configure scripts examines
|
|
files, those files will be on the build system. Whatever you determine
|
|
based on those files may or may not be the case on the host system.
|
|
|
|
Most autoconf macros will work correctly for a Canadian Cross. The main
|
|
exception is @samp{AC_TRY_RUN}. This macro tries to compile and run a
|
|
test program. This will fail in a Canadian Cross, because the program
|
|
will be compiled for the host system, which means that it will not run
|
|
on the build system.
|
|
|
|
The @samp{AC_TRY_RUN} macro provides an optional argument to tell the
|
|
configure script what to do in a Canadian Cross. If that argument is
|
|
not present, you will get a warning when you run @samp{autoconf}:
|
|
@smallexample
|
|
warning: AC_TRY_RUN called without default to allow cross compiling
|
|
@end smallexample
|
|
@noindent
|
|
This tells you that the resulting @file{configure} script will not work
|
|
with a Canadian Cross.
|
|
|
|
In some cases while it may better to perform a test at configure time,
|
|
it is also possible to perform the test at run time. In such a case you
|
|
can use the cross compiling argument to @samp{AC_TRY_RUN} to tell your
|
|
program that the test could not be performed at configure time.
|
|
|
|
There are a few other autoconf macros which will not work correctly with
|
|
a Canadian Cross: a partial list is @samp{AC_FUNC_GETPGRP},
|
|
@samp{AC_FUNC_SETPGRP}, @samp{AC_FUNC_SETVBUF_REVERSED}, and
|
|
@samp{AC_SYS_RESTARTABLE_SYSCALLS}. The @samp{AC_CHECK_SIZEOF} macro is
|
|
generally not very useful with a Canadian Cross; it permits an optional
|
|
argument indicating the default size, but there is no way to know what
|
|
the correct default should be.
|
|
|
|
@node CCross in Make
|
|
@subsection Supporting Canadian Cross in Makefiles.
|
|
@cindex canadian cross in makefile
|
|
|
|
The main Canadian Cross issue in a @file{Makefile} arises when you want
|
|
to use a subsidiary program to generate code or data which you will then
|
|
include in your real program.
|
|
|
|
If you compile this subsidiary program using @samp{$(CC)} in the usual
|
|
way, you will not be able to run it. This is because @samp{$(CC)} will
|
|
build a program for the host system, but the program is being built on
|
|
the build system.
|
|
|
|
You must instead use a compiler for the build system, rather than the
|
|
host system. In the Cygnus tree, this make variable
|
|
@samp{$(CC_FOR_BUILD)} will hold a compiler for the build system.
|
|
|
|
Note that you should not include @file{config.h} in a file you are
|
|
compiling with @samp{$(CC_FOR_BUILD)}. The @file{configure} script will
|
|
build @file{config.h} with information for the host system. However,
|
|
you are compiling the file using a compiler for the build system (a
|
|
native compiler). Subsidiary programs are normally simple filters which
|
|
do no user interaction, and it is normally possible to write them in a
|
|
highly portable fashion so that the absence of @file{config.h} is not
|
|
crucial.
|
|
|
|
@cindex @samp{HOST_CC}
|
|
The gcc @file{Makefile.in} shows a complex situation in which certain
|
|
files, such as @file{rtl.c}, must be compiled into both subsidiary
|
|
programs run on the build system and into the final program. This
|
|
approach may be of interest for advanced build system hackers. Note
|
|
that the build system compiler is rather confusingly called
|
|
@samp{HOST_CC}.
|
|
|
|
@node Cygnus Configure
|
|
@chapter Cygnus Configure
|
|
@cindex cygnus configure
|
|
|
|
The Cygnus configure script predates autoconf. All of its interesting
|
|
features have been incorporated into autoconf. No new programs should
|
|
be written to use the Cygnus configure script.
|
|
|
|
However, the Cygnus configure script is still used in a few places: at
|
|
the top of the Cygnus tree and in a few target libraries in the Cygnus
|
|
tree. Until those uses have been replaced with autoconf, some brief
|
|
notes are appropriate here. This is not complete documentation, but it
|
|
should be possible to use this as a guide while examining the scripts
|
|
themselves.
|
|
|
|
@menu
|
|
* Cygnus Configure Basics:: Cygnus Configure Basics.
|
|
* Cygnus Configure in C++ Libraries:: Cygnus Configure in C++ Libraries.
|
|
@end menu
|
|
|
|
@node Cygnus Configure Basics
|
|
@section Cygnus Configure Basics
|
|
|
|
Cygnus configure does not use any generated files; there is no program
|
|
corresponding to @samp{autoconf}. Instead, there is a single shell
|
|
script named @samp{configure} which may be found at the top of the
|
|
Cygnus tree. This shell script was written by hand; it was not
|
|
generated by autoconf, and it is incorrect, and indeed harmful, to run
|
|
@samp{autoconf} in the top level of a Cygnus tree.
|
|
|
|
Cygnus configure works in a particular directory by examining the file
|
|
@file{configure.in} in that directory. That file is broken into four
|
|
separate shell scripts.
|
|
|
|
The first is the contents of @file{configure.in} up to a line that
|
|
starts with @samp{# per-host:}. This is the common part.
|
|
|
|
The second is the rest of @file{configure.in} up to a line that starts
|
|
with @samp{# per-target:}. This is the per host part.
|
|
|
|
The third is the rest of @file{configure.in} up to a line that starts
|
|
with @samp{# post-target:}. This is the per target part.
|
|
|
|
The fourth is the remainder of @file{configure.in}. This is the post
|
|
target part.
|
|
|
|
If any of these comment lines are missing, the corresponding shell
|
|
script is empty.
|
|
|
|
Cygnus configure will first execute the common part. This must set the
|
|
shell variable @samp{srctrigger} to the name of a source file, to
|
|
confirm that Cygnus configure is looking at the right directory. This
|
|
may set the shell variables @samp{package_makefile_frag} and
|
|
@samp{package_makefile_rules_frag}.
|
|
|
|
Cygnus configure will next set the @samp{build} and @samp{host} shell
|
|
variables, and execute the per host part. This may set the shell
|
|
variable @samp{host_makefile_frag}.
|
|
|
|
Cygnus configure will next set the @samp{target} variable, and execute
|
|
the per target part. This may set the shell variable
|
|
@samp{target_makefile_frag}.
|
|
|
|
Any of these scripts may set the @samp{subdirs} shell variable. This
|
|
variable is a list of subdirectories where a @file{Makefile.in} file may
|
|
be found. Cygnus configure will automatically look for a
|
|
@file{Makefile.in} file in the current directory. The @samp{subdirs}
|
|
shell variable is not normally used, and I believe that the only
|
|
directory which uses it at present is @file{newlib}.
|
|
|
|
For each @file{Makefile.in}, Cygnus configure will automatically create
|
|
a @file{Makefile} by adding definitions for @samp{make} variables such
|
|
as @samp{host} and @samp{target}, and automatically editing the values
|
|
of @samp{make} variables such as @samp{prefix} if they are present.
|
|
|
|
Also, if any of the @samp{makefile_frag} shell variables are set, Cygnus
|
|
configure will interpret them as file names relative to either the
|
|
working directory or the source directory, and will read the contents of
|
|
the file into the generated @file{Makefile}. The file contents will be
|
|
read in after the first line in @file{Makefile.in} which starts with
|
|
@samp{####}.
|
|
|
|
These @file{Makefile} fragments are used to customize behaviour for a
|
|
particular host or target. They serve to select particular files to
|
|
compile, and to define particular preprocessor macros by providing
|
|
values for @samp{make} variables which are then used during compilation.
|
|
Cygnus configure, unlike autoconf, normally does not do feature tests,
|
|
and normally requires support to be added manually for each new host.
|
|
|
|
The @file{Makefile} fragment support is similar to the autoconf
|
|
@samp{AC_SUBST_FILE} macro.
|
|
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After creating each @file{Makefile}, the post target script will be run
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(i.e., it may be run several times). This script may further customize
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the @file{Makefile}. When it is run, the shell variable @samp{Makefile}
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will hold the name of the @file{Makefile}, including the appropriate
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directory component.
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Like an autoconf generated @file{configure} script, Cygnus configure
|
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will create a file named @file{config.status} which, when run, will
|
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automatically recreate the configuration. The @file{config.status} file
|
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will simply execute the Cygnus configure script again with the
|
|
appropriate arguments.
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Any of the parts of @file{configure.in} may set the shell variables
|
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@samp{files} and @samp{links}. Cygnus configure will set up symlinks
|
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from the names in @samp{links} to the files named in @samp{files}. This
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is similar to the autoconf @samp{AC_LINK_FILES} macro.
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Finally, any of the parts of @file{configure.in} may set the shell
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variable @samp{configdirs} to a set of subdirectories. If it is set,
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Cygnus configure will recursively run the configure process in each
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subdirectory. If the subdirectory uses Cygnus configure, it will
|
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contain a @file{configure.in} file but no @file{configure} file, in
|
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which case Cygnus configure will invoke itself recursively. If the
|
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subdirectory has a @file{configure} file, Cygnus configure assumes that
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it is an autoconf generated @file{configure} script, and simply invokes
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it directly.
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@node Cygnus Configure in C++ Libraries
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@section Cygnus Configure in C++ Libraries
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@cindex @file{libstdc++} configure
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@cindex @file{libio} configure
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@cindex @file{libg++} configure
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The C++ library configure system, written by Per Bothner, deserves
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special mention. It uses Cygnus configure, but it does feature testing
|
|
like that done by autoconf generated @file{configure} scripts. This
|
|
approach is used in the libraries @file{libio}, @file{libstdc++}, and
|
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@file{libg++}.
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Most of the @file{Makefile} information is written out by the shell
|
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script @file{libio/config.shared}. Each @file{configure.in} file sets
|
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certain shell variables, and then invokes @file{config.shared} to create
|
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two package @file{Makefile} fragments. These fragments are then
|
|
incorporated into the resulting @file{Makefile} by the Cygnus configure
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script.
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The file @file{_G_config.h} is created in the @file{libio} object
|
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directory by running the shell script @file{libio/gen-params}. This
|
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shell script uses feature tests to define macros and typedefs in
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@file{_G_config.h}.
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@node Multilibs
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@chapter Multilibs
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@cindex multilibs
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For some targets gcc may have different processor requirements depending
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upon command line options. An obvious example is the
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@samp{-msoft-float} option supported on several processors. This option
|
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means that the floating point registers are not available, which means
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that floating point operations must be done by calling an emulation
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subroutine rather than by using machine instructions.
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For such options, gcc is often configured to compile target libraries
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twice: once with @samp{-msoft-float} and once without. When gcc
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compiles target libraries more than once, the resulting libraries are
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called @dfn{multilibs}.
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Multilibs are not really part of the GNU configure and build system, but
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we discuss them here since they require support in the @file{configure}
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scripts and @file{Makefile}s used for target libraries.
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@menu
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* Multilibs in gcc:: Multilibs in gcc.
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* Multilibs in Target Libraries:: Multilibs in Target Libraries.
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@end menu
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@node Multilibs in gcc
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@section Multilibs in gcc
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In gcc, multilibs are defined by setting the variable
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@samp{MULTILIB_OPTIONS} in the target @file{Makefile} fragment. Several
|
|
other @samp{MULTILIB} variables may also be defined there. @xref{Target
|
|
Fragment, , The Target Makefile Fragment, gcc, Using and Porting GNU
|
|
CC}.
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|
|
|
If you have built gcc, you can see what multilibs it uses by running it
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|
with the @samp{-print-multi-lib} option. The output @samp{.;} means
|
|
that no multilibs are used. In general, the output is a sequence of
|
|
lines, one per multilib. The first part of each line, up to the
|
|
@samp{;}, is the name of the multilib directory. The second part is a
|
|
list of compiler options separated by @samp{@@} characters.
|
|
|
|
Multilibs are built in a tree of directories. The top of the tree,
|
|
represented by @samp{.} in the list of multilib directories, is the
|
|
default library to use when no special compiler options are used. The
|
|
subdirectories of the tree hold versions of the library to use when
|
|
particular compiler options are used.
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|
|
|
@node Multilibs in Target Libraries
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|
@section Multilibs in Target Libraries
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|
|
|
The target libraries in the Cygnus tree are automatically built with
|
|
multilibs. That means that each library is built multiple times.
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|
|
|
This default is set in the top level @file{configure.in} file, by adding
|
|
@samp{--enable-multilib} to the list of arguments passed to configure
|
|
when it is run for the target libraries (@pxref{Host and Target
|
|
Libraries}).
|
|
|
|
Each target library uses the shell script @file{config-ml.in}, written
|
|
by Doug Evans, to prepare to build target libraries. This shell script
|
|
is invoked after the @file{Makefile} has been created by the
|
|
@file{configure} script. If multilibs are not enabled, it does nothing,
|
|
otherwise it modifies the @file{Makefile} to support multilibs.
|
|
|
|
The @file{config-ml.in} script makes one copy of the @file{Makefile} for
|
|
each multilib in the appropriate subdirectory. When configuring in the
|
|
source directory (which is not recommended), it will build a symlink
|
|
tree of the sources in each subdirectory.
|
|
|
|
The @file{config-ml.in} script sets several variables in the various
|
|
@file{Makefile}s. The @file{Makefile.in} must have definitions for
|
|
these variables already; @file{config-ml.in} simply changes the existing
|
|
values. The @file{Makefile} should use default values for these
|
|
variables which will do the right thing in the subdirectories.
|
|
|
|
@table @samp
|
|
@item MULTISRCTOP
|
|
@file{config-ml.in} will set this to a sequence of @samp{../} strings,
|
|
where the number of strings is the number of multilib levels in the
|
|
source tree. The default value should be the empty string.
|
|
@item MULTIBUILDTOP
|
|
@file{config-ml.in} will set this to a sequence of @samp{../} strings,
|
|
where the number of strings is number of multilib levels in the object
|
|
directory. The default value should be the empty string. This will
|
|
differ from @samp{MULTISRCTOP} when configuring in the source tree
|
|
(which is not recommended).
|
|
@item MULTIDIRS
|
|
In the top level @file{Makefile} only, @file{config-ml.in} will set this
|
|
to the list of multilib subdirectories. The default value should be the
|
|
empty string.
|
|
@item MULTISUBDIR
|
|
@file{config-ml.in} will set this to the installed subdirectory name to
|
|
use for this subdirectory, with a leading @samp{/}. The default value
|
|
shold be the empty string.
|
|
@item MULTIDO
|
|
@itemx MULTICLEAN
|
|
In the top level @file{Makefile} only, @file{config-ml.in} will set
|
|
these variables to commands to use when doing a recursive make. These
|
|
variables should both default to the string @samp{true}, so that by
|
|
default nothing happens.
|
|
@end table
|
|
|
|
All references to the parent of the source directory should use the
|
|
variable @samp{MULTISRCTOP}. Instead of writing @samp{$(srcdir)/..},
|
|
you must write @samp{$(srcdir)/$(MULTISRCTOP)..}.
|
|
|
|
Similarly, references to the parent of the object directory should use
|
|
the variable @samp{MULTIBUILDTOP}.
|
|
|
|
In the installation target, the libraries should be installed in the
|
|
subdirectory @samp{MULTISUBDIR}. Instead of installing
|
|
@samp{$(libdir)/libfoo.a}, install
|
|
@samp{$(libdir)$(MULTISUBDIR)/libfoo.a}.
|
|
|
|
The @file{config-ml.in} script also modifies the top level
|
|
@file{Makefile} to add @samp{multi-do} and @samp{multi-clean} targets
|
|
which are used when building multilibs.
|
|
|
|
The default target of the @file{Makefile} should include the following
|
|
command:
|
|
@smallexample
|
|
@@$(MULTIDO) $(FLAGS_TO_PASS) DO=all multi-do
|
|
@end smallexample
|
|
@noindent
|
|
This assumes that @samp{$(FLAGS_TO_PASS)} is defined as a set of
|
|
variables to pass to a recursive invocation of @samp{make}. This will
|
|
build all the multilibs. Note that the default value of @samp{MULTIDO}
|
|
is @samp{true}, so by default this command will do nothing. It will
|
|
only do something in the top level @file{Makefile} if multilibs were
|
|
enabled.
|
|
|
|
The @samp{install} target of the @file{Makefile} should include the
|
|
following command:
|
|
@smallexample
|
|
@@$(MULTIDO) $(FLAGS_TO_PASS) DO=install multi-do
|
|
@end smallexample
|
|
|
|
In general, any operation, other than clean, which should be performed
|
|
on all the multilibs should use a @samp{$(MULTIDO)} line, setting the
|
|
variable @samp{DO} to the target of each recursive call to @samp{make}.
|
|
|
|
The @samp{clean} targets (@samp{clean}, @samp{mostlyclean}, etc.) should
|
|
use @samp{$(MULTICLEAN)}. For example, the @samp{clean} target should
|
|
do this:
|
|
@smallexample
|
|
@@$(MULTICLEAN) DO=clean multi-clean
|
|
@end smallexample
|
|
|
|
@node FAQ
|
|
@chapter Frequently Asked Questions
|
|
|
|
@table @asis
|
|
@item Which do I run first, @samp{autoconf} or @samp{automake}?
|
|
Except when you first add autoconf or automake support to a package, you
|
|
shouldn't run either by hand. Instead, configure with the
|
|
@samp{--enable-maintainer-mode} option, and let @samp{make} take care of
|
|
it.
|
|
|
|
@cindex undefined macros
|
|
@item @samp{autoconf} says something about undefined macros.
|
|
This means that you have macros in your @file{configure.in} which are
|
|
not defined by @samp{autoconf}. You may be using an old version of
|
|
@samp{autoconf}; try building and installing a newer one. Make sure the
|
|
newly installled @samp{autoconf} is first on your @samp{PATH}. Also,
|
|
see the next question.
|
|
|
|
@cindex @samp{CY_GNU_GETTEXT} in @file{configure}
|
|
@cindex @samp{AM_PROG_LIBTOOL} in @file{configure}
|
|
@item My @file{configure} script has stuff like @samp{CY_GNU_GETTEXT} in it.
|
|
This means that you have macros in your @file{configure.in} which should
|
|
be defined in your @file{aclocal.m4} file, but aren't. This usually
|
|
means that @samp{aclocal} was not able to appropriate definitions of the
|
|
macros. Make sure that you have installed all the packages you need.
|
|
In particular, make sure that you have installed libtool (this is where
|
|
@samp{AM_PROG_LIBTOOL} is defined) and gettext (this is where
|
|
@samp{CY_GNU_GETTEXT} is defined, at least in the Cygnus version of
|
|
gettext).
|
|
|
|
@cindex @file{Makefile}, garbage characters
|
|
@item My @file{Makefile} has @samp{@@} characters in it.
|
|
This may mean that you tried to use an autoconf substitution in your
|
|
@file{Makefile.in} without adding the appropriate @samp{AC_SUBST} call
|
|
to your @file{configure} script. Or it may just mean that you need to
|
|
rebuild @file{Makefile} in your build directory. To rebuild
|
|
@file{Makefile} from @file{Makefile.in}, run the shell script
|
|
@file{config.status} with no arguments. If you need to force
|
|
@file{configure} to run again, first run @samp{config.status --recheck}.
|
|
These runs are normally done automatically by @file{Makefile} targets,
|
|
but if your @file{Makefile} has gotten messed up you'll need to help
|
|
them along.
|
|
|
|
@cindex @samp{config.status --recheck}
|
|
@item Why do I have to run both @samp{config.status --recheck} and @samp{config.status}?
|
|
Normally, you don't; they will be run automatically by @file{Makefile}
|
|
targets. If you do need to run them, use @samp{config.status --recheck}
|
|
to run the @file{configure} script again with the same arguments as the
|
|
first time you ran it. Use @samp{config.status} (with no arguments) to
|
|
regenerate all files (@file{Makefile}, @file{config.h}, etc.) based on
|
|
the results of the configure script. The two cases are separate because
|
|
it isn't always necessary to regenerate all the files after running
|
|
@samp{config.status --recheck}. The @file{Makefile} targets generated
|
|
by automake will use the environment variables @samp{CONFIG_FILES} and
|
|
@samp{CONFIG_HEADERS} to only regenerate files as they are needed.
|
|
|
|
@item What is the Cygnus tree?
|
|
The Cygnus tree is used for various packages including gdb, the GNU
|
|
binutils, and egcs. It is also, of course, used for Cygnus releases.
|
|
It is the build system which was developed at Cygnus, using the Cygnus
|
|
configure script. It permits building many different packages with a
|
|
single configure and make. The configure scripts in the tree are being
|
|
converted to autoconf, but the general build structure remains intact.
|
|
|
|
@item Why do I have to keep rebuilding and reinstalling the tools?
|
|
I know, it's a pain. Unfortunately, there are bugs in the tools
|
|
themselves which need to be fixed, and each time that happens everybody
|
|
who uses the tools need to reinstall new versions of them. I don't know
|
|
if there is going to be a clever fix until the tools stabilize.
|
|
|
|
@item Why not just have a Cygnus tree @samp{make} target to update the tools?
|
|
The tools unfortunately need to be installed before they can be used.
|
|
That means that they must be built using an appropriate prefix, and it
|
|
seems unwise to assume that every configuration uses an appropriate
|
|
prefix. It might be possible to make them work in place, or it might be
|
|
possible to install them in some subdirectory; so far these approaches
|
|
have not been implemented.
|
|
@end table
|
|
|
|
@node Index
|
|
@unnumbered Index
|
|
|
|
@printindex cp
|
|
|
|
@contents
|
|
@bye
|