\chapentry{Introduction}{1}{1}
\chapentry{The \acronym {GNU} Build System}{2}{3}
\secentry{Automake}{2}{1}{3}
\secentry{Libtool}{2}{2}{4}
\secentry{Pointers}{2}{3}{4}
\chapentry{Making \command {configure} Scripts}{3}{7}
\secentry{Writing \file {configure.ac}}{3}{1}{8}
\subsecentry{A Shell Script Compiler}{3}{1}{1}{8}
\subsecentry{The Autoconf Language}{3}{1}{2}{9}
\subsecentry{Standard \file {configure.ac} Layout}{3}{1}{3}{10}
\secentry{Using \command {autoscan} to Create \file {configure.ac}}{3}{2}{11}
\secentry{Using \command {ifnames} to List Conditionals}{3}{3}{12}
\secentry{Using \command {autoconf} to Create \command {configure}}{3}{4}{12}
\secentry{Using \command {autoreconf} to Update \command {configure} Scripts}{3}{5}{14}
\chapentry{Initialization and Output Files}{4}{17}
\secentry{Initializing \command {configure}}{4}{1}{17}
\secentry{Notices in \command {configure}}{4}{2}{17}
\secentry{Finding \command {configure} Input}{4}{3}{18}
\secentry{Outputting Files}{4}{4}{19}
\secentry{Performing Configuration Actions}{4}{5}{19}
\secentry{Creating Configuration Files}{4}{6}{21}
\secentry{Substitutions in Makefiles}{4}{7}{22}
\subsecentry{Preset Output Variables}{4}{7}{1}{22}
\subsecentry{Installation Directory Variables}{4}{7}{2}{24}
\subsecentry{Build Directories}{4}{7}{3}{27}
\subsecentry{Automatic Remaking}{4}{7}{4}{28}
\secentry{Configuration Header Files}{4}{8}{28}
\subsecentry{Configuration Header Templates}{4}{8}{1}{29}
\subsecentry{Using \command {autoheader} to Create \file {config.h.in}}{4}{8}{2}{30}
\subsecentry{Autoheader Macros}{4}{8}{3}{31}
\secentry{Running Arbitrary Configuration Commands}{4}{9}{32}
\secentry{Creating Configuration Links}{4}{10}{33}
\secentry{Configuring Other Packages in Subdirectories}{4}{11}{33}
\secentry{Default Prefix}{4}{12}{34}
\chapentry{Existing Tests}{5}{35}
\secentry{Common Behavior}{5}{1}{35}
\subsecentry{Standard Symbols}{5}{1}{1}{35}
\subsecentry{Default Includes}{5}{1}{2}{35}
\secentry{Alternative Programs}{5}{2}{37}
\subsecentry{Particular Program Checks}{5}{2}{1}{37}
\subsecentry{Generic Program and File Checks}{5}{2}{2}{39}
\secentry{Files}{5}{3}{40}
\secentry{Library Files}{5}{4}{40}
\secentry{Library Functions}{5}{5}{41}
\subsecentry{Portability of C Functions}{5}{5}{1}{41}
\subsecentry{Particular Function Checks}{5}{5}{2}{42}
\subsecentry{Generic Function Checks}{5}{5}{3}{48}
\secentry{Header Files}{5}{6}{50}
\subsecentry{Portability of Headers}{5}{6}{1}{50}
\subsecentry{Particular Header Checks}{5}{6}{2}{50}
\subsecentry{Generic Header Checks}{5}{6}{3}{54}
\secentry{Declarations}{5}{7}{55}
\subsecentry{Particular Declaration Checks}{5}{7}{1}{55}
\subsecentry{Generic Declaration Checks}{5}{7}{2}{55}
\secentry{Structures}{5}{8}{56}
\subsecentry{Particular Structure Checks}{5}{8}{1}{56}
\subsecentry{Generic Structure Checks}{5}{8}{2}{57}
\secentry{Types}{5}{9}{57}
\subsecentry{Particular Type Checks}{5}{9}{1}{58}
\subsecentry{Generic Type Checks}{5}{9}{2}{58}
\secentry{Compilers and Preprocessors}{5}{10}{59}
\subsecentry{Specific Compiler Characteristics}{5}{10}{1}{59}
\subsecentry{Generic Compiler Characteristics}{5}{10}{2}{60}
\subsecentry{C Compiler Characteristics}{5}{10}{3}{60}
\subsecentry{C++ Compiler Characteristics}{5}{10}{4}{64}
\subsecentry{Fortran 77 Compiler Characteristics}{5}{10}{5}{64}
\secentry{System Services}{5}{11}{67}
\secentry{UNIX Variants}{5}{12}{68}
\chapentry{Writing Tests}{6}{71}
\secentry{Language Choice}{6}{1}{71}
\secentry{Writing Test Programs}{6}{2}{72}
\subsecentry{Guidelines for Test Programs}{6}{2}{1}{72}
\subsecentry{Test Functions}{6}{2}{2}{73}
\subsecentry{Generating Sources}{6}{2}{3}{73}
\secentry{Running the Preprocessor}{6}{3}{75}
\secentry{Running the Compiler}{6}{4}{77}
\secentry{Running the Linker}{6}{5}{77}
\secentry{Checking Run Time Behavior}{6}{6}{78}
\secentry{Systemology}{6}{7}{79}
\secentry{Multiple Cases}{6}{8}{79}
\chapentry{Results of Tests}{7}{81}
\secentry{Defining C Preprocessor Symbols}{7}{1}{81}
\secentry{Setting Output Variables}{7}{2}{82}
\secentry{Caching Results}{7}{3}{84}
\subsecentry{Cache Variable Names}{7}{3}{1}{85}
\subsecentry{Cache Files}{7}{3}{2}{86}
\subsecentry{Cache Checkpointing}{7}{3}{3}{86}
\secentry{Printing Messages}{7}{4}{87}
\chapentry{Programming in M4}{8}{89}
\secentry{M4 Quotation}{8}{1}{89}
\subsecentry{Active Characters}{8}{1}{1}{89}
\subsecentry{One Macro Call}{8}{1}{2}{90}
\subsecentry{Quotation and Nested Macros}{8}{1}{3}{91}
\subsecentry{\code {changequote} is Evil}{8}{1}{4}{92}
\subsecentry{Quadrigraphs}{8}{1}{5}{93}
\subsecentry{Quotation Rule Of Thumb}{8}{1}{6}{94}
\secentry{Using \command {autom4te}}{8}{2}{95}
\subsecentry{Invoking \command {autom4te}}{8}{2}{1}{95}
\subsecentry{Customizing \command {autom4te}}{8}{2}{2}{99}
\secentry{Programming in M4sugar}{8}{3}{100}
\subsecentry{Redefined M4 Macros}{8}{3}{1}{100}
\subsecentry{Evaluation Macros}{8}{3}{2}{101}
\subsecentry{Forbidden Patterns}{8}{3}{3}{102}
\secentry{Programming in M4sh}{8}{4}{102}
\chapentry{Writing Autoconf Macros}{9}{105}
\secentry{Macro Definitions}{9}{1}{105}
\secentry{Macro Names}{9}{2}{105}
\secentry{Reporting Messages}{9}{3}{106}
\secentry{Dependencies Between Macros}{9}{4}{107}
\subsecentry{Prerequisite Macros}{9}{4}{1}{107}
\subsecentry{Suggested Ordering}{9}{4}{2}{108}
\secentry{Obsoleting Macros}{9}{5}{109}
\secentry{Coding Style}{9}{6}{109}
\chapentry{Portable Shell Programming}{10}{113}
\secentry{Shellology}{10}{1}{113}
\secentry{Here-Documents}{10}{2}{115}
\secentry{File Descriptors}{10}{3}{116}
\secentry{File System Conventions}{10}{4}{117}
\secentry{Shell Substitutions}{10}{5}{118}
\secentry{Assignments}{10}{6}{121}
\secentry{Special Shell Variables}{10}{7}{122}
\secentry{Limitations of Shell Builtins}{10}{8}{126}
\secentry{Limitations of Usual Tools}{10}{9}{132}
\secentry{Limitations of Make}{10}{10}{139}
\chapentry{Manual Configuration}{11}{149}
\secentry{Specifying the System Type}{11}{1}{149}
\secentry{Getting the Canonical System Type}{11}{2}{150}
\secentry{Using the System Type}{11}{3}{150}
\chapentry{Site Configuration}{12}{153}
\secentry{Working With External Software}{12}{1}{153}
\secentry{Choosing Package Options}{12}{2}{154}
\secentry{Making Your Help Strings Look Pretty}{12}{3}{155}
\secentry{Configuring Site Details}{12}{4}{156}
\secentry{Transforming Program Names When Installing}{12}{5}{156}
\subsecentry{Transformation Options}{12}{5}{1}{156}
\subsecentry{Transformation Examples}{12}{5}{2}{156}
\subsecentry{Transformation Rules}{12}{5}{3}{157}
\secentry{Setting Site Defaults}{12}{6}{158}
\chapentry{Running \command {configure} Scripts}{13}{161}
\secentry{Basic Installation}{13}{1}{161}
\secentry{Compilers and Options}{13}{2}{162}
\secentry{Compiling For Multiple Architectures}{13}{3}{162}
\secentry{Installation Names}{13}{4}{162}
\secentry{Optional Features}{13}{5}{162}
\secentry{Specifying the System Type}{13}{6}{163}
\secentry{Sharing Defaults}{13}{7}{163}
\secentry{Defining Variables}{13}{8}{163}
\secentry{\command {configure} Invocation}{13}{9}{164}
\chapentry{Recreating a Configuration}{14}{165}
\chapentry{Obsolete Constructs}{15}{167}
\secentry{Obsolete \file {config.status} Invocation}{15}{1}{167}
\secentry{\file {acconfig.h}}{15}{2}{168}
\secentry{Using \command {autoupdate} to Modernize \file {configure.ac}}{15}{3}{168}
\secentry{Obsolete Macros}{15}{4}{169}
\secentry{Upgrading From Version 1}{15}{5}{180}
\subsecentry{Changed File Names}{15}{5}{1}{180}
\subsecentry{Changed Makefiles}{15}{5}{2}{180}
\subsecentry{Changed Macros}{15}{5}{3}{181}
\subsecentry{Changed Results}{15}{5}{4}{181}
\subsecentry{Changed Macro Writing}{15}{5}{5}{182}
\secentry{Upgrading From Version 2.13}{15}{6}{182}
\subsecentry{Changed Quotation}{15}{6}{1}{183}
\subsecentry{New Macros}{15}{6}{2}{184}
\subsecentry{Hosts and Cross-Compilation}{15}{6}{3}{184}
\subsecentry{\code {AC_LIBOBJ} vs.\spacefactor =1000  \code {LIBOBJS}}{15}{6}{4}{186}
\subsecentry{\code {AC_FOO_IFELSE} vs.\spacefactor =1000  \code {AC_TRY_FOO}}{15}{6}{5}{187}
\chapentry{Generating Test Suites with Autotest}{16}{189}
\secentry{Using an Autotest Test Suite}{16}{1}{189}
\subsecentry{\command {testsuite} Scripts}{16}{1}{1}{189}
\subsecentry{Autotest Logs}{16}{1}{2}{191}
\secentry{Writing \file {testsuite.at}}{16}{2}{191}
\secentry{Running \command {testsuite} Scripts}{16}{3}{193}
\secentry{Making \command {testsuite} Scripts}{16}{4}{194}
\chapentry{Frequent Autoconf Questions, with answers}{17}{197}
\secentry{Distributing \command {configure} Scripts}{17}{1}{197}
\secentry{Why Require \acronym {GNU} M4?}{17}{2}{197}
\secentry{How Can I Bootstrap?}{17}{3}{197}
\secentry{Why Not Imake?}{17}{4}{198}
\secentry{How Do I \code {#define} Installation Directories?}{17}{5}{199}
\secentry{What is \file {autom4te.cache}?}{17}{6}{200}
\chapentry{History of Autoconf}{18}{201}
\secentry{Genesis}{18}{1}{201}
\secentry{Exodus}{18}{2}{201}
\secentry{Leviticus}{18}{3}{202}
\secentry{Numbers}{18}{4}{202}
\secentry{Deuteronomy}{18}{5}{203}
\appendixentry{Copying This Manual}{A}{205}
\secentry{GNU Free Documentation License}{A}{1}{205}
\subsecentry{ADDENDUM: How to use this License for your documents}{A}{1}{1}{211}
\appendixentry{Indices}{B}{213}
\secentry{Environment Variable Index}{B}{1}{213}
\secentry{Output Variable Index}{B}{2}{213}
\secentry{Preprocessor Symbol Index}{B}{3}{215}
\secentry{Autoconf Macro Index}{B}{4}{217}
\secentry{M4 Macro Index}{B}{5}{220}
\secentry{Autotest Macro Index}{B}{6}{220}
\secentry{Program and Function Index}{B}{7}{221}
\secentry{Concept Index}{B}{8}{222}

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