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[svn] * src/client.c: Return correct status from Client_postArt() and add function comment detailing what return code should be, because it's not obvious that the return code should report success when the posting failed for reasons other than connection problems. This should fix problem with failing posting stopping fetches. Thanks to Dan Jacobson for spotting this. * src/client.c: Fix problemette with filter discards not updating remote group article count and so the overview being refetched until and article appears that doesn't fall foul of the filter and thus does update the remove group 'next article' marker. Thanks to Dan Jacobson for spotting this.
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1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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2 NOFFLE Installation
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5 Requirements
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6 ------------
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8 * The gdbm library must be installed on your system (standard with most
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9 distributions).
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11 * Please use the same compiler for compiling NOFFLE that was used for
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12 compiling the gdbm library!
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13 The reason for this warning is that there is an incompatibility between
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14 egcs and gcc that causes programs to crash on some distributions, depending
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15 on the optimization level.
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17 * 'sendmail' or any mail transfer agent with a sendmail compatible interface
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18 (this includes Exim, qmail and Postfix) must be available. It is used
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19 to return failed postings to the sender.
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22 Compilation and installation
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23 ----------------------------
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25 For installing NOFFLE on your system, the following steps are necessary:
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27 * ./configure
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28 make
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29 make install
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31 You can type './configure --help' to get a list of possible options for
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32 configure.
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33 Apart from the standard ones, the following options can be used:
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35 --enable-debug Turn on debugging (default=yes)
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36 --with-docdir=PATH Specify where to put the documentation.
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37 Default is /usr/local/doc/noffle.
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39 * Copy '/etc/noffle.conf.example' to '/etc/noffle.conf' and edit it.
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40 Write in the name of the remote news server.
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42 Change the owner to 'news':
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43 chown news.news /etc/noffle.conf
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45 Make it unreadable by others, if it contains a username and a password:
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46 chmod o-r /etc/noffle.conf
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48 Now you can leave the root account.
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50 * Go online and run
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52 noffle --query groups # required
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53 noffle --query desc # optional group descriptions
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55 to retrieve newsgroup information. This may take a while depending on the
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56 number of active newsgroups at the remote news server.
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58 * Subscribe to some groups by running
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60 noffle --subscribe-over <newsgroup>
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61 or
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62 noffle --subscribe-thread <newsgroup>
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63 or
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64 noffle --subscribe-full <newsgroup>
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66 * Now run
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68 noffle --fetch
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70 for testing the retrieving of overviews/articles of the groups subscribed.
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72 * Add a line for 'noffle' to '/etc/inetd.conf':
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74 nntp stream tcp nowait news /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/local/bin/noffle -r
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76 (Change the path of noffle if necessary)
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78 * Add the following line to your 'ip-up' script:
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82 * Add a line for running noffle to the crontab of news (by running
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83 'crontab -u news -e' as root):
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85 0 19 * * 1 /usr/local/bin/noffle --expire
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87 (if you want to run 'noffle' on Monday (1st day of week) at 19.00 and
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88 delete all articles not accessed recently. The default expiry period is
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89 14 days, but this can be changed in /etc/noffle.conf.
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92 Now you are ready, configure the client readers to use "localhost" port 119
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93 as news server and/or set the environment variable NNTPSERVER to "localhost"
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94 and/or create the file /etc/nntpserver containing "localhost".
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96 If something goes wrong, have a look at '/var/log/news' for error and
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97 logging messages. Try setting 'log-debug all' in noffle.conf to enable
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98 every debug message.
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100 It can be helpful to recompile NOFFLE with
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102 ./configure --enable-debug
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103 make
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104 make install
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106 This enable various internal consistency checks and ensures NOFFLE is
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107 built with full debugging symbol information. This will allow those of
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108 you familiar with a debugger to send me a detailed bug report :-)
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111 Read below for more (generic) information about ./configure.
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113 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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116 Basic Installation
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117 ==================
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118
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119 These are generic installation instructions.
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120
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121 The `configure' shell script attempts to guess correct values for
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122 various system-dependent variables used during compilation. It uses
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123 those values to create a `Makefile' in each directory of the package.
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124 It may also create one or more `.h' files containing system-dependent
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125 definitions. Finally, it creates a shell script `config.status' that
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132 to figure out how `configure' could check whether to do them, and mail
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133 diffs or instructions to the address given in the `README' so they can
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134 be considered for the next release. If at some point `config.cache'
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137 The file `configure.in' is used to create `configure' by a program
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138 called `autoconf'. You only need `configure.in' if you want to change
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139 it or regenerate `configure' using a newer version of `autoconf'.
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141 The simplest way to compile this package is:
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142
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143 1. `cd' to the directory containing the package's source code and type
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144 `./configure' to configure the package for your system. If you're
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145 using `csh' on an old version of System V, you might need to type
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146 `sh ./configure' instead to prevent `csh' from trying to execute
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147 `configure' itself.
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148
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149 Running `configure' takes awhile. While running, it prints some
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150 messages telling which features it is checking for.
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152 2. Type `make' to compile the package.
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155 the package.
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157 4. Type `make install' to install the programs and any data files and
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158 documentation.
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159
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161 source code directory by typing `make clean'. To also remove the
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162 files that `configure' created (so you can compile the package for
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163 a different kind of computer), type `make distclean'. There is
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164 also a `make maintainer-clean' target, but that is intended mainly
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165 for the package's developers. If you use it, you may have to get
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166 all sorts of other programs in order to regenerate files that came
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167 with the distribution.
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169 Compilers and Options
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173 the `configure' script does not know about. You can give `configure'
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174 initial values for variables by setting them in the environment. Using
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175 a Bourne-compatible shell, you can do that on the command line like
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177 CC=c89 CFLAGS=-O2 LIBS=-lposix ./configure
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180 env CPPFLAGS=-I/usr/local/include LDFLAGS=-s ./configure
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182 Compiling For Multiple Architectures
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183 ====================================
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185 You can compile the package for more than one kind of computer at the
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186 same time, by placing the object files for each architecture in their
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187 own directory. To do this, you must use a version of `make' that
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188 supports the `VPATH' variable, such as GNU `make'. `cd' to the
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189 directory where you want the object files and executables to go and run
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190 the `configure' script. `configure' automatically checks for the
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191 source code in the directory that `configure' is in and in `..'.
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193 If you have to use a `make' that does not supports the `VPATH'
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194 variable, you have to compile the package for one architecture at a time
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195 in the source code directory. After you have installed the package for
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196 one architecture, use `make distclean' before reconfiguring for another
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197 architecture.
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199 Installation Names
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202 By default, `make install' will install the package's files in
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203 `/usr/local/bin', `/usr/local/man', etc. You can specify an
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204 installation prefix other than `/usr/local' by giving `configure' the
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205 option `--prefix=PATH'.
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207 You can specify separate installation prefixes for
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208 architecture-specific files and architecture-independent files. If you
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209 give `configure' the option `--exec-prefix=PATH', the package will use
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210 PATH as the prefix for installing programs and libraries.
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211 Documentation and other data files will still use the regular prefix.
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214 options like `--bindir=PATH' to specify different values for particular
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215 kinds of files. Run `configure --help' for a list of the directories
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216 you can set and what kinds of files go in them.
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219 with an extra prefix or suffix on their names by giving `configure' the
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220 option `--program-prefix=PREFIX' or `--program-suffix=SUFFIX'.
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222 Optional Features
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225 Some packages pay attention to `--enable-FEATURE' options to
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226 `configure', where FEATURE indicates an optional part of the package.
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227 They may also pay attention to `--with-PACKAGE' options, where PACKAGE
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228 is something like `gnu-as' or `x' (for the X Window System). The
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229 `README' should mention any `--enable-' and `--with-' options that the
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230 package recognizes.
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231
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232 For packages that use the X Window System, `configure' can usually
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233 find the X include and library files automatically, but if it doesn't,
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234 you can use the `configure' options `--x-includes=DIR' and
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235 `--x-libraries=DIR' to specify their locations.
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237 Specifying the System Type
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240 There may be some features `configure' can not figure out
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241 automatically, but needs to determine by the type of host the package
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242 will run on. Usually `configure' can figure that out, but if it prints
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243 a message saying it can not guess the host type, give it the
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244 `--host=TYPE' option. TYPE can either be a short name for the system
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245 type, such as `sun4', or a canonical name with three fields:
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246 CPU-COMPANY-SYSTEM
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248 See the file `config.sub' for the possible values of each field. If
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249 `config.sub' isn't included in this package, then this package doesn't
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250 need to know the host type.
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251
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252 If you are building compiler tools for cross-compiling, you can also
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253 use the `--target=TYPE' option to select the type of system they will
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254 produce code for and the `--build=TYPE' option to select the type of
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255 system on which you are compiling the package.
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256
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257 Sharing Defaults
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258 ================
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259
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260 If you want to set default values for `configure' scripts to share,
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261 you can create a site shell script called `config.site' that gives
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262 default values for variables like `CC', `cache_file', and `prefix'.
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263 `configure' looks for `PREFIX/share/config.site' if it exists, then
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264 `PREFIX/etc/config.site' if it exists. Or, you can set the
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265 `CONFIG_SITE' environment variable to the location of the site script.
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266 A warning: not all `configure' scripts look for a site script.
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267
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268 Operation Controls
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269 ==================
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270
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271 `configure' recognizes the following options to control how it
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272 operates.
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273
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274 `--cache-file=FILE'
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275 Use and save the results of the tests in FILE instead of
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276 `./config.cache'. Set FILE to `/dev/null' to disable caching, for
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277 debugging `configure'.
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278
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279 `--help'
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280 Print a summary of the options to `configure', and exit.
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282 `--quiet'
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283 `--silent'
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284 `-q'
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285 Do not print messages saying which checks are being made. To
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286 suppress all normal output, redirect it to `/dev/null' (any error
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287 messages will still be shown).
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288
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289 `--srcdir=DIR'
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290 Look for the package's source code in directory DIR. Usually
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291 `configure' can determine that directory automatically.
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292
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293 `--version'
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294 Print the version of Autoconf used to generate the `configure'
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295 script, and exit.
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296
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297 `configure' also accepts some other, not widely useful, options.