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Fix man page ugliness. Debian bug Bug#432392.
author Jim Hague <jim.hague@acm.org>
date Tue, 10 Jul 2007 18:25:21 +0100
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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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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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126 you can run in the future to recreate the current configuration, a file
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127 `config.cache' that saves the results of its tests to speed up
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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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140
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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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156
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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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170 =====================
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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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179 Or on systems that have the `env' program, you can do it like this:
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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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192
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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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206
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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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212
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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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218 If the package supports it, you can cause programs to be installed
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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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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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271 `configure' recognizes the following options to control how it
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272 operates.
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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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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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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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297 `configure' also accepts some other, not widely useful, options.