Autoconf2.13
      
      
        
          Introduction to Autoconf2.13
        
        
          Autoconf2.13 is an old version of
          Autoconf . This old version
          accepts switches which are not valid in more recent versions. Now
          that firefox has started to use
          python2 for configuring, this old
          version is required even if configure files have not been changed.
        
        
          This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-11.0
          platform.
        
        
          Package Information
        
        
        
          Additional Downloads
        
        
        
          User Notes: https://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/autoconf213
        
       
      
        
          Installation of Autoconf2.13
        
        
          Install Autoconf by running the
          following commands:
        
        patch -Np1 -i ../autoconf-2.13-consolidated_fixes-1.patch &&
mv -v autoconf.texi autoconf213.texi                      &&
rm -v autoconf.info                                       &&
./configure --prefix=/usr --program-suffix=2.13           &&
make
        
          To test the installation issue make
          check (all 253 tests should pass).
        
        
          Now, as the root user:
        
        make install                                      &&
install -v -m644 autoconf213.info /usr/share/info &&
install-info --info-dir=/usr/share/info autoconf213.info
       
      
        
          Command Explanations
        
        
          mv -v autoconf.texi
          autoconf213.texi: ensure that the info file added
          by this package will not overwrite the more recent version.
        
        
          rm -v autoconf.info:
          ensure that the info file will be created by the current version of
          texinfo.
        
        
          --program-suffix=2.13: ensure
          that the installed programs have the version added to their names,
          so that only a script which specifically looks for these old
          versions will find them.
        
        
          install -v -m644 ...:
          the patch removes install-info from the Makefile because that would
          install (and if necessary recreate) standards.info which is an old
          version, so now autoconf213.info has
          to be manually installed.
        
       
      
        
          Contents
        
        
          
            
              Installed Programs:
              autoconf2.13, autoheader2.13,
              autoreconf2.13, autoscan2.13, autoupdate2.13, and
              ifnames2.13
            
            
              Installed Library:
              None
            
            
              Installed Directory:
              /usr/share/autoconf-2.13
            
           
         
        
          
            Short Descriptions
          
          
            
              
              
            
            
              
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                    autoconf2.13
                   | 
                    Produces shell scripts that automatically configure
                    software source code packages to adapt to many kinds of
                    Unix-like systems
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                    autoheader2.13
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                    is a tool for creating template files of C #define statements for
                    configure to use
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                    autoreconf2.13
                   | 
                    This automatically runs autoconf2.13,
                    autoheader2.13,
                    aclocal,
                    automake,
                    gettextize
                    and libtoolize in the right
                    order when changes have been made to autoconf or
                    automake
                    template files
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                    autoscan2.13
                   | 
                    Can be used as a preliminary step in creating a
                    configure.infile | 
              
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                    autoupdate2.13
                   | 
                    Modifies a configure.infile that still calls autoconf macros by
                    their old names to use the current macro names | 
              
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                    ifnames2.13
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                    Prints the identifiers that the package uses in C
                    preprocessor conditionals [If a package has already been
                    set up to have some portability, this program can help
                    determine what configure needs to check for. It can also
                    fill in gaps in a configure.in file generated by
                    autoscan]
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