Annotation of GNUtools/libg++/etc/configure.man, revision 1.1

1.1     ! root        1: .\" -*- nroff -*-
        !             2: .\" Copyright (c) 1991, 1992 Cygnus Support
        !             3: .\" written by K. Richard Pixley
        !             4: .TH configure 1 "2 February 1993" "cygnus support" "Cygnus Support"
        !             5: .de BP
        !             6: .sp
        !             7: .ti \-.2i
        !             8: \(**
        !             9: ..
        !            10: 
        !            11: .SH NAME
        !            12: configure \(em\& prepare source code to be built
        !            13: 
        !            14: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !            15: configure HOST [--target=TARGET] [--srcdir=DIR] [--rm]
        !            16:             [--site=SITE] [--prefix=DIR] [--exec_prefix=DIR]
        !            17:             [--program_prefix=DIR] [--tmpdir=DIR]
        !            18:             [--with-PACKAGE[=YES/NO]] [--norecursion]
        !            19:             [--nfp] [-s] [-v] [-V | --version] [--help]
        !            20: 
        !            21: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            22: .I configure
        !            23: is a program used to prepare souce code to be built.  It does this by
        !            24: generating Makefiles and .gdbinit files, creating symlinks, recursing
        !            25: in subdirectories, and some other miscellaneous file editing.
        !            26: 
        !            27: .SH OPTIONS
        !            28: .I configure
        !            29: accepts the following options:
        !            30: 
        !            31: .TP
        !            32: .I \--target=TARGET
        !            33: Requests that the sources be configured to target the
        !            34: .I TARGET
        !            35: machine.  If no target is specified explicitly, the target is assumed
        !            36: to be the same as the host.
        !            37: 
        !            38: .TP
        !            39: .I \--srcdir=DIR
        !            40: tells configure to find the source in 
        !            41: .I DIR.
        !            42: Object code is always built in the current directory,
        !            43: .I `.'.
        !            44: 
        !            45: .TP
        !            46: .I \--rm
        !            47: asks configure to remove a configuration rather than create one.
        !            48: 
        !            49: .TP
        !            50: .I \--site=SITE
        !            51: asks configure to use any site-specific Makefile fragments for
        !            52: .I SITE
        !            53: when building Makefiles.
        !            54: 
        !            55: .TP
        !            56: .I \--prefix=DIR
        !            57: sets the location in which to install files to
        !            58: .I DIR.
        !            59: The default is "/usr/local".
        !            60: 
        !            61: .TP
        !            62: .I \--exec_prefix=DIR
        !            63: sets the root directory for host-dependent files to
        !            64: .I DIR.
        !            65: The default location is the value of
        !            66: .I prefix.
        !            67: 
        !            68: .TP
        !            69: .I \--program_prefix=DIR
        !            70: configures the source to install programs which have the same names as
        !            71: common Unix programs, such as "make", in
        !            72: .I DIR.
        !            73: Also applies to programs which might be used for cross-compilation.
        !            74: 
        !            75: .TP
        !            76: .I \--tmpdir=DIR
        !            77: sets the directory in which configure creates temporary files to
        !            78: .I DIR.
        !            79: 
        !            80: .TP
        !            81: .I \--with-PACKAGE[=YES/NO]
        !            82: sets a flag for the build to recognize that
        !            83: .I PACKAGE
        !            84: is explicitly present or not present.  If
        !            85: .I \=YES/NO
        !            86: is nonexistent, the default is
        !            87: .I YES.
        !            88: 
        !            89: .TP
        !            90: .I \--norecursion
        !            91: asks that only the current directory be configured.  Normally
        !            92: .I configure
        !            93: recurs on subdirectories.
        !            94: 
        !            95: .TP
        !            96: .I \-nfp
        !            97: Notifies
        !            98: .I configure
        !            99: that all of the specified hosts have
        !           100: .I no floating point
        !           101: units.
        !           102: 
        !           103: .TP
        !           104: .I \-s
        !           105: used internally by configure to supress status messages on
        !           106: subdirectory recursions.  Override with
        !           107: .I \-v
        !           108: 
        !           109: .TP
        !           110: .I \-v
        !           111: verbose output.  Asks that configure print status lines for each
        !           112: directory configured.  Normally, only the status lines for the current
        !           113: directory are printed.
        !           114: 
        !           115: .TP
        !           116: .I \--version
        !           117: .I \-V
        !           118: prints
        !           119: .I configure
        !           120: version number.
        !           121: 
        !           122: .TP
        !           123: .I \-help
        !           124: displays a brief usage summary.
        !           125: 
        !           126: 
        !           127: .SH FILES
        !           128: configure.in   for each directory's individual needs
        !           129: .br
        !           130: Makefile.in    Makefile template
        !           131: .br
        !           132: config.sub     for parsing configuration names
        !           133: .br
        !           134: config.guess   for guessing HOST when not specified
        !           135: .br
        !           136: config.status  non-recursively rebuilds current directory
        !           137: 
        !           138: .SH FILES
        !           139: .ta \w'gmon.sum 'u
        !           140: a.out  the namelist and text space.
        !           141: .br
        !           142: gmon.out       dynamic call graph and profile.
        !           143: .br
        !           144: gmon.sum summarized dynamic call graph and profile.
        !           145: 
        !           146: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !           147: .RB "`\|" configure "\|'"
        !           148: entry in 
        !           149: .B
        !           150: info.

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