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These macros check for particular programs--whether they exist, and in some cases whether they support certain features.
mawk, gawk, nawk, and awk, in that
order, and set output variable AWK to the first one that is found.
It tries mawk first because that is reported to be the
fastest implementation.
INSTALL to the path of a BSD compatible
install program, if one is found in the current PATH.
Otherwise, set INSTALL to `dir/install-sh -c',
checking the directories specified to AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR (or its
default directories) to determine dir (see section Outputting Files). Also set
the variables INSTALL_PROGRAM and INSTALL_SCRIPT to
`${INSTALL}' and INSTALL_DATA to `${INSTALL} -m 644'.
This macro screens out various instances of install known not to
work. It prefers to find a C program rather than a shell script, for
speed. Instead of `install-sh', it can also use `install.sh',
but that name is obsolete because some make programs have a rule
that creates `install' from it if there is no `Makefile'.
Autoconf comes with a copy of `install-sh' that you can use. If
you use AC_PROG_INSTALL, you must include either
`install-sh' or `install.sh' in your distribution, or
configure will produce an error message saying it can't find
them--even if the system you're on has a good install program.
This check is a safety measure to prevent you from accidentally leaving
that file out, which would prevent your package from installing on
systems that don't have a BSD-compatible install program.
If you need to use your own installation program because it has features
not found in standard install programs, there is no reason to use
AC_PROG_INSTALL; just put the file name of your program into your
`Makefile.in' files.
flex is found, set output variable LEX to `flex'
and LEXLIB to @option{-lfl}, if that library is in a standard
place. Otherwise set LEX to `lex' and LEXLIB to
@option{-ll}.
Define YYTEXT_POINTER if yytext is a `char *' instead
of a `char []'. Also set output variable LEX_OUTPUT_ROOT to
the base of the file name that the lexer generates; usually
`lex.yy', but sometimes something else. These results vary
according to whether lex or flex is being used.
You are encouraged to use Flex in your sources, since it is both more
pleasant to use than plain Lex and the C source it produces is portable.
In order to ensure portability, however, you must either provide a
function yywrap or, if you don't use it (e.g., your scanner has
no `#include'-like feature), simply include a `%noyywrap'
statement in the scanner's source. Once this done, the scanner is
portable (unless you felt free to use nonportable constructs) and
does not depend on any library. In this case, and in this case only, it
is suggested that you use this Autoconf snippet:
AC_PROG_LEX if test "$LEX" != flex; then LEX="$SHELL $missing_dir/missing flex" AC_SUBST(LEX_OUTPUT_ROOT, lex.yy) AC_SUBST(LEXLIB, ") fi
The shell script @command{missing} can be found in the Automake distribution.
To ensure backward compatibility, Automake's AM_PROG_LEX invokes
(indirectly) this macro twice, which will cause an annoying but benign
"AC_PROG_LEX invoked multiple times" warning. Future versions
of Automake will fix this issue, meanwhile, just ignore this message.
LN_S to `ln -s'; otherwise, if `ln' works, set
LN_S to `ln' and otherwise set it to `cp -p'.
If you make a link a directory other than the current directory, its
meaning depends on whether `ln' or `ln -s' is used. To safely
create links using `$(LN_S)', either find out which form is used
and adjust the arguments, or always invoke ln in the directory
where the link is to be created.
In other words, it does not work to do:
$(LN_S) foo /x/bar
Instead, do:
(cd /x && $(LN_S) foo bar)
RANLIB to `ranlib' if ranlib
is found, and otherwise to `:' (do nothing).
bison is found, set output variable YACC to `bison
-y'. Otherwise, if byacc is found, set YACC to
`byacc'. Otherwise set YACC to `yacc'.
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