gawkworkflow: GNU Tools
8.3.1 GNU Tools
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If you expect to work with the configuration files and/or the 'Makefile'
files, you will need to install a number of other GNU tools. In
general, you should be using the latest versions of the tools, or least
the same ones that the maintainer himself uses. This helps minimize the
differences that the maintainer has to resolve when merging changes, and
in general avoids confusion and hassle. Similarly, you should install
the latest GNU documentation tools as well. The tools are described in
the following list:
'autoconf'
GNU Autoconf processes the 'configure.ac' files in order to
generate the 'configure' shell script and 'config.h.in' input file.
See the Autoconf home page
(https://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/autoconf.html) for more
information.
'automake'
GNU Automake processes the 'configure.ac' and 'Makefile.am' files
to produce 'Makefile.in' files. See the Automake home page
(https://www.gnu.org/software/automake) for more information.
'gettext'
GNU Gettext processes the 'gawk' source code to produce the
original 'po/gawk.pot' message template file. Normally you should
not need need to do this; the maintainer usually manages this task.
See the Gettext home page (https://www.gnu.org/software/gettext)
for more information.
'libtool'
GNU Libtool works with Autoconf and Automake to produce portable
shared libraries. It is used for the extensions that ship with
'gawk', whose code is in the 'extensions' directory. See the
Libtool home page (https://www.gnu.org/software/libtool) for more
information.
'makeinfo'
The 'makeinfo' command is used to build the Info versions of the
documentation. You need to have the same version as the maintainer
uses, so that when you make a change to the documentation, the
corresponding change to the generated Info file will be minimal.
'makeinfo' is part of GNU Texinfo. See the Texinfo home page
(https://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo) for more information.
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