# tools like autoconf, automake, gettext, etc. that are newer than the ones
# provided by the distribution on which you want to build. In that case,
# you can use this script to bootstrap the "autotools" tool chain, starting
-# with m4 (prereq of autoconf), then autoconf, which a prereq of automake,
-# etc. It also builds a few others, including gettext and pkg-config.
+# with m4 (prereq of autoconf), then autoconf (prereq of automake), etc.
+# It also builds a few others, including gettext and pkg-config.
# The results are installed in a directory whose --prefix you specify, and
# it tells you how to update envvars like PATH and (if you use pkg-config)
# PKG_CONFIG_PATH.
# Download the each tar-ball along with its signature, if there is one.
pkgs=
- for t in $(echo $tarballs); do
- base=$(basename $t)
+ for t in $tarballs; do
+ base=`basename $t`
pkgs="$pkgs $base"
- test -f $base || $WGET_COMMAND $t
+ test -f $base || $WGET_COMMAND $t
# No signatures for some :-(
case $base in pkg-config*) continue;; esac
# Don't run as root.
# Make sure id -u succeeds.
-my_uid=`id -u`
-test $? = 0 || {
- echo "$0: cannot run \`id -u'" 1>&2
- (exit 1); exit 1
-}
-test $my_uid = 0 && die "please don't run this program as root"
+my_uid=`id -u` && test -n "$my_uid" || die "'id -u' failed"
+test $my_uid -ne 0 || die "please don't run this program as root"
# Ensure that prefix is not /usr/bin or /bin, /sbin, etc.
case $prefix in
mkdir -p $tmpdir
cd $tmpdir
-pkgs=$(get_sources)
+pkgs=`get_sources`
export PATH=$prefix/bin:$PATH
for pkg in $pkgs; do
echo building/installing $pkg...
- dir=$(basename $pkg .tar.gz)
- rm -rf dir
- gzip -dc $pkg|tar xf -
+ dir=`basename $pkg .tar.gz`
+ rm -rf $dir
+ gzip -dc $pkg | tar xf -
cd $dir
- ./configure CFLAGS=-O2 LDFLAGS=-s --prefix=$prefix > makerr-config 2>&1
- make > makerr-build 2>&1
- if test "$make_check" = yes; then
+ ./configure CFLAGS=-O2 LDFLAGS=-s --prefix=$prefix >makerr-config 2>&1
+ make >makerr-build 2>&1
+ if test $make_check = yes; then
case $pkg in
+ # FIXME: these are out of date and very system-sensitive
automake*) expected_duration_minutes=40;;
autoconf*) expected_duration_minutes=15;;
libtool*) expected_duration_minutes=3;;
*);;
esac
- test -n "$expected_duration_minutes" \
- && echo "running 'make check' for $pkg; NB: this can take over" \
- "$expected_duration_minutes minutes"
- make check > makerr-check 2>&1
+ if test -n "$expected_duration_minutes"; then
+ echo "running 'make check' for $pkg; NB: this can take over" \
+ "$expected_duration_minutes minutes"
+ fi
+ make check >makerr-check 2>&1
fi
- make install > makerr-install 2>&1
- echo done at $(date +%Y-%m-%d.%T)
+ make install >makerr-install 2>&1
+ echo "done at `date +%Y-%m-%d.%T`"
cd ..
done
*) cat <<EOF;;
**************************************************************************
Be sure that PKG_CONFIG_PATH is set in your environment, e.g.,
-PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$prefix/lib/pkgconfig:/usr/lib/pkgconfig:/usr/share/pkgconfig
+PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$prefix/lib/pkgconfig:/usr/lib/pkgconfig
**************************************************************************
EOF
esac