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From: Karl Berry
Subject: www/prep/standards index.html standards.dvi.gz ...
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:46:37 +0000

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Karl Berry <karl>       08/07/25 16:46:37

Modified files:
        prep/standards : index.html standards.dvi.gz standards.html 
                         standards.html.gz standards.html_node.tar.gz 
                         standards.info.tar.gz standards.pdf 
                         standards.ps.gz standards.texi.tar.gz 
                         standards.txt standards.txt.gz 
        prep/standards/html_node: CPU-Portability.html 
                                  Change-Log-Concepts.html 
                                  Change-Logs.html Character-Set.html 
                                  Command-Variables.html 
                                  Command_002dLine-Interfaces.html 
                                  Comments.html Compatibility.html 
                                  Conditional-Changes.html 
                                  Conditional-Compilation.html 
                                  Configuration.html Contributions.html 
                                  DESTDIR.html Design-Advice.html 
                                  Directory-Variables.html 
                                  Doc-Strings-and-Manuals.html 
                                  Documentation.html Errors.html 
                                  File-Usage.html Formatting.html 
                                  GNU-Free-Documentation-License.html 
                                  GNU-Manuals.html 
                                  Graphical-Interfaces.html Index.html 
                                  Indicating-the-Part-Changed.html 
                                  Install-Command-Categories.html 
                                  Internationalization.html 
                                  Legal-Issues.html Libraries.html 
                                  License-for-Manuals.html 
                                  Makefile-Basics.html 
                                  Makefile-Conventions.html 
                                  Man-Pages.html Managing-Releases.html 
                                  Manual-Credits.html 
                                  Manual-Structure-Details.html 
                                  Memory-Usage.html Mmap.html 
                                  NEWS-File.html Names.html 
                                  Non_002dGNU-Standards.html 
                                  Option-Table.html Preface.html 
                                  Printed-Manuals.html 
                                  Program-Behavior.html 
                                  Quote-Characters.html 
                                  Reading-Non_002dFree-Code.html 
                                  Reading-other-Manuals.html 
                                  References.html Releases.html 
                                  Semantics.html Simple-Changes.html 
                                  Source-Language.html Standard-C.html 
                                  Standard-Targets.html 
                                  Style-of-Change-Logs.html 
                                  Syntactic-Conventions.html 
                                  System-Functions.html 
                                  System-Portability.html 
                                  Trademarks.html User-Interfaces.html 
                                  Using-Extensions.html 
                                  Utilities-in-Makefiles.html 
                                  Writing-C.html _002d_002dhelp.html 
                                  _002d_002dversion.html index.html 

Log message:
        configuration specification vs. implementation

CVSWeb URLs:
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http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/standards/standards.dvi.gz?cvsroot=www&rev=1.29
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/standards/standards.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.30&r2=1.31
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/standards/standards.html.gz?cvsroot=www&rev=1.30
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/standards/standards.html_node.tar.gz?cvsroot=www&rev=1.30
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/standards/standards.info.tar.gz?cvsroot=www&rev=1.29
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/standards/standards.pdf?cvsroot=www&rev=1.30
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/standards/standards.ps.gz?cvsroot=www&rev=1.29
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/standards/standards.texi.tar.gz?cvsroot=www&rev=1.29
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/standards/standards.txt?cvsroot=www&r1=1.29&r2=1.30
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/standards/standards.txt.gz?cvsroot=www&rev=1.29
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/standards/html_node/CPU-Portability.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.27&r2=1.28
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/standards/html_node/Change-Log-Concepts.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.27&r2=1.28
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/standards/html_node/Change-Logs.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.27&r2=1.28
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/standards/html_node/Character-Set.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.19&r2=1.20
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/standards/html_node/Command-Variables.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.27&r2=1.28
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/standards/html_node/Command_002dLine-Interfaces.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.27&r2=1.28
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/standards/html_node/Comments.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.27&r2=1.28
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/standards/html_node/Compatibility.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.27&r2=1.28
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/standards/html_node/Conditional-Changes.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.27&r2=1.28
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/standards/html_node/Conditional-Compilation.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.27&r2=1.28
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/standards/html_node/Configuration.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.27&r2=1.28
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/standards/html_node/Contributions.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.27&r2=1.28
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/standards/html_node/DESTDIR.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.16&r2=1.17
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/standards/html_node/Design-Advice.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.27&r2=1.28
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/standards/html_node/Directory-Variables.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.28&r2=1.29
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/standards/html_node/Doc-Strings-and-Manuals.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.27&r2=1.28
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/standards/html_node/Documentation.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.27&r2=1.28
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/standards/html_node/Errors.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.27&r2=1.28
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/standards/html_node/File-Usage.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.27&r2=1.28
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/standards/html_node/Formatting.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.27&r2=1.28
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/standards/html_node/GNU-Free-Documentation-License.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.28&r2=1.29
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/standards/html_node/GNU-Manuals.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.28&r2=1.29
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/standards/html_node/Graphical-Interfaces.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.27&r2=1.28
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/standards/html_node/Index.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.27&r2=1.28
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/standards/html_node/Indicating-the-Part-Changed.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.27&r2=1.28
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/standards/html_node/Install-Command-Categories.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.27&r2=1.28
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/standards/html_node/Internationalization.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.27&r2=1.28
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/standards/html_node/Legal-Issues.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.27&r2=1.28
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/standards/html_node/Libraries.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.27&r2=1.28
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/standards/html_node/License-for-Manuals.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.27&r2=1.28
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/standards/html_node/Makefile-Basics.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.27&r2=1.28
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/standards/html_node/Makefile-Conventions.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.28&r2=1.29
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/standards/html_node/Man-Pages.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.27&r2=1.28
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/standards/html_node/Managing-Releases.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.27&r2=1.28
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/standards/html_node/Manual-Credits.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.27&r2=1.28
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/standards/html_node/Manual-Structure-Details.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.27&r2=1.28
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/standards/html_node/Memory-Usage.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.27&r2=1.28
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/standards/html_node/Mmap.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.27&r2=1.28
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/standards/html_node/NEWS-File.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.27&r2=1.28
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/standards/html_node/Names.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.27&r2=1.28
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/standards/html_node/Non_002dGNU-Standards.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.17&r2=1.18
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/standards/html_node/Option-Table.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.27&r2=1.28
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/standards/html_node/Preface.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.27&r2=1.28
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/standards/html_node/Printed-Manuals.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.27&r2=1.28
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/standards/html_node/Program-Behavior.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.27&r2=1.28
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/standards/html_node/Quote-Characters.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.19&r2=1.20
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/standards/html_node/Reading-Non_002dFree-Code.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.27&r2=1.28
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/standards/html_node/Reading-other-Manuals.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.27&r2=1.28
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/standards/html_node/References.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.27&r2=1.28
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/standards/html_node/Releases.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.27&r2=1.28
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/standards/html_node/Semantics.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.27&r2=1.28
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/standards/html_node/Simple-Changes.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.27&r2=1.28
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/standards/html_node/Source-Language.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.27&r2=1.28
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/standards/html_node/Standard-C.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.27&r2=1.28
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/standards/html_node/Standard-Targets.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.27&r2=1.28
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/standards/html_node/Style-of-Change-Logs.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.27&r2=1.28
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/standards/html_node/Syntactic-Conventions.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.27&r2=1.28
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/standards/html_node/System-Functions.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.27&r2=1.28
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/standards/html_node/System-Portability.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.27&r2=1.28
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/standards/html_node/Trademarks.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.27&r2=1.28
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/standards/html_node/User-Interfaces.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.27&r2=1.28
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/standards/html_node/Using-Extensions.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.27&r2=1.28
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/standards/html_node/Utilities-in-Makefiles.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.27&r2=1.28
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/standards/html_node/Writing-C.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.27&r2=1.28
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/standards/html_node/_002d_002dhelp.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.11&r2=1.12
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/standards/html_node/_002d_002dversion.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.12&r2=1.13
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/standards/html_node/index.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.27&r2=1.28

Patches:
Index: index.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/prep/standards/index.html,v
retrieving revision 1.31
retrieving revision 1.32
diff -u -b -r1.31 -r1.32
--- index.html  10 Jun 2008 19:02:03 -0000      1.31
+++ index.html  25 Jul 2008 16:45:58 -0000      1.32
@@ -10,13 +10,13 @@
 <!-- See validator.w3.org -->
 
 <address>Free Software Foundation</address>
-<address>last updated June 10, 2008</address>
+<address>last updated July 25, 2008</address>
 
 <p>This manual (standards) is available in the following formats:</p>
 
 <ul>
 <li><a href="standards.html">HTML 
-    (320K bytes)</a> - entirely on one web page.</li>
+    (324K bytes)</a> - entirely on one web page.</li>
 <li><a href="html_node/index.html">HTML</a> - with one web page per
     node.</li>
 <li><a href="standards.html.gz">HTML compressed
@@ -36,12 +36,12 @@
 <li><a href="standards.ps.gz">PostScript file
     (248K bytes gzipped)</a>.</li>
 <li><a href="standards.pdf">PDF file
-    (424K bytes)</a>.</li>
+    (428K bytes)</a>.</li>
 <li><a href="standards.texi.tar.gz">Texinfo source
     (72K bytes gzipped tar file).</a></li>
 </ul>
 
-<p>You can <a href="http://www.gnu.org/order/";>buy printed copies of
+<p>You can <a href="http://shop.fsf.org/";>buy printed copies of
 some manuals</a> (among other items) from the Free Software Foundation;
 this helps support FSF activities.</p>
 
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 <!-- Please make sure the copyright date is consistent with the document -->
 <!-- and that it is like this "2001, 2002" not this "2001-2002." -->
 </div><!-- for id="content", starts in the include above -->
-<!--#include virtual="/server/footer-min.html" -->
+<!--#include virtual="/server/footer.html" -->
 <div id="footer">
 
 <p>
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
 </p>
 
 <p>
-Copyright &copy; 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+Copyright &copy; 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
 </p>
 <address>51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02111, USA</address>
 <p>Verbatim copying and distribution of this entire article is

Index: standards.dvi.gz
===================================================================
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Index: standards.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/prep/standards/standards.html,v
retrieving revision 1.30
retrieving revision 1.31
diff -u -b -r1.30 -r1.31
--- standards.html      10 Jun 2008 19:02:04 -0000      1.30
+++ standards.html      25 Jul 2008 16:45:58 -0000      1.31
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
 <title>GNU Coding Standards</title>
 <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html">
 <meta name="description" content="GNU Coding Standards">
-<meta name="generator" content="makeinfo 4.12.90">
+<meta name="generator" content="makeinfo 4.12">
 <link title="Top" rel="top" href="#Top">
 <link href="http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/"; rel="generator-home" 
title="Texinfo Homepage">
 <!--
-The GNU coding standards, last updated June 10, 2008.
+The GNU coding standards, last updated July 25, 2008.
 
 Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,
 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Free Software
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@
 
 <h2 class="unnumbered">Version</h2>
 
-<p>The GNU coding standards, last updated June 10, 2008.
+<p>The GNU coding standards, last updated July 25, 2008.
 
    <p>Copyright &copy; 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,
 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Free Software
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@
 state reasons for writing in a certain way.
 
    <p>This release of the GNU Coding Standards was last updated
-June 10, 2008.
+July 25, 2008.
 
    <p><a 
name="index-where-to-obtain-_0040code_007bstandards_002etexi_007d-1"></a><a 
name="index-downloading-this-manual-2"></a>If you did not obtain this file 
directly from the GNU project and
 recently, please check for a newer version.  You can get the GNU
@@ -3636,15 +3636,23 @@
 <a name="index-configure-112"></a>Each GNU distribution should come with a 
shell script named
 <code>configure</code>.  This script is given arguments which describe the
 kind of machine and system you want to compile the program for.
-
-   <p>The <code>configure</code> script must record the configuration options 
so
+The <code>configure</code> script must record the configuration options so
 that they affect compilation.
 
-   <p>One way to do this is to make a link from a standard name such as
-<samp><span class="file">config.h</span></samp> to the proper configuration 
file for the chosen system. 
-If you use this technique, the distribution should <em>not</em> contain a
-file named <samp><span class="file">config.h</span></samp>.  This is so that 
people won't be able to
-build the program without configuring it first.
+   <p>The description here is the specification of the interface for the
+<code>configure</code> script in GNU packages.  Many packages implement it
+using GNU Autoconf (see <a href="autoconf.html#Top">Introduction</a>)
+and/or GNU Automake (see <a href="automake.html#Top">Introduction</a>),
+but you do not have to use these tools.  You can implement it any way
+you like; for instance, by making <code>configure</code> be a wrapper around
+a completely different configuration system.
+
+   <p>Another way for the <code>configure</code> script to operate is to make a
+link from a standard name such as <samp><span 
class="file">config.h</span></samp> to the proper
+configuration file for the chosen system.  If you use this technique,
+the distribution should <em>not</em> contain a file named
+<samp><span class="file">config.h</span></samp>.  This is so that people won't 
be able to build the
+program without configuring it first.
 
    <p>Another thing that <code>configure</code> can do is to edit the 
Makefile.  If
 you do this, the distribution should <em>not</em> contain a file named

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===================================================================
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Index: standards.txt
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/prep/standards/standards.txt,v
retrieving revision 1.29
retrieving revision 1.30
diff -u -b -r1.29 -r1.30
--- standards.txt       10 Jun 2008 19:02:06 -0000      1.29
+++ standards.txt       25 Jul 2008 16:46:01 -0000      1.30
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
 Version
 *******
 
-The GNU coding standards, last updated June 10, 2008.
+The GNU coding standards, last updated July 25, 2008.
 
    Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000,
 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Free Software
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
 even if you write in another programming language.  The rules often
 state reasons for writing in a certain way.
 
-   This release of the GNU Coding Standards was last updated June 10,
+   This release of the GNU Coding Standards was last updated July 25,
 2008.
 
    If you did not obtain this file directly from the GNU project and
@@ -3344,16 +3344,24 @@
 
 Each GNU distribution should come with a shell script named
 `configure'.  This script is given arguments which describe the kind of
-machine and system you want to compile the program for.
-
-   The `configure' script must record the configuration options so that
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-   One way to do this is to make a link from a standard name such as
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-you use this technique, the distribution should _not_ contain a file
-named `config.h'.  This is so that people won't be able to build the
-program without configuring it first.
+machine and system you want to compile the program for.  The
+`configure' script must record the configuration options so that they
+affect compilation.
+
+   The description here is the specification of the interface for the
+`configure' script in GNU packages.  Many packages implement it using
+GNU Autoconf (*note Introduction: (autoconf)Top.)  and/or GNU Automake
+(*note Introduction: (automake)Top.), but you do not have to use these
+tools.  You can implement it any way you like; for instance, by making
+`configure' be a wrapper around a completely different configuration
+system.
+
+   Another way for the `configure' script to operate is to make a link
+from a standard name such as `config.h' to the proper configuration
+file for the chosen system.  If you use this technique, the
+distribution should _not_ contain a file named `config.h'.  This is so
+that people won't be able to build the program without configuring it
+first.
 
    Another thing that `configure' can do is to edit the Makefile.  If
 you do this, the distribution should _not_ contain a file named
@@ -5124,8 +5132,8 @@
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-binary packages:                               See 7.2.7.    (line 4477)
-bindir:                                        See 7.2.5.    (line 3825)
+binary packages:                               See 7.2.7.    (line 4485)
+bindir:                                        See 7.2.5.    (line 3833)
 braces, in C source:                           See 5.1.      (line 2080)
 bug reports:                                   See 4.7.2.    (line  942)
 canonical name of a program:                   See 4.7.1.    (line  793)
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 conditionals, comments for:                    See 5.2.      (line 2254)
 configure:                                     See 7.1.      (line 3345)
 control-L:                                     See 5.1.      (line 2192)
-conventions for makefiles:                     See 7.2.      (line 3518)
+conventions for makefiles:                     See 7.2.      (line 3526)
 corba:                                         See 4.6.      (line  744)
 credits for manuals:                           See 6.5.      (line 3048)
 data types, and portability:                   See 5.6.      (line 2495)
 declaration for system functions:              See 5.7.      (line 2605)
-DESTDIR:                                       See 7.2.4.    (line 3731)
+DESTDIR:                                       See 7.2.4.    (line 3739)
 documentation:                                 See 6.        (line 2859)
 doschk:                                        See 5.4.      (line 2425)
 downloading this manual:                       See 1.        (line  103)
 encodings:                                     See 5.9.      (line 2797)
 error messages:                                See 4.2.      (line  531)
 error messages, formatting:                    See 4.4.      (line  641)
-exec_prefix:                                   See 7.2.5.    (line 3807)
+exec_prefix:                                   See 7.2.5.    (line 3815)
 expressions, splitting:                        See 5.1.      (line 2155)
 FDL, GNU Free Documentation License:           See Appendix A.
-                                                             (line 4686)
+                                                             (line 4694)
 file usage:                                    See 4.10.     (line 2058)
 file-name limitations:                         See 5.4.      (line 2425)
 formatting error messages:                     See 4.4.      (line  641)
@@ -5177,12 +5185,12 @@
 Guile:                                         See 3.1.      (line  287)
 implicit int:                                  See 5.3.      (line 2283)
 impossible conditions:                         See 4.2.      (line  582)
-installations, staged:                         See 7.2.4.    (line 3731)
+installations, staged:                         See 7.2.4.    (line 3739)
 internationalization:                          See 5.8.      (line 2702)
 left quote:                                    See 5.10.     (line 2812)
 legal aspects:                                 See 2.        (line  134)
 legal papers:                                  See 2.2.      (line  174)
-libexecdir:                                    See 7.2.5.    (line 3838)
+libexecdir:                                    See 7.2.5.    (line 3846)
 libraries:                                     See 4.3.      (line  613)
 library functions, and portability:            See 5.7.      (line 2590)
 license for manuals:                           See 6.4.      (line 3029)
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 locale-specific quote characters:              See 5.10.     (line 2812)
 long option names:                             See 4.8.      (line  950)
 long-named options:                            See 4.7.      (line  759)
-makefile, conventions for:                     See 7.2.      (line 3518)
+makefile, conventions for:                     See 7.2.      (line 3526)
 malloc return value:                           See 4.2.      (line  537)
 man pages:                                     See 6.9.      (line 3271)
 manual structure:                              See 6.3.      (line 3002)
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 non-standard extensions:                       See 3.3.      (line  330)
 NUL characters:                                See 4.2.      (line  523)
 open brace:                                    See 5.1.      (line 2080)
-optional features, configure-time:             See 7.1.      (line 3431)
+optional features, configure-time:             See 7.1.      (line 3439)
 options for compatibility:                     See 3.2.      (line  306)
 options, standard command-line:                See 4.7.      (line  778)
 output device and program's behavior:          See 4.5.      (line  710)
-packaging:                                     See 7.3.      (line 4504)
+packaging:                                     See 7.3.      (line 4512)
 PATH_INFO, specifying standard options as:     See 4.7.      (line  778)
 portability, and data types:                   See 5.6.      (line 2495)
 portability, and library functions:            See 5.7.      (line 2590)
 portability, between system types:             See 5.5.      (line 2439)
 POSIX compatibility:                           See 3.2.      (line  298)
 POSIXLY_CORRECT, environment variable:         See 3.2.      (line  313)
-post-installation commands:                    See 7.2.7.    (line 4403)
-pre-installation commands:                     See 7.2.7.    (line 4403)
-prefix:                                        See 7.2.5.    (line 3797)
+post-installation commands:                    See 7.2.7.    (line 4411)
+pre-installation commands:                     See 7.2.7.    (line 4411)
+prefix:                                        See 7.2.5.    (line 3805)
 program configuration:                         See 7.1.      (line 3345)
 program design:                                See 3.        (line  249)
 program name and its behavior:                 See 4.5.      (line  703)
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 programming languages:                         See 3.1.      (line  255)
 proprietary programs:                          See 2.1.      (line  140)
 quote characters:                              See 5.10.     (line 2812)
-README file:                                   See 7.3.      (line 4519)
-references to non-free material:               See 8.        (line 4580)
+README file:                                   See 7.3.      (line 4527)
+references to non-free material:               See 8.        (line 4588)
 releasing:                                     See 7.        (line 3334)
-sbindir:                                       See 7.2.5.    (line 3831)
+sbindir:                                       See 7.2.5.    (line 3839)
 signal handling:                               See 4.2.      (line  571)
 spaces before open-paren:                      See 5.1.      (line 2149)
-staged installs:                               See 7.2.4.    (line 3731)
+staged installs:                               See 7.2.4.    (line 3739)
 standard command-line options:                 See 4.7.      (line  778)
-standards for makefiles:                       See 7.2.      (line 3518)
+standards for makefiles:                       See 7.2.      (line 3526)
 string library functions:                      See 5.7.      (line 2639)
 syntactic conventions:                         See 5.3.      (line 2283)
 table of long options:                         See 4.8.      (line  950)
 temporary files:                               See 4.2.      (line  596)
 temporary variables:                           See 5.3.      (line 2300)
-texinfo.tex, in a distribution:                See 7.3.      (line 4568)
+texinfo.tex, in a distribution:                See 7.3.      (line 4576)
 TMPDIR environment variable:                   See 4.2.      (line  596)
 trademarks:                                    See 2.3.      (line  219)
 where to obtain standards.texi:                See 1.        (line  103)

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 <a name="index-configure-112"></a>Each GNU distribution should come with a 
shell script named
 <code>configure</code>.  This script is given arguments which describe the
 kind of machine and system you want to compile the program for.
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-   <p>The <code>configure</code> script must record the configuration options 
so
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-   <p>One way to do this is to make a link from a standard name such as
-<samp><span class="file">config.h</span></samp> to the proper configuration 
file for the chosen system. 
-If you use this technique, the distribution should <em>not</em> contain a
-file named <samp><span class="file">config.h</span></samp>.  This is so that 
people won't be able to
-build the program without configuring it first.
+   <p>The description here is the specification of the interface for the
+<code>configure</code> script in GNU packages.  Many packages implement it
+using GNU Autoconf (see <a href="../autoconf/index.html#Top">Introduction</a>)
+and/or GNU Automake (see <a 
href="../automake/index.html#Top">Introduction</a>),
+but you do not have to use these tools.  You can implement it any way
+you like; for instance, by making <code>configure</code> be a wrapper around
+a completely different configuration system.
+
+   <p>Another way for the <code>configure</code> script to operate is to make a
+link from a standard name such as <samp><span 
class="file">config.h</span></samp> to the proper
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