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diff --git a/Build/source/README b/Build/source/README index c70fbb909ff..134aa512d3a 100644 --- a/Build/source/README +++ b/Build/source/README @@ -7,56 +7,15 @@ http://tug.org/texlive/build.html. In brief: To configure and make the source tree, run ./Build. To build (mostly) without optimization, run ./Build --debug. To make without configuring, run TL_CONFIGURE=true ./Build. +Email tlbuild@tug.org if problems. (Nearly everything the Build script does can be overridden via -environment variables; just take a look to see all the names.) +environment variables; just take a look to see the names.) -Prerequisites: -- C and C++ compilers. - -- GNU make. If your GNU make is invoked by some name other than `make', - try: env TL_MAKE=/your/gnu/make ./Build - -- GNU clisp and GNU libffcall, for xindy. See more - details in utils/README. (Alternative: Build --disable-xindy.) - Also perl, latex, and pdflatex to build the rules and/or documentation. - -- Perl to autodetect the TeX Live platform name for biber. - -- X11 headers and libraries (often a ``development'' package, not - installed by default), for pdfopen and xdvi. - (Alternative: Build --without-x.) - -- libfontconfig (again both headers and library), for XeTeX, - except on MacOSX. (Alternative: Build --disable-xetex.) - While on MacOSX, an Objective C++ compiler is needed for XeTeX. - -- If you modify any .y or .l source files, then Bison and Flex (or maybe - equivalents) are needed. The distributed .c and .h files are generated - with bison-3.0 and flex-2.5.37. - -The binaries will be left in ./inst/bin/<stdplatform>. -For TeX Live, ignore the other files and directories that end up in ./inst. - -The new binaries are not directly usable from that location. Instead, -copy them to Master/bin/<tlplatformname>/. - -That should be it for normal builds. Email tex-live@tug.org if problems. - -To make a usable TeX installation, you have to have (thousands of) -support files as well as the binaries that are built here. The support -files are maintained completely independently. The best basis for -dealing with them is the TeX Live (plain text) database, -Master/tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb, and/or our installer. More information is -under Master/tlpkg. See also http://tug.org/texlive/distro.html. - -If your C++ needs to find the standard library in, say, /usr/local/lib, -(i.e., configure fails saying the compiler doesn't work), try: -env LD_OPTIONS=-R/usr/local/lib ./Build - -Many more details about the TL build system, such as adding new -programs or libraries, recompiling after fixing problems, etc., are in -doc/texlive.pdf and in the other README.* files here. +Many more details about the TL build system, such as configuring to work +on a single program, adding new programs or libraries, recompiling after +fixing problems, etc., are in the doc/tlbuild* document and the sibling +README* files here (which are generated from that document). Build information for some of the platforms. diff --git a/Build/source/README.0overview b/Build/source/README.0overview new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..efdd1e87a12 --- /dev/null +++ b/Build/source/README.0overview @@ -0,0 +1,52 @@ +(This file was generated by makeinfo and splitinfo.gawk.) +(Released under the old-style GNU documentation license; + see sources or other output files for full text.) + +2 Overview of build system +************************** + +The TeX Live build system was redesigned in 2009, consistently using +Autoconf, Automake, and Libtool. Thus + 'configure && make && make check && make install' +or the basically-equivalent top-level 'Build' script suffice to build +and install the TL programs. The 'make check' clause performs various +tests of the generated programs--not strictly required but strongly +recommended. Running 'configure --help' will display a comprehensive +list of all 'configure' options. + + The main components of the TL build system are: + +'libs/LIB' + Generic libraries. + +'texk/LIB' + TeX-specific libraries in subdirectories, notably LIB='kpathsea'. + (The other one is 'texk/ptexenc'.) + +'texk/PROG' + TeX-specific programs (that use Kpathsea). + +'utils/PROG' + Other programs (that don't use Kpathsea). + + The primary design goal of the build system is modularity. Each +program and library module (or package) specifies its own requirements +and properties, such as required libraries, whether an installed +(system) version of a library can be used, 'configure' options to be +seen at the top-level, and more. An explicit list of all available +modules is kept in only one, central, place ('m4/kpse-pkgs.m4'). + + A second, related goal is to configure and build each library before +configuring any other (program or library) module which uses that +library. This allows checking for properties and features of a library +built as part of the TL tree in much the same way as for a system +version of that library. + + All generic libraries and several programs are maintained +independently. The corresponding modules use (most of) the distributed +source tree and document any modifications of that source. + + All this is for the sake of simplifying both upgrading of modules +maintained independently and integrating new modules into the TL build +system. (Not to say that either task is trivial.) + diff --git a/Build/source/README.1prerequisites b/Build/source/README.1prerequisites new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..d82f64f7700 --- /dev/null +++ b/Build/source/README.1prerequisites @@ -0,0 +1,56 @@ +(This file was generated by makeinfo and splitinfo.gawk.) +(Released under the old-style GNU documentation license; + see sources or other output files for full text.) + +3 Prerequisites +*************** + +Overall, building the TeX Live programs, when using all libraries from +the TL source tree, requires only C and C++ compilers and GNU 'make'. +(If 'make' from your 'PATH' is not GNU make, you can set 'MAKE' in the +environment to whatever is necessary.) + + Indeed, GNU 'make' is required only because of some third-party +libraries, notably FreeType; all the TL-maintained directories (and +Automake/Autoconf output in general) should work with any reasonable +'make'. + + However, a few programs in the tree have additional requirements: + +'biber' + requires 'perl' for autodetection of the TL platform name. + +'xdvik' +'xpdfopen' + require X11 headers and libraries, often in "development" packages + that are not installed by default. + +'xetex' + requires 'fontconfig' (again both headers and library). + +'xindy' + requires GNU 'clisp' and 'libffcall', and in addition 'perl', + 'latex', and 'pdflatex' to build the rules and/or documentation. + +Lacking the required tools, building these programs must avoided, e.g., +'configure --disable-biber --without-x --disable-xetex --disable-xindy' + + Modifying source files induces more requirements, as one might +expect: + + * Modification of any '.y' or '.l' source files requires 'bison' or + 'flex' to updatete the corresponding C sources. + + * Modification of the sources for '.info' files requires 'makeinfo'. + + * Modification of any part of the build system (M4 macros, + 'configure.ac', 'Makefile.am', or their fragments) requires GNU M4, + GNU Autoconf, GNU Automake, and GNU Libtool to update the generated + files. *Note Build system tools::. + + If you haven't modified any source files, and infrastructure tools +such as 'autoconf' or 'makeinfo' are still being run, check your +timestamps--notably, 'use-commit-times' must be set to 'yes' in your +Subversion configuration (*note Build system tools::). Barring buggy +commits, no infrastructure tools are needed to do a normal build. + diff --git a/Build/source/README.2building b/Build/source/README.2building new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..6111516eead --- /dev/null +++ b/Build/source/README.2building @@ -0,0 +1,73 @@ +(This file was generated by makeinfo and splitinfo.gawk.) +(Released under the old-style GNU documentation license; + see sources or other output files for full text.) + +4 Building +********** + +The top-level 'Build' script is intended to simplify building the +binaries distributed with TeX Live itself--we call this the "native" TL +build. It configures and makes everything in a subdirectory of the main +build tree (default 'Work/'), installs everything in an other +subdirectory (default 'inst/'), and finally runs 'make check'. The +exact directory and command names can be specified via environment +variables and a few leading options. All remaining arguments +(assignments or options) are passed to the 'configure' script. Please +take a look at the script itself for more information; it is not +complicated. + + An alternative, and the one we will mainly discuss here, is to run +'configure' and 'make' oneself in a suitable empty subdirectory. +Building in the source directory itself is not supported (sorry). + + Running the top-level 'configure' script configures the top level and +the subdirectories 'libs', 'utils', and 'texk'. Running 'make' at the +top-level first iterates over all TeX-specific libraries, and then runs +'make' in 'libs', 'utils', and 'texk' to iterate over all generic +libraries, utility programs, and TeX-specific programs. These +iterations consist of two steps: + + 1. For each library or program module not yet configured, run + 'configure', adding the configure option '--disable-build' if the + module need not be built, otherwise running 'make all'. + + 2. For each library or program module that must be built, run 'make' + for the selected target(s): 'default' or 'all' to (re-)build, + 'check' to run tests, 'install', etc. + + Running the top-level 'make' a second time iterates again over all +the library and program modules, but finds (should find) nothing to be +done unless some source files have been modified. + + If configuring or building a module fails, you could either (a) find +and fix the problem, or (b) remove the subdirectory for that module from +the build tree, and rerun the top-level 'make' (or 'Build' with +'--no-clean' as its first argument). + + With the configure option '--disable-all-pkgs', all program and +library modules are configured but none of them is built. The +'Makefile' for each such module contains all build rules and +dependencies and can be invoked to build an individual program or +library and causes to first build any required libraries. This +"build-on-demand" procedure is used, e.g., in the 'luatex' repository to +build LuaTeX, essentially from a subset of the complete TeX Live tree. +Similarly, when, e.g., building the original e-TeX has been disabled (as +it is by default), one can run 'make etex' (or 'make etex.exe') in +'texk/web2c/' to build e-TeX (although there is no comparably simple way +to install e-TeX). + + The TL build system carefully formulates dependencies as well as +'make' rules when a tool (such as 'tangle', 'ctangle', or 'convert') +creates several output files. This allows for parallel builds ('make -j +N' with N>1 or even 'make -j') that can considerably speed up the TL +build. Independently, speed-up can also be achieved by using a +configure cache file, i.e., with the option '-C' (recommended). + + Running 'make dist' at the top-level creates a tarball +'tex-live-YYYY-MM-DD.tar.xz' from the TL source tree. Running 'make +dist-check' also verifies that this tarball suffices to build and +install all of TL. (This is useful for checking consistency of the +source tree and Makefiles, but the result is not a complete or even +usable TeX system, since all the support files are lacking; see the next +section.) + diff --git a/Build/source/README.3installing b/Build/source/README.3installing new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..c65ebde5d9d --- /dev/null +++ b/Build/source/README.3installing @@ -0,0 +1,141 @@ +(This file was generated by makeinfo and splitinfo.gawk.) +(Released under the old-style GNU documentation license; + see sources or other output files for full text.) + +5 Installing +************ + +This section discusses the results of 'make install' in the source tree. + + The main consideration is that this is not enough to make a usable +TeX installation. Beyond the binaries that are built from the sources, +(thousands of) support files are needed; just as a first example +'plain.tex' is not in the source tree. + + These support files are maintained completely independently and are +not present in the source tree. The best basis for dealing with them is +the TeX Live (plain text) database in 'Master/tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb', +and/or the TeX Live installer, 'install-tl'. More information is under +'Master/tlpkg' and at <http://tug.org/texlive/distro.html>. + +5.1 Installation directories +============================ + +Running 'make install' (or 'make install-strip') installs executables in +'BINDIR', libraries in 'LIBDIR', headers in 'INCLUDEDIR', general data +(including "linked scripts", *note Linked scripts::) in +'DATAROOTDIR/texmf-dist', man pages in 'MANDIR', and Info files in +'INFODIR'. + + The values of these directories are determined by 'configure' and can +be specified explictly as options such as '--prefix=PREFIX' or +'--bindir=BINDIR'; otherwise, they are given by their usual Autoconf +defaults: + + PREFIX /usr/local + EXEC_PREFIX PREFIX + BINDIR EXEC_PREFIX/bin + LIBDIR EXEC_PREFIX/lib + INCLUDEDIR PREFIX/include + DATAROOTDIR PREFIX/share + MANDIR DATAROOTDIR/man + INFODIR DATAROOTDIR/info + +... except possibly modified as follows: + + * If the option '--enable-multiplatform' is given, '/PLATFORM' (i.e., + the canonical platform name) is appended to 'BINDIR' and 'LIBDIR'. + This is implied for a native TL build. + + * In a native TL build, 'DATAROOTDIR' is set to 'PREFIX', 'INFODIR' + is set to 'PREFIX/texmf-dist/doc/info', and 'MANDIR' to + 'PREFIX/texmf-dist/doc/man', corresponding to the directories used + in the TL distribution. + +The top-level 'configure' script displays all these installation paths. + + For the native TL build, the 'Build' script leaves the binaries in +'./inst/bin/STD-PLATFORM-NAME'. The new binaries are not directly +usable from that location; they need to be copied to +'Master/bin/TL-PLATFORM'. The other files and directories that end up +in './inst/' are ignored. + +5.2 Linked scripts +================== + +Quite a few executables are architecture-independent shell, Perl, or +other interpreted scripts, rather than compiled binaries. A few are +maintained as part of the TL source tree, but most are maintained +elsewhere with copies under 'texk/texlive/linked_scripts'. + + These so-called "linked scripts" are installed under +'DATAROOTDIR/texmf-dist/scripts'; for Unix-like systems a symbolic link +is made in 'BINDIR'. For example, a symlink points from 'BINDIR/ps2eps' +to 'DATAROOTDIR/texmf-dist/scripts/ps2eps/ps2eps.pl'. For Windows, a +standard wrapper binary (e.g., 'BINDIR/ps2eps.exe') serves the same +purpose. (The source for the wrapper is in 'texk/texlive/w32_wrapper'.) + + One reason for all this is to avoid having many copies of the same +script, but more importantly this allows invoking the same script on all +operating systems. Furthermore, we want the 'BINDIR' resulting from the +build to be exactly what is in the TL distribution; any deviations cause +considerable extra work. + +5.3 Distro builds +================= + +Although they use the same code base, building for the native TL +distribution as shipped by the TL user groups is typically quite +different from a "distro" build needed by, e.g., a full GNU/Linux or BSD +operating system distribution. + + The native TL distribution uses shared libraries only when absolutely +necessary ('libc', 'libm', X11 libraries, and 'libfontconfig'). +However, a distro typically wants to use as many shared libraries as +possible from elsewhere on the system, including TeX-specific libraries +such as 'libkpathsea' (even though Kpathsea has never officially been +released as a shared library, but we digress). In addition, the +installation paths will, in general, be completely different. + + Here are the 'configure' options that distro builds are likely to +find most relevant: + +'--disable-native-texlive-build' + This must be specified to avoid interference from the many tweaks + we do for the native TL build. + +'--with-banner-add=/SOMEDISTRO' + This isn't technically required, but is strongly recommended, so + your build and your distro can be distinguished from others. + +'--enable-shared' + Build shared versions of the TeX-specific libraries (uses + 'libtool'). + +'--disable-static' + Do not build the static versions of the TeX-specific libraries. + +'--with-system-LIB' + Use system versions for as many libraries LIB as possible. + 'configure --help' will give you the list of possibilities. + +'--with-LIB-includes=DIR' +'--with-LIB-libdir=DIR' + If needed, allows you to specify where the headers/code are for the + given library LIB. + +'--prefix=/usr' +'--prefix=/opt/TeXLive' + Or whatever your convention is. The default is '/usr/local' and + you shouldn't install there for a distro. + +'--libdir=\${exec_prefix}/lib64' + May be needed for 64-bit bi-architecture (GNU/Linux) systems. + + You will need to take care of the support files mentioned above +(*note Installing::), and many other issues, such as font maps, +languages, and formats, independently of the build. Norbert Preining +has written a detailed article on adapting TL for distros: +<http://tug.org/TUGboat/tb34-3/tb108preining-distro.pdf>. (If it needs +updating at some point, perhaps we will merge it into this document.) + diff --git a/Build/source/README.4layout b/Build/source/README.4layout new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..acf1bc24dbc --- /dev/null +++ b/Build/source/README.4layout @@ -0,0 +1,531 @@ +(This file was generated by makeinfo and splitinfo.gawk.) +(Released under the old-style GNU documentation license; + see sources or other output files for full text.) + +6 Layout and infrastructure +*************************** + +The TeX Live source tree is the subtree rooted at 'Build/source' of the +complete TL distribution and contains the sources for all executables +distributed by TL, as well as 'configure' scripts and 'make' rules to +build and install them together with some of their support files. + +6.1 Build system tools +====================== + +As mentioned above (*note Prerequisites::), a normal build requires very +little. On the other hand, if you want to modify the TeX Live +infrastructure sources, such as 'configure.ac' or 'Makefile.am' files, +you will need to have several additional tools installed. + + In general, the TL build system uses the latest released versions of +the GNU build tools, installed directly from the original GNU releases +(e.g., by building them with 'configure --prefix=/usr/local/gnu' and +having 'PATH' start with '/usr/local/gnu/bin'). We have found that +trying to use the versions of these tools packaged for distros causes +many extra hassles, so don't do that, tempting as it may be. + + Currently the versions we use are: + + autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.69 + automake (GNU automake) 1.14.1 + bison (GNU Bison) 3.0.2 + flex 2.5.39 + ltmain.sh (GNU libtool) 2.4.2 + m4 (GNU M4) 1.4.17 + makeinfo (GNU texinfo) 5.2 + + These versions should be used to update the generated files (e.g., +'configure' or 'Makefile.in') in all or parts of the TL tree after their +dependencies have been changed. This can be done explicitly with the +top-level 'reautoconf' script or implicitly by using the configure +option '--enable-maintainer-mode'. + + The files in the Subversion repository (see +<http://tug.org/texlive/svn>) are all up to date, but unfortunately this +may not be reflected by their timestamps. (For starters, be sure to set +'use-commit-times=yes' in '~/.subversion/config' or the equivalent.) + + To avoid unnecessary runs of 'bison', 'flex', or 'makeinfo' it may be +necessary to 'touch' the generated ('.c', '.h', or '.info') files. With +'--enable-maintainer-mode' it may also be necessary to 'touch' first +'aclocal.m4', then 'configure' and 'config.h.in' (or 'c-auto.in'), and +finally all 'Makefile.in' files. Perhaps 'make -t' will help. + +6.2 Top-level directories +========================= + +Here is a brief description of the top-level directories in the TeX Live +source tree. + + As mentioned at the beginning of the chapter (*note Overview of build +system::), the main source directories are 'texk/' (TeX-specific +programs and libraries), 'utils/' (additional programs), and 'libs' +(generic libraries). + + The top-level directories 'am/' and 'm4/' contain 'Makefile.am' +fragments and Autoconf macros, respectively, used in many places. +Specifically, the file 'm4/kpse-pkgs.m4' contains lists of all program +and library modules; missing modules are silently ignored. (This helps +in creating cut-down source trees.) + + Each module contributes fragments (in separate files) defining its +capabilities and requirements to the 'configure.ac' scripts at the +top-level and in the subdirectories 'libs', 'utils', and 'texk'. The +fragments from program modules supply 'configure' options to disable or +enable building them; those from library modules specify if an installed +(system) version of that library can be used. This ultimately +determines which modules need to be built--although all modules must be +configured for the benefit of 'make' targets such as 'dist' or +'distcheck'. + + The top-level 'build-aux/' directory contains the common files +'compile', 'config.guess', 'config.sub', 'depcomp', etc. for most +packages, pulled from the GNU Gnulib sources +(<http://www.gnu.org/software/gnulib>), which in turn synchronizes with +the appropriate ultimate upstream repository. There are, however, +independent copies in, e.g., 'libs/freetype2/freetype-*/builds/unix/', +and similar places. The 'reautoconf' script does not touch those, but a +TL cron job keeps them in sync (nightly). + + The directory 'extra/' contains things which are not part of the TL +build, but are present for convenience, e.g., 'epstopdf' developed here +and 'xz/' required by the TL installer. + +6.3 Autoconf macros +=================== + +Here we describe some of the Autoconf macros used in several modules-not +a complete list, by any means. These general macros are supplemented by +module-specific macros in directories such as 'texk/dvipng/m4/'; some of +those are described in *note Library modules:: and *note Program +modules::. + +6.3.1 General setup macros +-------------------------- + +The TL sources use two general setup macros: + + -- Macro: KPSE_BASIC (NAME, [MORE-OPTIONS]) + Initialize the basic TL infrastructure for module NAME: + 'AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign MORE-OPTIONS])' + 'AM_MAINTAINER_MODE' + 'KPSE_COMPILER_WARNINGS' + and make sure the C compiler understands function prototypes. This + is used for all generic library and program modules. + + -- Macro: KPSE_COMMON (NAME, [MORE-OPTIONS]) + Like 'KPSE_BASIC' but add: + 'LT_PREREQ([2.2.6])' + 'LT_INIT([win32-dll])' + 'AC_SYS_LARGEFILE' + 'AC_FUNC_FSEEKO' + and check for frequently used functions, headers, types, and + structures. This is used for TeX-specific modules. + +6.3.2 Macros for programs +------------------------- + +Macros for program checks: + + -- Macro: KPSE_CHECK_LATEX + Set 'LATEX' to the name of the first of 'latex', 'elatex', or + 'lambda' which exists in 'PATH', or to 'no' if none of them exists. + Call 'AC_SUBST' for 'LATEX'. The result of this test can be + overridden by setting the 'LATEX' environment variable or the cache + variable 'ac_cv_prog_LATEX'. + + -- Macro: KPSE_CHECK_PDFLATEX + Check for 'pdflatex' in 'PATH' and set 'PDFLATEX'. + + -- Macro: KPSE_CHECK_PERL + Check for 'perl' or 'perl5' in 'PATH' and set 'PERL'. + + -- Macro: KPSE_PROG_LEX + Call 'AC_PROG_LEX' and add the flag '-l' for 'flex'. + +6.3.3 Macros for compilers +-------------------------- + +Macros for compiler-related checks: + + -- Macro: KPSE_COMPILER_WARNINGS + When using the (Objective) C/C++ compiler, set + 'WARNING_[OBJ]C[XX']FLAGS to suitable warning flags (depending on + the value given to or implied for '--enable-compiler-warnings'). + Call 'AC_SUBST' for them. At the moment this only works for GNU + compilers, but could be extended to others if necessary. + + This macro caches its results in the 'kpse_cv_warning_cflags', ... + variables. + + -- Macro: KPSE_COMPILER_VISIBILITY + When using the C or C++ compiler, try to set + 'VISIBILITY_C[XX]FLAGS' to flags to hide external symbols. Call + 'AC_SUBST' for this variable. At the moment this only tests for + the compiler option '-fvisibility=hidden', but that could be + extended with more checks if necessary. + + This macro caches its results in the 'kpse_cv_visibility_cflags' or + 'kpse_cv_visibility_cxxflags' variable. + + -- Macro: KPSE_CXX_HACK + Provide the configure option '--enable-cxx-runtime-hack'. If + enabled and when using 'g++', try to statically link with + 'libstdc++', somewhat improving portability of the resulting + binary. + + This macro caches its result in the 'kpse_cv_cxx_hack' variable. + +6.3.4 Macros for libraries +-------------------------- + +One macro for a library check: + + -- Macro: KPSE_LARGEFILE (VARIABLE, [EXTRA-DEFINE]) + Call 'AC_SYS_LARGEFILE' and 'AC_FUNC_FSEEKO' and append suitable + '-D' flags (optionally including '-DEXTRA-DEFINE') to VARIABLE. + +6.3.5 Macros for library and header flags +----------------------------------------- + +Each library module 'libs/LIB' or 'texk/LIB' is supplemented by a macro +'KPSE_LIB_FLAGS' (all uppercase) that provides make variables for that +library. E.g., for 'libs/libpng': + + -- Macro: KPSE_LIBPNG_FLAGS + Provide the configure option '--with-system-libpng'. Set and + 'AC_SUBST' 'make' variables for modules using this library (either + an installed version or from the TeX Live tree): 'LIBPNG_INCLUDES' + for use in CPPFLAGS, LIBPNG_LIBS for use in LDADD, LIBPNG_DEPEND + for use as dependency, and LIBPNG_RULE defining 'make' rules to + rebuild the library. + + -- Macro: KPSE_ADD_FLAGS (LIBNAME) + Temporarily extend CPPFLAGS and LIBS with the values required for + the library module 'NAME'. + + -- Macro: KPSE_RESTORE_FLAGS + Restore 'CPPFLAGS' and 'LIBS' to their original values. + + As an example, the 'configure.ac' file for a hypothetical program +'utils/foo' using 'libpng', and hence 'zlib', would contain + KPSE_ZLIB_FLAGS + KPSE_LIBPNG_FLAGS + +and its 'Makefile.am' would be along these lines: + bin_PROGRAMS = foo + AM_CPPFLAGS = ${ZLIB_INCLUDES} ${LIBPNG_INCLUDES} + foo_LDADD = ${ZLIB_LIBS} ${LIBPNG_LIBS} + foo_DEPENDENCIES = ${ZLIB_DEPEND} ${LIBPNG_DEPEND} + ## Rebuild libz + @ZLIB_RULE@ + ## Rebuild libpng + @LIBPNG_RULE@ + + If it was necessary to examine whether certain 'zlib' or 'libpng' +features were available, 'configure.ac' should be continued this way: + KPSE_ADD_FLAGS([zlib]) + ... # tests for 'zlib' features, if any + KPSE_ADD_FLAGS([libpng]) + ... # tests for 'libpng' features + KPSE_RESTORE_FLAGS # restore 'CPPFLAGS' and 'LIBS' + +6.3.6 Macros for Windows +------------------------ + +Windows differs in several aspects from Unix-like systems, many of them +due to the lack of symbolic links. + + -- Macro: KPSE_CHECK_WIN32 + Check if compiling for a Windows system. The result is 'no' for + Unix-like systems (including Cygwin), 'mingw32' for Windows with + GCC, or 'native' for Windows with MSVC. The result is cached in the + 'kpse_cv_have_win32' variable. + + -- Macro: KPSE_COND_WIN32 + Call 'KPSE_CHECK_WIN32' and define the Automake conditional 'WIN32' + ('true' if the value of 'kpse_cv_have_win32' is not 'no'). + + -- Macro: KPSE_COND_MINGW32 + Call 'KPSE_COND_WIN32' and define the Automake conditional + 'MINGW32' ('true' if the value of 'kpse_cv_have_win32' is + 'mingw32'). + + -- Macro: KPSE_COND_WIN32_WRAP + Call 'KPSE_COND_WIN32' and define the Automake conditional + 'WIN32_WRAP' ('true' if the standard Windows wrapper + ('texk/texlive/w32_wrapper/runscript.exe') exists. This wrapper is + used on Windows instead of symlinks for the "linked scripts" (*note + Linked scripts::). + + -- Macro: KPSE_WIN32_CALL + Call 'KPSE_COND_WIN32', check if the file + 'texk/texlive/w32_wrapper/callexe.c' exists; if it does, create a + symlink in the build tree. Compiling 'callexe.c' with + '-DEXEPROG='"FOO.exe"'' and installing 'callexe.exe' as 'BAR.exe' + is used on Windows instead of a symlink 'BAR->FOO' for Unix-like + systems. + +6.4 Library modules +=================== + +Here we discuss some specifics for a few of the libraries in TL, both +for the details themselves, and as a way of illuminating the general +structure and variation. + +6.4.1 The 'png' library in 'libs/libpng' +---------------------------------------- + +This generic library uses the source tree in, e.g., the subdirectory +'libpng-1.5.17' with all modifications for TL recorded in +'libpng-1.5.17-PATCHES/*'. The 'configure.ac' fragment +'ac/withenable.ac' contains + + KPSE_WITH_LIB([libpng], [zlib]) + +specifying the module name, and indicating the dependency on 'zlib'. A +third literal argument 'tree' would specify that the library from the +TeX Live tree cannot be replaced by a system version. That not being +the case here, a second fragment 'ac/libpng.ac' contains + + KPSE_TRY_LIB([libpng], + [#include <png.h>], + [png_structp png; png_voidp io; png_rw_ptr fn; + png_set_read_fn(png, io, fn);]) + +thus providing the simple C code + + #include <png.h> + int main () + { png_structp png; png_voidp io; png_rw_ptr fn; + png_set_read_fn(png, io, fn); + return 0; } + +which Autoconf uses to verify the usability of a system version with C +code. The analogous macro 'KPSE_TRY_LIBXX' would check using C++ code. +These fragments are included by 'configure.ac' at the top level. + + For this library, among many other modules, a proxy build system for +TL is used ('configure.ac', 'Makefile.am', and 'include/Makefile.am'), +ignoring the distributed one. Consequently, a few generated files and +auxiliary scripts are removed from the distributed source tree. The +public headers 'png.h', 'pngconf.h', and 'pnglibconf.h' are "installed" +(as symlinks) under 'include/' in the build tree exactly as they are for +a system version under, e.g., '/usr/include/'. + + The module is supplemented by the file 'm4/kpse-libpng-flags.m4' that +defines the M4 macro 'KPSE_LIBPNG_FLAGS' used by all modules depending +on this library in their 'configure.ac' to generate the 'make' variables +'LIBPNG_INCLUDES' for use in 'CPPFLAGS', 'LIBPNG_LIBS' for use in +'LDADD', 'LIBPNG_DEPEND' for use as dependencies, and 'LIBPNG_RULE' +defining 'make' rules to rebuild the library. + + 'm4/kpse-libpng-flags.m4' also supplies the configure option +'--with-system-libpng' and uses 'pkg-config' to determine the flags +required for the system library. + +6.4.2 The 'zlib' library in 'libs/zlib' +--------------------------------------- + +This generic library is very much analogous to 'libpng', but without the +dependency on any other library. The file 'm4/kpse-zlib-flags.m4' +supplies the configure option '--with-system-zlib', as well as +'--with-zlib-includes' and '--with-zlib-libdir' to specify non-standard +locations of the 'zlib' headers and/or library. + +6.4.3 The 'freetype' library in 'libs/freetype2' +------------------------------------------------ + +This module uses a wrapper build system with an almost trivial +'configure.ac' and with a 'Makefile.am' that invokes 'configure' and +'make' for the distributed source, followed by 'make install' with the +build tree as destination. The flags required for the system library +are obtained through 'freetype-config'. + +6.4.4 The 'kpathsea' library in 'texk/kpathsea' +----------------------------------------------- + +This is one of the TeX-specific libraries that are maintained as part of +TeX Live (*note (kpathsea)::). Despite being a core part of the TeX +system, it is not a terribly special case in the infrastructure. The +TeX libraries are Libtool libraries (static and/or shared) and are +installed by 'make install' together with the programs. They are, +however, not part of the TL DVD as distributed by TeX user groups, and +have never been officially released for standalone use. + + It is possible, and possibly even useful for distro builds (*note +Distro builds::, to specify the configure option +'--with-system-kpathsea' in order to use a system version of the library +and it may then be necessary to specify '--with-kpathsea-includes' +and/or '--with-kpathsea-libdir'. + + In addition to 'ac/withenable.ac' and 'ac/kpathsea.ac' there is a +third fragment 'ac/mktex.ac' included by both 'ac/withenable.ac' and +'configure.ac' that supplies configure options such as +'--enable-mktextfm-default', which determine the compile time default of +whether or not to run 'mktextfm' to generate a missing '.tfm' file. In +any case, however, the command line options '-mktex=tfm' or +'-no-mktex=tfm' for the TeX-like engines override this default. + +6.5 Program modules +=================== + +As with libraries (*note Library modules::), here we discuss the details +for a few of the programs in TL. + +6.5.1 The 't1utils' package in 'utils/t1utils' +---------------------------------------------- + +Once again we use the distributed source tree 't1utils-1.38' with +modifications documented in 't1utils-1.38-PATCHES/*' and a proxy build +system consisting of 'configure.ac' and 'Makefile.am'. The fragment +'ac/withenable.ac' contains + + KPSE_ENABLE_PROG([t1utils]) + +specifying the module name without any dependencies, and supplies the +configure option '--disable-t1utils'. + +6.5.2 The 'xindy' package in 'utils/xindy' +------------------------------------------ + +This module uses the distributed source tree 'xindy-2.4' with +modifications documented in 'xindy-2.4-PATCHES/*', a proxy +'configure.ac', and a wrapper 'Makefile.am' that descends into +'xindy-2.4'. The 'xindy' build requires that the distributed +'Makefile's allow a 'VPATH' build, can handle all targets, and do not +refer to '${top_srcdir}' or '${top_builddir}'. The fragment +'ac/withenable.ac' contains + + KPSE_ENABLE_PROG([xindy], , [disable native]) + m4_include(kpse_TL[utils/xindy/ac/xindy.ac]) + m4_include(kpse_TL[utils/xindy/ac/clisp.ac]) + +where 'disable' in the third argument indicates that 'xindy' is only +built if explicitly enabled by the user with 'configure --enable-xindy' +(the need for 'clisp' is too painful to require by default), and +'native' disallows cross compilation. The additional fragments +'ac/xindy.ac' and 'ac/clisp.ac' specify more 'configure' options to be +seen at the top level with 'ac/xindy.ac' also included by +'configure.ac'. + +6.5.3 The 'xdvik' package in 'texk/xdvik' +----------------------------------------- + +This package is maintained as part of the TeX Live tree with sources in +its top level directory and the subdirectory 'gui'. The fragment +'ac/withenable.ac' contains + + dnl extra_dirs = texk/xdvik/squeeze + KPSE_ENABLE_PROG([xdvik], [kpathsea freetype2], [x]) + m4_include(kpse_TL[texk/xdvik/ac/xdvik.ac]) + +thus specifying the dependency on the 'kpathsea', 'freetype', and X11 +libraries. The M4 comment (following 'dnl') signals the subsidiary +'squeeze/configure.ac'. This is needed because the main executable +'xdvi-bin' (to be installed as, e.g., 'xdvi-xaw') is for the 'host' +system whereas the auxiliary program 'squeeze/squeeze' has to run on the +'build' system and in a cross compilation they differ. + + The additional fragment 'ac/xdvik.ac' is also included by +'configure.ac' and supplies the configure option '--with-xdvi-x-toolkit' +also seen at the top-level. + +6.5.4 The subdirectory 'utils/asymptote' +---------------------------------------- + +This subdirectory contains the sources for 'asy' and 'xasy' but due to +its complexity and prerequisites (e.g., OpenGL) it is not part of the TL +build system. These programs must be built and installed independently, +but are included on the TL DVD together with their support files. + +6.6 Extending TeX Live +====================== + +This section outlines the basic process for adding new packages to the +TL build system. + +6.6.1 Adding a new program module +--------------------------------- + +A TeX-specific program module in a subdirectory 'texk/PROG' may use the +TeX-specific libraries and is included by adding its name 'PROG' to the +M4 list 'kpse_texk_pkgs' defined in 'm4/kpse-pkgs.m4'. + + A generic program module in a subdirectory 'utils/PROG' must not use +the TeX-specific libraries and is included by adding its name 'PROG' to +the M4 list 'kpse_utils_pkgs' in 'm4/kpse-pkgs.m4'. + + In either case, apart from the program sources and build system +('configure.ac' and 'Makefile.am'), the subdirectory 'texk/PROG' or +'utils/PROG' must provide a fragment 'ac/withenable.ac' that contains +the M4 macro 'KPSE_ENABLE_PROG' defined in 'm4/kpse-setup.m4' with +'PROG' as the mandatory first argument and three optional arguments: + + 1. a list of required libraries from the TL tree; + + 2. a list of options ('disable' if this module is not to be built + without the configure option '--enable-PROG', 'native' if cross + compilation is not possible, 'x' if the program requires X11 + libraries); + + 3. and a comment added to the help text for the 'configure' option + '--enable-PROG' or '--disable-PROG'. + + If the module requires specific configure options to be seen at the +top-level, they should be defined in an additional fragment 'ac/PROG.ac' +included from 'ac/withenable.ac' and 'configure.ac'. + +6.6.2 Adding a new generic library module +----------------------------------------- + +A generic library module in a subdirectory 'libs/LIB' must not depend on +TeX-specific libraries, by definition. It is included by adding its +name 'LIB' to the M4 list 'kpse_libs_pkgs' in 'm4/kpse-pkgs.m4'--before +any other libraries from the TeX Live tree on which it depends. + + As with program modules, the subdirectory 'libs/LIB' must contain the +sources and build system for the library (and any installable support +programs) and a fragment 'ac/withenable.ac' that contains the M4 macro +'KPSE_WITH_LIB' defined in 'm4/kpse-setup.m4' with 'LIB' as the +mandatory first argument and two optional arguments: a list of required +libraries from the TL tree, and a list of options (currently there is +only one: specify 'tree' if this library cannot be replaced by a system +version). + + If a system version can be used, a second fragment 'ac/LIB.ac' is +needed, containing the M4 macro 'KPSE_TRY_LIB' (or 'KPSE_TRY_LIBXX') +with 'LIB' as the mandatory first argument and two additional arguments +for the Autoconf macro 'AC_LANG_PROGRAM' used to compile and link a +small C (or C++) program as sanity check for using the system library. + + In addition a file 'm4/kpse-LIB-flags' (at the top level) must define +the M4 macro 'KPSE_LIB_FLAGS' (all uppercase) setting up the 'make' +variables 'LIB_INCLUDES', 'LIB_LIBS', 'LIB_DEPEND', and 'LIB_RULE' with +the values required for 'CPPFLAGS', 'LDADD', dependencies, and a +(multi-line) 'make' rule to rebuild the library when necessary. All of +that is needed for the library from the TL tree and, if supported, for a +system version. + + If a system library is allowed, 'KPSE_LIB_FLAGS' also provides the +configure option '--with-system-LIB' and uses the additional M4 macro +'KPSE_LIB_SYSTEM_FLAGS' to generate the 'make' variables for a system +library. Furthermore the definition of the M4 macro +'KPSE_ALL_SYSTEM_FLAGS' in 'm4/kpse-pkgs.m4' must be extended by the +line: + 'AC_REQUIRE([KPSE_LIB_SYSTEM_FLAGS])' + +6.6.3 Adding a new TeX-specific library module +---------------------------------------------- + +A TeX-specific library module in a subdirectory 'texk/LIB' may depend on +other TeX-specific libraries but must not depend on any generic library +from the TL tree. It is included in the same general ways as a generic +library (see the previous section), with these modifications: + + * The library name 'LIB' is added to the M4 list 'kpse_texlibs_pkgs' + also in 'm4/kpse-pkgs.m4'. + + * The fragment 'ac/withenable.ac' must use 'KPSE_WITH_TEXLIB'. + diff --git a/Build/source/README.5configure b/Build/source/README.5configure new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..f94b0ae674d --- /dev/null +++ b/Build/source/README.5configure @@ -0,0 +1,443 @@ +(This file was generated by makeinfo and splitinfo.gawk.) +(Released under the old-style GNU documentation license; + see sources or other output files for full text.) + +7 Configure options +******************* + +Corresponding to the large number of program and library modules there +are a large number 'configure' options, most of which are described +here. The command + 'configure --help' +at the top level gives an exhaustive list of all global options and a +few important module-specific ones, whereas, e.g., + 'texk/lcdf-typetools/configure --help' +also displays the 'lcdf-typetools' specific options, which are not shown +by the top-level '--help'. + + The help text also mentions several influential environment +variables, but for TeX Live it is better to specify them as assigments +on the command line. + + The './Build' script used to make the binaries shipped with TeX Live +invokes the top-level 'configure' with a few additional options (*note +Building::). The defaults discussed below are those for the actual +'configure' script; invoking 'configure' via './Build' may yield +different results. + + Defaults for most options are set at the top level and propagated +explicitly to all subdirectories. Options specified on the command line +are checked for consistency but never modified. + +7.1 Global configure options +============================ + +Here are the global configure options. + +7.1.1 '--disable-native-texlive-build' +-------------------------------------- + +If enabled (the default), build for a TL binary distribution as shipped +by the TeX user groups. This requires GNU 'make' and implies +'--enable-multiplatform' and '--enable-cxx-runtime-hack' (unless they +are explicitly disabled), and enforces '--disable-shared'. + + If building TL for a GNU/Linux or other distribution, this should be +disabled and system versions of most libraries would be used (*note +Distro builds::). This may fail without GNU 'make', but will be tried +regardless. + + A related option, '--enable-texlive-build', is automatically passed +to all subdirectories (and cannot be disabled). Subdirectories that can +also be built independently from the TL tree (such as 'utils/xindy' and +'texk/dvipng') can use this option, e.g., to choose TL-specific +installation paths. + +7.1.2 '--prefix', '--bindir', ... +--------------------------------- + +These standard Autoconf options specify various installation directories +as usual. For the complete list, *note Installation directories::. + + Also as usual, all values are prefixed by the value of 'DESTDIR', if +set, on the 'make' command line (*note Installation in a temporary +location: (automake)Staged Installs.). + +7.1.3 '--disable-largefile' +--------------------------- + +Omit large file support (LFS), needed on most 32-bit Unix systems for +files with 2GB or more. Regardless of this, the size of 'DVI' and 'GF' +files must always be <2GB, due to the file format specifications. + + With LFS, there is no fixed limit on the size of PDF files created by +'pdftex' or PostScript files created by 'dvips'. The size of PDF images +included by 'pdftex' must, however, be <4GB when using 'xpdf' and <2GB +when using older versions of 'poppler' (even on 64-bit systems with +LFS), whereas 'poppler' versions 0.23 and later impose no such limit. + +7.1.4 '--disable-missing' +------------------------- + +Immediately terminate the build process if a requested program or +feature must be disabled, e.g., due to missing libraries. This can help +when figuring out a specific (sub)set of modules to enable. + +7.1.5 '--enable-compiler-warnings='LEVEL +---------------------------------------- + +Enable various levels of compiler warnings for (Objective) C and C++: +the LEVEL value can be one of: 'no min yes max all'. The default is +'yes' in 'maintainer-mode' (see below) and 'min' otherwise. This option +defines 'WARNING_[OBJ]C[XX]FLAGS' but these flags are not used in all +library and program modules. Using them should help to resolve +portability problems. + + At present, these warning flags are only defined for the GNU +compilers but flags for other compilers could be added when needed. + +7.1.6 '--enable-cxx-runtime-hack' +--------------------------------- + +If enabled (as it is for the native TL build) and when using 'g++', try +to statically link with 'libstdc++', somewhat improving portability of +the resulting binary. *Note Macros for compilers::. + +7.1.7 '--enable-maintainer-mode' +-------------------------------- + +Enable 'make' rules and dependencies not useful (and sometimes +confusing) to the casual user. This requires current versions of the +GNU build tools (*note Build system tools::), as it automatically +rebuilds infrastructure files as needed. *Note 'missing' and +'AM_MAINTAINER_MODE': (automake)maintainer-mode. + +7.1.8 '--enable-multiplatform' +------------------------------ + +If enabled, install executables and libraries in per-platform +subdirectories of 'EPREFIX/bin' and 'EPREFIX/lib' where EPREFIX is the +value given or implied for 'exec_prefix'. This can be overridden by +explicitly '--bindir=DIR' or '--libdir=DIR'. In any case, the values +for 'bindir' and 'libdir' are automatically propagated to all +subdirectories. + +7.1.9 '--enable-shared' +----------------------- + +Build shared versions of the TeX-specific libraries such as +'libkpathsea'. This is not allowed for a native TL build (i.e., +'--disable-native-texlive-build' must also be specified). + +7.1.10 '--enable-silent-rules' +------------------------------ + +Enable the use of less verbose build rules. When using GNU 'make' (or +another 'make' implementation supporting nested variable expansions), +you can specify 'V=1' on the 'make' command line to get more verbosity, +or 'V=0' to get less, regardless of this option. + +7.1.11 '--without-ln-s' +----------------------- + +Required when using a system without a working 'ln -s' to build binaries +for a Unix-like system. However, 'make install' will not create +anything useful and might even fail. + +7.1.12 '--without-x' +-------------------- + +Disable all programs using the X Window System. + +7.2 Program-specific configure options +====================================== + +Here are (some of) the program-specific 'configure' options. + +7.2.1 '--enable-PROG', '--disable-PROG' +--------------------------------------- + +Do or do not build and install the program(s) of the module 'PROG'. + +7.2.2 '--disable-all-pkgs' +-------------------------- + +Do not build any program modules by default--only those explicitly +enabled. Without this option, all modules are built except those that +are explicitly disabled or specify 'disable' in their 'ac/withenable.ac' +fragment. + +7.2.3 Configure options for 'texk/web2c' +---------------------------------------- + +'--with-banner-add=STR' +Add 'STR' to the default version string ('TeX Live YEAR' or 'Web2C +YEAR') appended to banner lines. This is ignored for a native TL build, +but distro builds should specify, e.g., '/SOMEDISTRO'. + +'--with-editor=CMD' +Specify the command 'CMD' to invoke from the 'e' option of TeX-like +engines, replacing the default 'vi +%d '%s'' for Unix or 'texworks +--position=%d "%s"' for Windows. + +'--with-fontconfig-includes=DIR', '--with-fontconfig-libdir=DIR' +Building XeTeX on non-Mac systems requires the 'fontconfig' library +headers and code. If one or both of these options are given, the +required flags are derived from them; otherwise, they are determined via +'pkg-config' (if present). + +'--with-mf-x-toolkit' +Use the X toolkit ('libXt') for Metafont (the default is to use the +lowest-level 'Xlib' support; it seems this has the best chance of +working across X installations nowadays). + +'--disable-dump-share' +Make the 'fmt'/'base' dump files architecture dependent (somewhat faster +on LittleEndian architectures). + +'--disable-ipc' +Disable TeX's '--ipc' option. + +'--disable-mf-nowin' +Do not build a separate non-graphically-capable Metafont ('mf-nowin'). + +'--disable-omfonts' +Build the WEB versions of the Omega font utilities 'ofm2opl', 'opl2ofm', +'ovf2ovp', and 'ovp2ovf' instead of the C version 'omfonts'. The WEB +and C versions should be roughly equivalent. + +'--disable-tex', '--enable-etex', ... +Do not or do build the various TeX, Metafont, and MetaPost engines +(defaults are defined in the fragment 'texk/web2c/ac/web2c.ac'). + +'--disable-web-progs' +Do not build the core WEB programs 'bibtex', ..., 'weave'. Useful if, +e.g., you only want to (re)build some engines. + +'--enable-auto-core' +This option causes TeX and Metafont to produce a core dump when a +particular hacky filename is encountered, for use in creating preloaded +binaries. This is rarely done nowadays. + +'--enable-libtool-hack' +If enabled (which is the default for all platforms), prevents 'libtool' +from linking explicitly with dependencies of 'libfontconfig' such as +'libexpat'. + +'--enable-*win' +Include various types of other window support for Metafont (EPSF output, +'mftalk', old terminals, ...). + +'--enable-tex-synctex', '--disable-etex-synctex', ... +Build the TeX engines with or without 'SyncTeX' support; ignored for a +native TeX Live build, defaults are again defined in +'texk/web2c/ac/web2c.ac'. + +7.2.4 Configure options for 'texk/bibtex-x' +------------------------------------------- + +The former programs 'bibtex8' and 'bibtexu' have been merged into the +module 'bibtex-x' (extended BibTeX). + +'--disable-bibtex8' +Do not build the 'bibtex8' program. + + -disable-bibtexu '--disable-bibtexu' +Do not build the 'bibtexu' program (building 'bibtexu' requires 'ICU' +libraries). + +7.2.5 Configure options for 'texk/dvipdfm-x' +-------------------------------------------- + +The former modules 'dvipdfmx' (extended DVI to PDF converter) and +'xdvipdfmx' (the same, as used by XeTeX) have been merged into +'dvipdfm-x'. + +'--disable-dvipdfmx' +Do not build the 'dvipdfmx' program. + +'--disable-xdvipdfmx' +Do not build the 'xdvipdfmx' program (building 'xdvipdfmx' requires the +'freetype' library). + +7.2.6 Configure options for 'texk/dvisvgm' +------------------------------------------ + +'--with-system-libgs' +Build 'dvisvgm' using installed Ghostscript ('gs') headers and library +(not allowed for a native TL build). The default is to load the 'gs' +library at runtime if possible, or otherwise disable support for +PostScript specials. + +'--without-libgs' +Build 'dvisvgm' without PostScript support at all. Because the dynamic +loading just mention defeats all attempts at static linking, the result +can crash due to library incompatibilities, e.g., on CentOS 5. + +'--with-libgs-includes=DIR', '--with-libgs-libdir=DIR' +Specify non-standard locations of the Ghostscript headers and library. + +7.2.7 Configure options for 'texk/texlive' +------------------------------------------ + +'--disable-linked-scripts' +Do not install the "linked scripts" (*note Linked scripts::), except for +the TL scripts required to run 'texlinks'. + +7.2.8 Configure options for 'texk/xdvik' +---------------------------------------- + +'--with-gs=FILENAME' +Hardwire the location of Ghostscript ('gs'). + +'--with-xdvi-x-toolkit=KIT' +Use toolkit 'KIT' for 'xdvik', one of: 'motif xaw xaw3d neXtaw'. The +default is 'motif' if available, else 'xaw'. + +7.2.9 Configure options for 'utils/xindy' +----------------------------------------- + +'--enable-xindy-rules' +Build and install 'xindy' rules (default: yes, except for a native TL +build). + +'--enable-xindy-docs' +Build and install 'xindy' documentation (default: yes, except for a +native TL build). + +'--with-clisp-runtime=FILENAME' +Specifies the Full path for the CLISP runtime file ('lisp.run' or +'lisp.exe') to be installed. When specified as 'default' (the default +for a native TL build) the path is determined by the CLISP executable; +the value 'system' (not allowed for a native TL build, but the default +for a non-native one) indicates that 'xindy' will use the installed +version of 'clisp' (which must be identical to the one used to build +'xindy'). + +'--with-recode' +Use 'recode' instead of 'iconv' to build the 'xindy' rules and +documentation, required for some systems where 'iconv' is missing or +broken. + +7.3 Library-specific configure options +====================================== + +Here are (some of) the library-specific 'configure' options, starting +with this generic one: + +'--with-system-LIB' + + Use an installed (system) version of the library 'LIB'; this option +exists for most libraries, but is not allowed for a native TL build. +Using a system version implies also using the system versions of all +libraries (if any) that LIB depends on. + + For many libraries '--with-LIB-includes=DIR' and +'--with-LIB-libdir=DIR' to specify non-standard search locations; others +use 'pkg-config' or similar to determine the required flags. + + The top-level 'configure' script performs a consistency check for all +required system libraries and bails out if tests fail. + +7.3.1 Configure options for 'kpathsea' +-------------------------------------- + +'--enable-CMD-default', '--disable-CMD-default' +Determine the compile time default whether or not to run CMD, one of: +'mkocp' + (Omega compiled translation process file) +'mkofm' + (Omega font metrics file) +'mktexfmt' + (format/base dump file) +'mktexmf' + (Metafont source) +'mktexpk' + (PK bitmap font) +'mktextex' + (TeX source) +'mktextfm' + (TFM file) + +to generate the specified type of file dynamically. The default can be +overridden by the user in any case. + +7.3.2 Configure options for system 'poppler' +-------------------------------------------- + +Building LuaTeX and XeTeX requires 'poppler', either from the TL tree or +system headers and library. Building pdfTeX requires either 'xpdf' from +the TeX Live tree or system 'poppler' headers and library. + +'--with-system-poppler' +Use a system version (0.18 or newer) of 'poppler' for LuaTeX and XeTeX, +and use 'pkg-config' to obtain the required flags. + +'--with-system-xpdf' +Use a system version (0.12 or better) of 'poppler' (and 'pkg-config') +for pdfTeX instead of 'xpdf' from the TL tree. *Note +'--disable-largefile'::. + +7.4 Variables for configure +=========================== + +The values for these variables can be specified as 'configure' arguments +of the form 'VAR=VALUE'. They can also be defined in the environment, +but that might not work for cross compilations. + +'CC' +'CXX' +'CPPFLAGS' + And plenty more. As usual with Autoconf, these variables specify + the name (or full path) of compilers, preprocessor flags, and + similar. *Note autoconf: (GNU Autoconf)Preset Output Variables. + +'CLISP' + Name (or full path) of the 'clisp' executable, used to build + 'xindy'. + +'FT2_CONFIG' +'ICU_CONFIG' +'PKG_CONFIG' + These specify the name (or path) for the 'freetype-config', + 'icu-config', and 'pkg-config' commands used to determine the flags + required for system versions of 'libfreetype', the ICU libraries, + or many other libraries. + +'KPSEWHICH' + Name (or path) of an installed 'kpsewhich' binary, used by 'make + check' to determine the location of, e.g., 'cmbx10.tfm'. + +'MAKE' +'SED' + And more. Name (or path) of the 'make', 'sed', and similar + programs; used at the top level and propagated to all + subdirectories. + +'PERL' +'LATEX' +'PDFLATEX' + Name (or full path) for the 'perl', 'latex', and 'pdflatex' + commands used, e.g., to build the 'xindy' documentation. + +'TL_PLATFORM' + The utility program 'biber' consists of many Perl modules bundled + into an executable by the 'Par::Packer' mechanism. Therefore it is + not feasible to build 'biber' as part of TL. + + However, in order for 'make install' to create all executables in + 'bindir', the 'biber' module in TL contains pre-made binaries (by + 'biber' contributors, released on the original 'biber' site) for + the platforms for which they are available. TL merely checks if an + executable is present for the current platform, and if so, installs + it. + + The complication is hidden in the phrase "current platform". TL + has its own ideas about platform names, and the mapping from the + canonical system name determined by 'config.guess' or 'config.sub' + to the TL platform name is not trivial. So, a value given for + 'TL_PLATFORM' is used as the TL platform name. Otherwise, the + build uses copies of the Perl modules 'TeXLive/TLUtils.pm' and + 'TeXLive/TLConfig.pm', to avoid duplicating the platform-detection + logic. + diff --git a/Build/source/README.6cross b/Build/source/README.6cross new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..8527564f7f2 --- /dev/null +++ b/Build/source/README.6cross @@ -0,0 +1,105 @@ +(This file was generated by makeinfo and splitinfo.gawk.) +(Released under the old-style GNU documentation license; + see sources or other output files for full text.) + +8 Cross compilation +******************* + +In a cross compilation a "build" system is used to create binaries to be +executed on a "host" system with different hardware and/or operating +system. + + In simple cases, the build system can execute binaries for the host +system. This typically occurs for bi-arch systems where, e.g., +'i386-linux' binaries can run on 'x86_64-linux' systems and 'win32' +binaries can run on 'win64' systems. Although sometimes called "native +cross", technically this is not cross compilation at all. In most such +cases it suffices to specify suitable compiler flags. It might be +useful to add the configure option '--build=HOST' to get the correct +canonical host name, but note that this should _not_ be '--host=HOST' +(*note (autoconf)Hosts and Cross-Compilation::). + + In order to build, e.g., 32-bit binaries with 'clang' on a 64-bit OSX +system one could use + './Build --build=i386-apple-darwin CC='clang -arch i386'' \ + 'CXX='clang++ -arch i386' OBJCXX='clang++ -arch i386'' + +8.1 Cross configuring +===================== + +In a standard cross compilation, binaries for the host system cannot +execute on the build system and it is necessary to specify the configure +options '--host=HOST' and '--build=BUILD' with two different values. + + Building binaries requires suitable "cross" tools, e.g., compiler, +linker, and archiver, and perhaps a "cross" version of 'pkg-config' and +similar to locate host system libraries. Autoconf expects that these +cross tools are given by their usual variables or found under their +usual name prefixed with 'HOST-'. Here a list of such tools and +corresponding variables: + + ar AR + freetype-config FT2_CONFIG + g++ CXX + gcc CC + icu-config ICU_CONFIG + objdump OBJDUMP + pkg-config PKG_CONFIG + ranlib RANLIB + strip STRIP + +In order to, e.g., build 'mingw32' binaries on 'x86_64-linux' with a +cross compiler found as 'i386-pc-mingw32-gcc' one would specify + + --host=i386-pc-mingw32 --build=x86_64-linux-gnu + +or perhaps + + --host=mingw32 --build=x86_64-linux CC=i386-pc-mingw32-gcc + +but this latter, especially, might require adding 'CXX' and others. + + Configure arguments such as 'CFLAGS=...' refer to the cross compiler. +If necessary, you can specify compilers and flags for the few auxiliary +C and C++ programs required for the build process as configure arguments + + BUILDCC=... + BUILDCPPFLAGS=... + BUILDCFLAGS=... + BUILDCXX=... + BUILDCXXFLAGS=... + BUILDLDFLAGS=... + +8.2 Cross problems +================== + +The fact that binaries for the host system cannot be executed on the +build system causes some problems. + + One problem is that configure tests using 'AC_RUN_IFELSE' can compile +and link the test program but cannot execute it. Such tests should be +avoided if possible and otherwise must supply a pessimistic test result. + + Another problem arises if the build process must execute some +(auxiliary or installable) programs. Auxiliary programs can be placed +into a subdirectory that is configured natively as is done for +'texk/web2c/web2c', 'texk/dvipsk/squeeze', and 'texk/xdvik/squeeze'. +The module 'libs/freetype' uses the value of 'CC_BUILD', 'BUILD-gcc', +'gcc', or 'cc' as compiler for the auxiliary program. + + The situation for installable programs needed by the build process is +somewhat different. A quite expensive possibility, chosen for the ICU +libraries in module 'libs/icu', is to first compile natively for the +build system and in a second step to use these (uninstalled) programs +during the cross compilation. + + This approach would also be possible for the tools such as 'tangle' +used in the module 'texk/web2c' to build the WEB programs, but that +would require first building a native 'kpathsea' library. To avoid this +complication, cross compilation of the WEB or CWEB programs requires +sufficiently recent installed versions of 'tangle', 'ctangle', +'otangle', and 'tie'. + + Building 'xindy' requires running the host system 'clisp' binary, +thus cross compilation is not possible. + diff --git a/Build/source/README.7coding b/Build/source/README.7coding new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..e8f725ca456 --- /dev/null +++ b/Build/source/README.7coding @@ -0,0 +1,111 @@ +(This file was generated by makeinfo and splitinfo.gawk.) +(Released under the old-style GNU documentation license; + see sources or other output files for full text.) + +9 Coding conventions +******************** + +Ideally, building all of TeX Live with '--enable-compiler-warnings=max' +should produce no (GCC) compiler warnings at all. In spite of +considerable efforts into that direction we are still far from that goal +and there are reasons that we may never fully reach it. Below are some +rules about declarations of functions or variables and the use of +'const'. These rules should be applied to all parts of the TeX Live +tree, except some of those maintained independently. + +9.1 Declarations and definitions +================================ + +C standards +........... + +The TeX Live build system no longer supports pre-ANSI C compilers. Thus +all function prototypes and definitions must conform to the ANSI C +standard (including 'void' in the declaration of C functions with no +parameters). On the other hand, TL is built for a wide variety of +systems, not all of which support the C99 standard. Therefore using C99 +features should be avoided if that can easily be done. In particular C +code must not contain declarations after statements or C++-style +comments. + + If some C99 (or later) constructs must be used, the module should +verify that they are available and otherwise provide an alternative. +For example, the module 'texk/chktex' uses the C99 function 'stpcpy()' +that may or may not be available on a particular system. It uses +'AC_CHECK_DECLS([stpcpy])' in 'configure.ac' to test this, and provides +the perhaps slightly less efficient alternative + + #if !(defined HAVE_DECL_STPCPY && HAVE_DECL_STPCPY) + #static inline char *stpcpy(char *dest, const char *src) + { + return strcpy(dest, src) + strlen(src); + } + #endif + +in the file 'Utility.h'. + +Static functions +................ + +Functions used in only one file should be declared 'static'; they +require no prototype except as forward declaration. + +Extern functions +................ + +Functions not declared 'static', usually because they are used in +several files, require an ('extern') prototype in exactly one header +file, which is included in the file defining the function and in all +files using that function--this is the only way to guarantee consistency +between definition and use. There should be no 'extern' declarations +sprinkled throughout the C code (with or without comments as to where +that function is defined). + +Variable declarations +..................... + +The declaration of global variables follows analogous rules: they are +either declared 'static' if used in only one file or declared 'extern' +in exactly one header and instantiated in exactly one file. + +9.2 Const +========= + +The 'const' feature of C is valuable, but easy to mis-use. + +Function parameters +................... + +Ideally, a function parameter not modified by the function should be +declared as 'const'. This is important in particular for strings +('char*') because the actual arguments are often string literals. It is +perfectly legitimate and safe to use a type 'char*' value for a type +'const char*' variable (in an assignment, as initializer, as function +argument, or as return value). It is equally safe to use a type +'char**' value for a type 'const char*const*' variable, but not for a +type 'const char**' variable since that might cause modification of a +quantity supposed to be constant. + + Getting all 'const' qualifiers right can get quite involved but can +almost always be done. There are only a couple notable exceptions: the +X11 headers are full of declarations that ought to use 'const' but do +not, and the same is true to some extent for 'libfreetype' (but, +thankfully, not for 'zlib' nowadays). + +What must be avoided with 'const' +................................. + +The GCC compiler warnings "assignment discards qualifiers..." and +analogous warnings for "initialization", "passing arg", or "return" must +be strenously avoided in our own code. The only exception is when they +are caused by X11 headers or macros or other third party code. + +What should be avoided with 'const' +................................... + +A type cast, e.g., from 'const char*' to 'char*' does not solve any +problems; depending on warning options, it may only hide them. +Therefore such casts should be avoided whenever possible and otherwise +must be carefully analyzed to make sure that they cannot cause the +modification of quantities supposed to be constant. + diff --git a/Build/source/README.coding b/Build/source/README.coding deleted file mode 100644 index 3a1f19cf594..00000000000 --- a/Build/source/README.coding +++ /dev/null @@ -1,69 +0,0 @@ -Copyright (C) 2009-2011 Peter Breitenlohner <tex-live@tug.org> -You may freely use, modify and/or distribute this file. - - TeX Live (TL) coding rules - ========================== - -Ideally, building all of TL with '--enable-compiler-warnings=max' should -produce no (gcc) compiler warnings at all. In spite of considerable efforts -into that direction we are still far from that goal and there are reasons -that we may never fully reach it. Below are some rules about declarations -(of functions and variables) and the use of `const'. These rules should be -applied to all parts of the TL tree, except in some of those maintained -independently. - -1. Declarations -=============== - -1.1. ANSI C function prototypes and definitions ------------------------------------------------ -The TL build system no longer supports pre-ANSI C compilers. Thus all -function prototypes and definitions must conform to the ANSI C standard -(including `void' in the declaration of C functions with no parameters). - -1.2. Static ------------ -Functions used in only one file should be declared `static'; no prototype is -then required except as forward declaration. - -1.3. Extern ------------ -Non-static functions, e.g., used in several files, require (extern) -prototypes to be provided by a header files. That header must be included -in the file defining the function and in all files using that function -- -this is the only way to guarantee consistency between definition and use of -functions. No more `extern's sprinkled throughout the C code (with or -without comment where that function is defined). - -1.4. Variables --------------- -The declaration of global variables should follow analogous rules, they -should either be static or declared extern in a header and instantiated in -exactly one file. - -2. Const -======== - -2.1. Function parameters ------------------------- -Ideally, a function parameter not modified by the function should be -declared as const. This is important in particular for strings (`char *') -because frequently the actual arguments are string literals. -However, a `char **' value is not assignment compatible with a `const -char **' variable. Getting all `const's right often is quite involved but -usually can be done. There are, however, a few notable exceptions: the X11 -headers are full of declarations that ought to use const but do not and the -same is true to some extent for zlib and freetype2. - -2.2. What must be avoided -------------------------- -The compiler warnings `assignment/initialization/passing arg/return discards -qualifiers...' must be avoided under all circumstances, except when caused -by X11 headers/macros or third party code. - -2.3. What should be avoided ---------------------------- -A type cast, e.g., from `const char *' to `char *' doesn't solve any -problems; depending on warning options, it may only hide them. Therefore -such casts should be avoided whenever possible but some such casts may be -unavoidable. diff --git a/Build/source/README.config b/Build/source/README.config deleted file mode 100644 index c18622a4a6d..00000000000 --- a/Build/source/README.config +++ /dev/null @@ -1,320 +0,0 @@ -Copyright (C) 2009-2013 Peter Breitenlohner <tex-live@tug.org> -You may freely use, modify and/or distribute this file. - - Configure options for the TeX Live (TL) build system - ==================================================== - -The TL build system contains a collection of program packages, i.e., -subdirectories texk/PROG/ (where `PROG' is web2c, afm2pl, bibtex8, etc.) and -utils/UTIL/ (where `UTIL' is biber, xpdfopen, etc.) as well as library -packages, i.e., subdirectories texk/kpathsea/, texk/ptexenc/, and libs/LIB/ -(where `LIB' is zlib, libpng, t1lib, etc.) for most of the libraries -required by the program packages. Correspondingly there are plenty of -configure options, most of which are described below. - -See 'configure --help' (at the top-level) for an exhaustive list of all -global options and a few important package specific ones or run, e.g., -'texk/lcdf-typetools/configure --help' to also see lcdf-typetools -specific options not shown at the top level. - -The ./Build script used to make the binaries shipped with TeX Live -invokes the top-level configure with a few additional options. Any -defaults discussed below are those for the base configure script; -invoking configure via ./Build may yield different results. - -Defaults for most options are set at the top-level and then propagated -explicitly to all subdirectories. - -Options specified on the command line will never be modified. - - -1. Global configure options -=========================== - -1.1. --disable-native-texlive-build ------------------------------------ -If enabled (as default), build for a TeX Live binary distribution as -shipped by the user groups; this implies '--enable-multiplatform' and -'--enable-cxx-runtime-hack' unless they are explicitly disabled and -enforces '--disable-shared'. This also requires GNU make. - -If building TL for a GNU/Linux or other distribution, this would be -disabled and system versions of most libraries would be used (see below). -This may require GNU make, but will also try without it. - -The default installation directories are quite different when this option is -enabled or disabled. - -A related option '--enable-texlive-build' is automatically passed to all -subdirectories (and can not be disabled). Programs that could also be built -independently from the TL tree (such as utils/xindy/ or texk/dvipng/) can -use this option, e.g., to choose TL specific installation directories. - -1.2. --enable-multiplatform ---------------------------- -If enabled, install executables and libraries in platform dependent -subdirectories of EPREFIX/bin and EPREFIX/lib (unless '--bindir=DIR' or -'--libdir=DIR' is specified), where EPREFIX is the exec-prefix. This -option automatically propagates the values for bindir and libdir to all -subdirectories to be configured, and thus need not be used explicitly in -any program or library package. - -1.3. --enable-cxx-runtime-hack ------------------------------- -If enabled and when using g++, try to statically link with libstdc++, -somewhat improving portability. - -1.4. --enable-libtool-hack --------------------------- -If enabled prevents libtool from linking explicitly with dependency_libs. -At present this is enabled by default for all systems. - -1.5. --enable-shared ---------------------- -Build shared Kpathsea and Ptexenc libraries (not allowed for a native TeX -Live build). - -1.6. --disable-largefile ------------------------- -Omit large file support (LFS), needed for files >=2GB on most 32-bit Unix -systems. The size of DVI and GF files must always be <2GB. With LFS there -should be no limit on the size of PDF files created by pdfTeX or PS files -created by dvips. The size of PDF images included by pdfTeX must, however, -be <4GB when using xpdf and <2GB when using poppler (even on 64-bit systems -with LFS). - -1.7. --without-x ----------------- -Do not use the X Window System. - -1.8. --enable-compiler-warnings=[no|min|yes|max|all] ----------------------------------------------------- -Enable various degrees of compiler warnings for (Objective) C and C++. The -default is 'yes' in maintainer-mode and 'min' otherwise. This option -defines WARNING_[OBJ]C[XX]FLAGS but these flags are not yet used by all -library and program packages. Using them should help to resolve portability -problems. - -At the moment these warning flags are only defined for the GNU compilers -but flags for other compilers could be added when needed. - -1.9. --disable-missing ----------------------- -Immediately terminate the build process if a requested program or feature -must be disabled, e.g., due to missing libraries. - -1.10. --enable-silent-rules ---------------------------- -Enable the use of less verbose build rules. When using GNU make or another -'make' implementation that supports nested variable expansions you can -always specify 'V=1' on the make command line to get more respectively 'V=0' -to get less verbosity. - -1.11. --without-ln-s --------------------- -Required to build for a Unix-like system without working 'ln -s'. But note -that 'make install' will not create anything useful and might even fail. - -2. Configure options for program packages -========================================= - -2.1. --disable-PROG and --disable-UTIL --------------------------------------- -Do not build and install the program(s) of the package `PROG' or `UTIL'. - -2.2. --disable-all-pkgs ------------------------ -Do not build any program packages, except those explicitly enabled. -Without this option, all packages are built except those explicitly -disabled and except for utils/xindy/ (which is disabled by default due to -its requirement for clisp et al.). - -2.3. Configure options for texk/web2c/ --------------------------------------- -2.3.1. --with-banner-add=STR -Add STR to the default version string ('TeX Live YEAR' or 'Web2C YEAR') -appended to banner lines. The Build script for a native TL build doesn't -use this option, but distro builds should specify this as, e.g., -'/SomeDistro'. - -2.3.2. --with-editor=CMD -Specify the command CMD to invoke from the `e' option, replacing the default -`vi +%d '%s'' for Unix or `texworks --position=%d "%s"' for Windows. - -2.3.3. --enable-auto-core -This option causes TeX & MF to produce a core dump when a particular -hacky filename is encountered. - -2.3.4. --disable-dump-share -Make the fmt/base dump files architecture dependent (somewhat faster on -little-endian architectures). - -2.3.5. --disable-ipc -If enabled (by default) allow TeX's '--ipc' option. - -2.3.6. --disable-tex, --enable-etex, --disable-aleph, --disable-pdftex, - --disable-luatex, --disable-xetex, --disable-ptex, --disable-eptex, - --disable-uptex, --disable-euptex, --disable-mf, --disable-mp -Do or do not build the various TeX, METAFONT, and MetaPost engines -(defaults for the TeX engines are defined in texk/web2c/ac/web2c.ac). - -2.3.7. --enable-tex-synctex, --disable-etex-synctex, - --disable-ptex-synctex, --disable-eptex-synctex - --disable-uptex-synctex, --disable-euptex-synctex - --disable-pdftex-synctex, --disable-xetex-synctex -Build the various TeX engines with or without SyncTeX support (ignored for a -native TeX Live build, defaults are defined in texk/web2c/ac/web2c.ac). - -2.3.8. --with-mf-x-toolkit -Use the X toolkit (libXt) for METAFONT (default is yes). - -2.3.9. --enable-*win -Include various types of other window support for METAFONT. - -2.3.10. --disable-mf-nowin -Do not build a separate non-graphically-capable METAFONT. - -2.3.11. --disable-web-progs -Do not build the WEB programs bibtex ... weave, e.g., if you just -want to rebuild some engines. - -2.3.12. --disable-omfonts -Build the Web versions of the omega font utilities (ofm2opl, opl2ofm, ovf2ovp, -and ovp2ovf) instead of the C version, omfonts. The Web and C versions -should be roughly equivalent. - -2.4. Configure options for texk/bibtex-x/ ------------------------------------------ -2.4.1. --disable-bibtex8 -Do not build the bibtex8 program. - -2.4.2. --disable-bibtexu -Do not build the bibtexu program. - -The former packages bibtex8 and bibtexu have been merged into bibtex-x -(extended BibTeX). Building bibtexu requires icu libraries. - -2.5. Configure options for texk/dvisvgm/ ----------------------------------------- -2.5.1. --with-system-libgs -Build dvisvgm with installed gs headers and library (not allowed for a -native TeX Live build). The default is to load the gs library at runtime, -or otherwise disable support for PostScript specials. - -2.5.2. --with-libgs-includes=DIR, --with-libgs-libdir=DIR -Non standard search locations for libgs. - -2.6. Configure options for texk/xdvik/ --------------------------------------- -2.6.1. --with-gs=PATH -Hardwire the location of Ghostscript (gs). - -2.6.2. --with-xdvi-x-toolkit=KIT -Use toolkit KIT (motif/xaw/xaw3d/neXtaw) for xdvi, default: Motif if -available, else Xaw. - -2.7. Configure options for utils/xindy/ ---------------------------------------- -2.7.1. --enable-xindy-rules -Build and install xindy rules (default: yes, except for a native TeX Live -build). - -2.7.2. --enable-xindy-docs -Build and install xindy documentation (default: yes, except for a native TeX -Live build). - -2.7.3. --with-clisp-runtime=PATH -Specifies the full PATH of the CLISP runtime (lisp.run or lisp.exe) to be -installed. When specified as `default' (the default for a native TeX Live -build) the path is determined by the CLISP executable; the value `system' -(not allowed for a native TeX Live build, but the default for a non-native -one) indicates that xindy will use the installed version of clisp (that must -be identical to the one used to build xindy). - -2.7.4. --with-recode -Use `recode' instead of `iconv' to build the xindy rules and documentation, -required for some systems where iconv is missing or broken. - -3. Configure options for libraries -================================== - -3.1. --with-system-LIB ----------------------- -Use an installed (system) version of the library `LIB'; this option exists -for most libraries (not allowed for a native TeX Live build). - -For many libraries there are in addition '--with-LIB-includes=DIR' and -'--with-LIB-libdir=DIR' to indicate non standard search locations. - -The top-level configure script performs a consistency check for all required -system libraries and bails out early if some of these tests fail. - -3.2. Configure options for fontconfig -------------------------------------- -Building XeTeX and xdvipdfmx on non-Mac systems requires fontconfig headers -and library. - -3.2.1. --with-fontconfig-includes=DIR, --with-fontconfig-libdir=DIR -If one or both of these options are given, the flags are derived from them. -Otherwise, the flags are determined via pkg-config (if present). - -3.3. Configure options for system freetype2 (libfreetype) ---------------------------------------------------------- -The flags for a system freetype2 library are determined via freetype-config. - -3.4. Configure options for xpdf and poppler -------------------------------------------- -Building LuaTeX and XeTeX requires poppler either from the TL tree or -installed (system) headers and library; pdfTeX requires either xpdf from the -TL tree or installed poppler headers and library. - -3.4.1. --with-system-poppler -Use an installed (system) version >=0.12 of poppler for LuaTeX and XeTeX -(and pkg-config to obtain the required flags). - -3.4.2. --with-system-xpdf -Use an installed (system) version >=0.12 of poppler instead of xpdf for -pdfTeX (and pkg-config to obtain the required flags). - -See information at --disable-largefile for a minor deficiency resulting -from using poppler instead of TL's xpdf library. - -4. Interesting and/or important VAR=value configure arguments -============================================================= -Used instead of searching for programs in PATH. - -4.1. FT2_CONFIG=/path/to/freetype-config ----------------------------------------- -For system freetype2 library. - -4.2. ICU_CONFIG=/path/to/icu-config ------------------------------------ -For system icu libraries. - -4.3. PKG_CONFIG=/path/to/pkg-config ------------------------------------ -For most system libraries. - -4.4. CLISP=/path/to/clisp -------------------------- -For xindy. - -4.5. PERL=/path/to/perl, LATEX=/path/to/latex, PDFLATEX=/path/to/pdflatex -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -To build xindy docs. - -4.6. PERL=/path/to/perl or TL_PLATFORM=TeX_Live_platform_name -------------------------------------------------------------- -Set the TeX Live platform name for biber. - -4.7. KPSEWHICH=/path/to/kpsewhich ---------------------------------- -For `make check'. - -4.8. MAKE=/path/to/GNU_make, SED=/path/to/GNU_sed -------------------------------------------------- -For the top-level. - - -Happy building. Please use the tlbuild list for questions or -discussion: http://lists.tug.org/tlbuild. diff --git a/Build/source/README.cross b/Build/source/README.cross deleted file mode 100644 index f39f4f4b8d9..00000000000 --- a/Build/source/README.cross +++ /dev/null @@ -1,37 +0,0 @@ -Copyright (C) 2009-2011 Peter Breitenlohner <tex-live@tug.org> -You may freely use, modify and/or distribute this file. - - Cross compiling - =============== - -In order to build the TL libraries and programs for a HOST system, e.g., -i386-pc-mingw32, on a (different) BUILD system, e.g, x86_64-linux-gnu, -specify the configure options - --host=i386-pc-mingw32 --build=x86_64-linux-gnu - -You should have `cross' tools properly installed as, e.g., -i386-pc-mingw32-cc in your PATH or specify them as configure arguments, -e.g., CC=<mingw32-cross-compiler>; arguments such as CFLAGS=... refer to -this cross compiler. Here a preliminary list of such tools and -corresponding variables: - ar AR - freetype-config FT2_CONFIG - g++ CXX - gcc CC - icu-config ICU_CONFIG - objdump OBJDUMP - pkg-config PKG_CONFIG - ranlib RANLIB - strip STRIP - -If necessary, you can specify compilers and flags for the few auxiliary C -and C++ programs required for the build process as configure arguments - BUILDCC=... - BUILDCPPFLAGS=... - BUILDCFLAGS=... - BUILDCXX=... - BUILDCXXFLAGS=... - BUILDLDFLAGS=... - -Building the Web2C programs requires sufficiently recent installed versions -of tangle, ctangle, and tie (and possibly otangle). diff --git a/Build/source/README.distro b/Build/source/README.distro deleted file mode 100644 index ff4548bdc24..00000000000 --- a/Build/source/README.distro +++ /dev/null @@ -1,146 +0,0 @@ -Copyright (C) 2011, 2012 Peter Breitenlohner <tex-live@tug.org> -You may freely use, modify and/or distribute this file. - - Building TeX Live (TL) for a distro - =================================== - -Although they use the same code base, building for a TL binary distribution -as shipped by the user groups may be quite different from a `distro' build -for, e.g., some kind of Linux distribution, a *Bsd or Mac OS X port, or -similar. - -While a TL binary distribution uses shared libraries (libc, libm, X11 -libraries, and libfontconfig) only when absolutely necessary, a distro might -use as many shared libraries as possible, including the TL specific -libkpathsea and libptexenc. - -In addition the installation paths will, in general, be quite different. - -1. Configuring for a distro -=========================== -Here we give some hints how to configure TL for a distro (see README.config -for a fairly complete description of all configure options). - -1.1. General setup ------------------- -You must use - --disable-native-texlive-build -otherwise many options described below are rejected, and should use, e.g., - --with-banner-add=/SomeDistro -to identify your distro. - -You may specify - --enable-shared -to build the TL specific kpathsea and ptexenc libraries as shared libraries -and may add - --disable-static -to not build the static libraries. - -You should use - --with-system-LIB -(for LIB=zlib, libpng, zziplib, etc.) to use installed libraries (including -kpathsea and ptexenc for the TL specific libraries, e.g., when rebuilding -individual programs) and you may have to add - --with-LIB-includes=DIR -and/or - --with-LIB-libdir=DIR -to locate the installed headers and libraries. - -1.2. Installation paths ------------------------ -If you specify, e.g., - --prefix=/usr -binaries will be installed under - /usr/bin -libraries under - /usr/lib -header files under - /usr/include -info pages under - /usr/share/info -mnual pages under - /usr/share/man -and the principal TEXMF trees under - /usr/share/texmf{,-dist} - -Moreover you can use - --exec-prefix=DIR -and - --{bin,lib,include,info,man,dataroot}dir=DIR -to modify these default choices. Depending on your distro you might want to -specify - --libdir=/usr/lib64 -or similar on 64bit bi-arch (Linux) systems. - -The top-level configure script displays the actual installation paths. - -For a `staged install' (see Automake manual 12.4), e.g., - mkdir /tmp/staging && make DESTDIR=/tmp/staging install-strip -all installation paths are prefixed by the value of DESTDIR. - - -2. Packaging for a distro -========================= -From Norbert Preining <preining@logic.at>, 2011-11-04, email to tldistro. - -This describes Debian packaging, but the basic ideas are the same for all -distros. - -Let us discuss the few important things in turn: -- ls-R files -- updmap-sys/updmap.cfg -- fmtutil-sys/fmtutil.cnf -- fmtutil-sys/language.dat/def/lua.def - -All these files depend on the actually installed packages. So you -should never never use the pre-shipped files (updmap.cfg, ...), because -they refer to *all* fonts in a full installation. - -But if you want to allow for smooth upgrades etc, and partial installs, -you cannot do that. - -So the Debian way for these files is: -- at package build time we know which formats/font maps/hyphen patterns - there are, and create snippets for these configuration files, and - at install time put them into /etc/texmf/updmap.d, fmtutil.d, hyphen.d -- after the package has been installed the configuration routine does: - . assemble the pieces together to updmap.cfg/fmtutil.cnf/language.* - . run the necessary commands (also determined at package *build* time, - that is updmap-sys, fmtutil --whatever, etc) -Furthermore, in Debian there is another requirement, namely that -if a sysadm changes configuration files (hereafter called conffiles) -in /etc, and the package is only removed (that is, the conffiles are -*NOT* deleted) but NOT purged (purged = also conffiles removed), -then a later installation of the package has to honor the changes the -sysadm made. - -That means, there will remain snippets in /etc/updmap.d (for example) -if a font package has been removed, but not purged. These snippets -should of course NOT be merged into the main config file. So we ship -in addition a file /var/lib/texmf/fmt.d/.... and check at assemble -time if this file is present. If it is present, then the snippet -is used, if not, then it is NOT used. -(BTW, this also happens during partial upgrades, so if you are serious -about packaging, think about that, too). - -Well, that is the story at least till 2007. In later version of the Debian -packages we now use something called "triggers", where a central package -(in our case "tex-common") shows interest in a certain directory, namely -the directories /etc/texmf/fmtutil.d etc (all of them), and if a file -is dropped there or changed there, only some specific code in tex-common -is executed. This way we can reduce the calls to mktexlsr and updmap-sys -a *LOT* (think about installing every collection of TeX Live, and run -mktexlsr, fmtutil-sys --all, updmap-sys after *EACH* collection, versus -running it only once or twice!). But this is Debian specific, and probably -no other distribution has a similar system (although very useful). - -Puuuuh, long email. BTW, there are loads of documents in the tex-common -package of Debian: http://packages.debian.org/sid/tex-common, especially -the main documents Debian-TeX-Policy and TeX-on-Debian. Although a bit -outdated, they describe the reality quite closely. Get the .deb and -unpack it with ar ;-) - - - -Happy building. Please use the tldistro list for questions or -discussion: http://lists.tug.org/tldistro. diff --git a/Build/source/README.hacking b/Build/source/README.hacking deleted file mode 100644 index ff893aa6490..00000000000 --- a/Build/source/README.hacking +++ /dev/null @@ -1,187 +0,0 @@ -Copyright (C) 2009-2014 Peter Breitenlohner <tex-live@tug.org> -You may freely use, modify and/or distribute this file. - - Modifying the TeX Live (TL) build system - ======================================== - -1. Currently used versions of tools -=================================== - -In general, we use the latest released versions of GNU build tools. We -install these directly from the original GNU releases (e.g., by building -them with configure --prefix=/usr/local/gnu and having -/usr/local/gnu/bin first in our PATH). - -autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.69 - -automake (GNU automake) 1.14.1 - -ltmain.sh (GNU libtool) 2.4.2 - -bison (GNU Bison) 3.0.2 - -flex 2.5.39 - -m4 (GNU M4) 1.4.17 - -makeinfo (GNU texinfo) 5.2 - -2. Updating the TL build system -=============================== - -When anything in the TL build system (configure.ac and Makefile.am files -with their fragments or M4 macros in m4/) has been modified you have to -rebuild the coresponding configure, Makefile.in, config.h or c-auto.h, or -other generated files. You should use the versions mentioned above. This -is most easily done automatically using maintainer-mode. - -The files in the SVN repository are all up to date, but some of them may be -rebuilt in maintainer-mode due to their timestamps (this is somewhat tedious -to avoid due to SVN's handling of timestamps). - -Alternatively, you can run the 'reautoconf' script from the top-level. - -The 'config.guess', 'config.sub', etc. files for most packages are kept -centrally in build-aux/, sourced from GNU Gnulib -(http://www.gnu.org/software/gnulib), which in turn pulls them from -their ultimate upstream source repository. There are, however, -independent copies in, e.g., libs/freetype2/freetype-*/builds/unix/, and -similar places. The 'reautoconf' script does not take care of those, -but a TL cron job does keep them in sync (nightly). - -3. Extending the TL build system -================================ - -3.1 Adding a new program directory ----------------------------------- - -To add a new program directory utils/Util/ (not using Kpathsea) or -texk/Prog/ (possibly using Kpathsea and Ptexenc) you must add the directory -Util to the M4 list kpse_utils_pkgs or Prog to the M4 list kpse_texk_pkgs -defined in m4/kpse-pkgs.m4. In addition you must create a configure.ac -fragment utils/Util/ac/withenable.ac or texk/Prog/ac/withenable.ac defining -any required libraries from the TL tree and whether this new program is to -be built by default (in the absence of the corresponding -'--enable-Util/Prog' or '--disable-Util/Prog' configure options). - -If a program in texk/Prog/ or utils/Util/ requires specific configure -options to be seen at the top-level, they should be defined in an -additional configure.ac fragment texk/Prog/ac/Prog.ac or -utils/Util/ac/Util.ac (included from texk/Prog/ac/withenable.ac and -texk/Prog/configure.ac or utils/Util/ac/withenable.ac and -utils/Util/configure.ac) as, e.g., for texk/web2c/, texk/xdvik/, and -utils/xindy/. - -As an example, the file texk/dvipdfmx/ac/withenable.ac contains - KPSE_ENABLE_PROG([dvipdfmx], [kpathsea libpng]) -where KPSE_ENABLE_PROG, defined in m4/kpse-setup.m4, has one required -argument -- the name of the subdirectory -- and three optional arguments: a -list of required TL libraries (zlib is implied by libpng and need not be -mentioned), a list of options ('disable' if this program is not to be built -by default, 'native' if cross compilation is not possible, 'x' if this -program requires X11), and a comment added to the help text for the disable -or enable configure option for this program. - -3.2 Adding a new generic library directory ------------------------------------------- - -To add a new generic library directory libs/Lib/ you must add the directory -Lib to the M4 list kpse_libs_pkgs defined in m4/kpse-pkgs.m4. In addition -you must create a configure.ac fragment libs/Lib/ac/withenable.ac defining -any required libraries from the TL tree and whether an installed (system) -version of this library can be used. If that is the case, another -configure.ac fragment libs/Lib/ac/Lib.ac should specify a small program as -test for a system version to be acceptable. Finally you must create a file -m4/kpse-Lib-flags.m4 defining the M4 macro KPSE_LIB_FLAGS (where 'LIB' is a -sanitized uppercase version of 'Lib') setting up the Make variables -LIB_INCLUDES, LIB_LIBS, and LIB_DEPEND with the required values for -CPPFLAGS, LDADD, and dependencies, as well as LIB_RULE with a (multiline) -Make rule to rebuild that library when necessary. - -If a system version of the library can be used, another M4 macro -KPSE_LIB_SYSTEM_FLAGS in m4/kpse-Lib-flags.m4 must define values for -LIB_INCLUDES and LIB_LIBS, and you must add the line -'AC_REQUIRE([KPSE_LIB_SYSTEM_FLAGS])' to the definition of the M4 macro -KPSE_ALL_SYSTEM_FLAGS in m4/kpse-pkgs.m4. In many cases LIB_INCLUDES and -LIB_LIBS are constructed from values for the configure options -'--with-Lib-includes' and/or '--with-Lib-libdir'; alternatively they may -result from running pkg-config, freetype-config, or similar. - -As an example, the file libs/libpng/ac/withenable.ac contains - KPSE_WITH_LIB([libpng], [zlib]) -where KPSE_WITH_LIB, defined in m4/kpse-setup.m4, has one required argument --- the name of the subdirectory -- and two optional arguments: a list of -required TL libraries, and a list of options ('tree' if only the library -from the TL tree can be used). The file libs/libpng/ac/libpng.ac contains - KPSE_TRY_LIB([libpng], - [#include <png.h>], - [png_structp png; png_voidp io; png_rw_ptr fn; - png_set_read_fn(png, io, fn);]) -where KPSE_TRY_LIB, defined in m4/kpse-setup.m4, has three required -arguments -- the name of the subdirectory and two AC_LANG_PROGRAM arguments. -This causes the configure script to compile and link the C program - #include <png.h> - int main () - { png_structp png; png_voidp io; png_rw_ptr fn; - png_set_read_fn(png, io, fn); - return 0; } -as sanity check for using an installed PNG library. The analogous macro -KPSE_TRY_LIBXX uses the C++ compiler. - -3.3 Adding a new TeX specific library directory ------------------------------------------------ - -To add a new TeX specific library directory texk/Lib/ proceed as for a -generic library (described above) with these exceptions: - -(*) Add the directory Lib to the M4 list kpse_texlibs_pkgs (also defined in -m4/kpse-pkgs.m4) instead of kpse_libs_pkgs. - -(*) The configure.ac fragment libs/Lib/ac/withenable.ac must use -KPSE_WITH_TEXLIB instead of KPSE_WITH_LIB. - -(*) The new library must not depend on any generic libraries. - -4. Using libraries from the TL tree -=================================== - -The TL build system provides Autoconf macros for all libraries in the TL -tree. A program requiring additional libraries must use standard Autoconf -and Automake features (such as AC_ARG_WITH to specify their installation -directories, AC_CHECK_LIB and AC_CHECK_FUNCS for library functions, -AC_CHECK_HEADERS for header files). - -4.1 configure.ac ----------------- - -In order to use, e.g., libpng (either an installed version or from the TL -tree) configure.ac must use KPSE_ZLIB_FLAGS and KPSE_LIBPNG_FLAGS. As a -consequence the Make variables LIBPNG_DEPEND, LIBPNG_INCLUDES, LIBPNG_LIBS, -and LIBPNG_RULE (and analogous ZLIB_* variables) will be defined. - -A program may wish to examine features of the PNG library. To do so -configure.ac must use - KPSE_ADD_FLAGS([zlib]) -followed by test for zlib features (if any) and - KPSE_ADD_FLAGS([libpng]) -followed by tests for libpng features. These macros temporarily add -appropriate values to CPPFLAGS and LIBS. The tests must be terminated by - KPSE_RESTORE_FLAGS -in order to restore CPPFLAGS and LIBS to their former values. - -4.2 Makefile.am ---------------- - -In order to use, e.g., libpng (and zlib) the Make variables mentioned above -must be used in Makefile.am as follows - -$(LIBPNG_INCLUDES) $(ZLIB_INCLUDES) must be added to AM_CPPFLAGS (or target -specific target_CPPFLAGS). - -$(LIBPNG_LIBS) $(ZLIB_LIBS) must be added to LDADD or target_LDADD. - -$(LIBPNG_DEPEND) $(ZLIB_DEPEND) should be added to target_DEPENDENCIES such -that rebuilding zlib and/or libpng causes the target to be rebuilt. - -Two lines containing @ZLIB_RULE@ and @LIBPNG_RULE@ create the rules required -to (re-)build zlib and libpng when necessary. diff --git a/Build/source/README.layout b/Build/source/README.layout deleted file mode 100644 index 5eb9c923135..00000000000 --- a/Build/source/README.layout +++ /dev/null @@ -1,242 +0,0 @@ -Copyright (C) 2009-2012 Peter Breitenlohner <tex-live@tug.org> -You may freely use, modify and/or distribute this file. - - Design of the TeX Live (TL) build system - ======================================== - -The TL build system has been completely redesigned, using Autoconf, -Automake, and Libtool. The main components are TeX specific or utility -program modules (directories texk/*/ and utils/*/), and TeX specific or -generic library modules (directories texk/kpathsea/, texk/ptexenc/, and -libs/*/) providing libraries required by the program modules. - -The primary design goal was modularity. Each module specifies its own -requirements and properties, such as required libraries, whether an -installed (system) version of a library can be used, configure options to be -seen at the top-level, and more. Consequently an explicit list of all -available modules is kept only in one central place. - -A second, related goal was to configure and build each library before -configuring any (program or other library) module depending on that library. -This allows to check for properties and features of a library built as part -of the TL tree in much the same way as for a system version of that library. - -Most generic libraries and several programs that are maintained independently -use the distributed source tree, with any patches to that source tree -also kept separately as precise documentation of our changes. - -All this should simplify upgrading of modules maintained independently -and/or integrating new modules into the TL build system. - - Layout of the TL build system - ============================= - -1. Layout of directories -======================== - -1.1. Overall layout -------------------- - -texk/kpathsea/ the two TeX specific libraries, Kpathsea -texk/ptexenc/ and Ptexenc -libs/Lib/ generic library Lib (zlib, libpng, t1lib, etc.) -texk/Prog/ TeX specific program package Prog (web2c, afm2pl, etc.) -utils/Util/ utility program package Util (chktex, ps2eps, etc.) - -auxdir/auxsub/ dummy module used to configure the real modules - -*/*/ac/*.ac various configure.ac fragments (configure options) - -build-aux/ auxiliary build scripts (config.guess etc.) - -m4/kpse-pkgs.m4 Autoconf macros defining lists of library and program - modules and handling loops over these lists -m4/*.m4 other Autoconf macros - -texk/am/*.am Makefile.am fragments -texk/web2c/am/*.am for the Kpathsea library -texk/web2c/*/am/*.am and the Web2C programs - -1.1.1. The TeX specific libraries - -texk/kpathsea/ac/withenable.ac defines that kpathsea requires no other libraries -texk/kpathsea/ac/kpathsea.ac defines basic tests for a system version of kpathsea -texk/kpathsea/ac/mktex.ac configure options also seen at the top-level -m4/kpse-kpathsea-flags.m4 defines Autoconf macros for configure options - as well as KPSE_KPATHSEA_FLAGS defining - Make variables and to be used in configure.ac - files for modules depending on kpathsea. - -texk/ptexenc/ac/withenable.ac defines that ptexenc requires kpathsea -texk/ptexenc/ac/ptexenc.ac defines basic tests for a system version of ptexenc -m4/kpse-ptexenc-flags.m4 defines Autoconf macros for configure options - as well as KPSE_PTEXENC_FLAGS defining - Make variables and to be used in configure.ac - files for modules depending on ptexenc. - -1.1.2 A generic library `Lib' - -libs/Lib/ac/withenable.ac defines libraries required by Lib (if any) -libs/Lib/ac/Lib.ac defines basic tests for a system version of Lib -m4/kpse-Lib-flags.m4 defines Autoconf macros for configure options - as well as KPSE_LIB_FLAGS defining - Make variables and to be used in configure.ac - files for modules depending on this library. - -1.1.3. A TeX specific program `Prog' - -texk/Prog/ac/withenable.ac defines libraries required by Prog, - provides the configure option --disable-Prog -texk/Prog/ac/Prog.ac optionally defines Prog specific configure - option that should be seen at the top-level - -1.1.4. A utility program `Util' - -utils/Util/ac/withenable.ac defines libraries required by Util, provides - the configure option --disable-Util - -1.2. The individual modules ---------------------------- - -All generic libraries and many programs are maintained independently and use -the distributed source tree, with any patches to that source tree kept as -documentation of our changes. There are several types of proxy or wrapper -build systems for these modules. - -1.2.1. A proxy build system, e.g., for libs/zlib/ - -libs/zlib/zlib-1.2.7/ (almost) unmodified source tree -libs/zlib/zlib-1.2.7-PATCHES/ modifications applied to that source tree -libs/zlib/Makefile.am proxy Makefile.am -libs/zlib/configure.ac and configure.ac - -In these cases the build system of the distributed source tree is ignored. -The header files for many libraries are `installed' (as symlinks) under -libs/Lib/include/ in the build tree exactly as they are for a system version -under, e.g., /usr/include/. - -1.2.2. A wrapper build system, e.g., for libs/freetype2/ - -libs/freetype2/freetype-2.4.9/ (almost) unmodified source tree -libs/freetype2/freetype-2.4.9-PATCHES/ modifications applied to that source tree -libs/freetype2/Makefile.am wrapper Makefile.am -libs/freetype2/configure.ac and configure.ac - -Configuring libs/freetype2/ will create the wrapper Makefile handling all -targets except 'all'. For 'make all' this will run the configure script of -the distribution and then run 'make all' and usually also 'make install' to -`install' the library and headers in the build tree - -1.2.3. A mixed build system, e.g., for utils/xindy/ - -utils/xindy/xindy-2.4/ (almost) unmodified source tree -utils/xindy/xindy-2.4-PATCHES/ modifications applied to that source tree -utils/xindy/Makefile.am wrapper Makefile.am -utils/xindy/configure.ac proxy configure.ac - -Configuring utils/xindy/ (or texk/lcdf-typetools/) will create the wrapper -Makefile and the Makefiles of the distribution. The wrapper Makefile will -essentially just invoke the top-level Makefile of the distribution. This -requires that the Makefiles of the distribution allow a VPATH build, can -handle all targets, and do not refer to $(top_srcdir) or $(top_builddir). - -2. Running `configure' -====================== - -Running 'configure' for the top-level directory will in addition configure -the directories auxdir/auxsub/, libs/, utils/, and texk/. This will -determine the programs (utils/Util/ and texk/Prog/) to be built and -libraries from the TL tree (texk/kpathsea/, texk/ptexenc/, and libs/Lib/) -required by these programs. - -3. Running `make' at the top-level -================================== - -First, if texk/kpathsea/ or texk/ptexenc/ is not yet configured, this runs -`configure' and if required `make all' in that directory. Then this -recurses into all required subdirectories texk/kpathsea/, texk/ptexenc/, -libs/, utils/, and texk/ for the selected Make target: `default' or `all' to -(re-)build, `check' to run tests, `install' etc. - -3.1. Running `make' in libs/ ----------------------------- - -First, for each subdirectory libs/Lib/ not yet configured, this runs -`configure' and if required `make all' in that directory. Then this -recurses into all required subdirectories for the selected Make target: -`default' or `all' to (re-)build, `check' to run tests, `install' etc. - -3.2. Running `make' in utils/ and texk/ ---------------------------------------- - -Quite similarly, for each subdirectory utils/Util/ and texk/Prog/ not yet -configured, this first runs `configure' and if required `make all' in that -directory. Subsequently, this recurses into all required subdirectories to -(re-)build, run tests, install, etc. - -3.3 Parallel builds -------------------- - -The TL build system allows for parallel builds ('make -j n' with n>1), -carefully formulating dependencies as well as Make rules when a tool -(such as 'tangle' or 'convert') creates several output files. This can -considerably speed up a TL build on multi core systems. I usually use -'make j 4 -l 8.0' or even 'make -j' with up to 50 compilations in parallel. - -3.4 Using a Configure Cache File --------------------------------- - -Further speed up of a TL build can be achieved by using a configure cache -file, e.g., running 'configure -C' at the top level. - -3.5 Comments ------------- - -3.5.1 Comment 1 ---------------- - -After successfully running 'make' from the top-level, as second 'make' -has nothing to rebuild. - -When configure scripts or source files have been modified, a second 'make' -will rebuild only as required. - -3.5.2 Comment 2 ---------------- - -If running 'make' from the top-level fails in a subdirectory libs/*/, -utils/*/, or /texk/*/ you can remove that directory from the build tree, -fix the problem, and once again run 'make' from the top-level. - -3.5.3 Comment 3 ---------------- - -The TL build system successfully runs 'make dist' and 'make distcheck' -(at least on my {i686,x86_64}-linux-gnu systems), producing tarballs -tex-live-20YY-MM-DD.tar.{gz,xz} from which everything can be (re-)built; -please keep it that way! - -3.5.4 Comment 4 ---------------- - -The process described above configures all directories, even for libraries -and programs not to be built. This is necessary for Make targets such as -`dist' or `distcheck' that have to recurse into all subdirectories, whereas -the normal targets `all', `check', or `install' only recurse into the -required subdirectories. - -As a side effect, this allows building all programs `on demand'. If, e.g., -building in utils/Util/ or texk/Prog/ has been disabled, the Makefile in -that directory still contains all build rules. Thus running 'make' and -'make install' in that directory will build and install everything. - -Similarly, when, e.g., building e-TeX has been disabled (as by default), you -can run 'make etex' (or 'make etex.exe') in the subdirectory texk/web2c/ to -build e-TeX (although there is no simple way to have e-TeX installed). - -Consider the extreme case of running configure with '--disable-all-pkgs', -i.e., no programs and consequently no libraries are to be built. Running -'make' will then configure all library and program directories but build -nothing; similarly 'make install' will install nothing. Nevertheless next -running, e.g., 'make tex' in the subdirectory texk/web2c/ will build first -the Kpathsea library, then tangle, and finally tex. |