Provided by: acr_2.1.2-1_all 
NAME
configure.acr — configuration script for ACR
DESCRIPTION
configure.acr is the target file to be parsed by ACR to generate the final "configure" script for end-
users.
Inside this file you must set some directives to indicate ACR what kind of languages are planning to be
used in the package, libraries to be checked, variables to be exported, name for the package, version,
vendor information, and other stuff.
The recommended order of checks and commands is:
• check operating system
• check paths
• check required languages
• libraries/includes/modules checks, dies
• pkg-config checks: version/assignations
• final conditionals and dies
• generation of .acr files with SUBDIRS and SUBST_FILES
SYNTAX
The configure.acr file is a word-based configuration file for ACR.
This means that each word must be separated with space, tab or new-lines. The ';' separator to terminate
strings must be also a separated word.
Each word is called "keyword", there are these types:
Miscelaneous-Keys:
{ } ;
Command:
( Any active keyword )
Conditionals
[ IF IFEQ IFEQVAL IFAND IFOR ] [IFNOT-[EQ|EQVAL|AND|OR]
Argument:
( keywords after commands or conditionals )
Comment:
Block comments: /* */ Line commentsr: // Note that one-word comments has been deprecated. But you
can use line comments //
Definitions:
( Global or local variable assignations. '=' '+=' '?=' ) From the version 0.4, acr supports the
normal variable assignation syntax format. Now you can use things like that: VAR = VALUE ;
• "=" resets the value of the target variable.
• "+=" appends the value to the target variable.
• "?=" checks if the target variable is yet defined, and does not overwrites its content.
• "<-" the target value gets the content of the variable defined in the text content.
Substitutions:
You can use SUBDIRS to define a list of directories to find Makefile.acr files to generate
Makefile peers. You can also use this for files instead of directories by giving a name, it'll
parse the 'filename.acr' to generate the 'filename' file.
You can use ##MARK## to define a range of code to show or hide depending on the value of the MARK
variable (0 or 1). (This is available from acr 0.5)
Comments:
You can add comments to your configure.acr files by using:
// comment \\ or ## comment ##
Note that you can create multi-line comments using these tags, because everything in this file is word-
based.
You are allowed to use one-word-comments, it's simple. Just prefix the desired word with a hash '#' sign.
for example: #FOO PKGNAME FOO
Some keyword commands can be suffixed by '!'. This tells ACR to stop execution of the configure script
when the condition fails, instead of adding one DIE for each check at the end of script.
For more information read acr(1) about the use of the '-d' flag.
PACKAGE INFORMATION
PKGNAME <pkgname>
Sets the target package name to be used.
VERSION <version>
Sets the version number for the target package.
CONTACT <name> ; <email>
Sets the name of the developer and the contact mail to be used. This will export CONTANT_NAME and
CONTACT_MAIL variables.
DESCRIPTION <text> ;
Give a description for the package, this text is shown with `./configure -r` and it's also used
for the pkgconfig files
ACR DIRECTIVES
This directives are used internally by ACR to work in a different way.
USE_BACKUP
This command has been deprecated for design purposes (good programmers doesn't need to use this
command) in acr 0.5, and will no longer exist in 0.6.
The backup command allows you to ensure that no files will be lost by calling the ./configure
script or make clean. This option interacts with SUBST_FILES and Makefile generation with -m.
Read doc/backup for more info.
EXPORT_DEFINED|ED
Tells ACR to only export defined variables. This causes OUTPUT_H to export only the variables
with value != "" and != "0". And OUTPUT_SH to export the != "" variables.
INCLUDE <module-name>
Includes an external acr file from ${datadir}/acr/modules/ or in the current directory. called
'module-name.acr'. No nested includes allowed.
NOP No Operation Keyword. This keyword is only for debugging purposes and it's used internally by
ACR. This command does nothing.
LANGUAGES
All language keywords exports a HAVE_LANG_xxx variable with value 0 or 1. You can append '!' to the
language keyword to specify that the target language is required, and script must die when the desired
language is not supported on the target machine.
LANG_C[!]
ACR will look for a C compiler and sets CC, depends for implicit LANG_CPP.
LANG_V[!]
ACR will look for the V compiler and sets V and VFLAGS.
LANG_CC[!] LANG_CXX[!]
Adds C++ support and sets CXX environ.
LANG_BASH[!]
Tell acr to look for a bash on the target system.
LANG_TCL[!]
Looks for tcl version and libraries. Exports TCL_VERSION, TCL_CFLAGS and TCL_LDFLAGS to the
environment. This will also adds the --with-tcl-basedir to allow end-user to set the basedir for
the TCL installation.
LANG_PERL[!]
Looks for perl installed on current system
LANG_JAVA[!]
Looks for javac in the current system. Exports JAVAC environ and adds --with-jikes and --with-kjc
flags.
LANG_VALA[!]
Looks for valac in PATH. Exports VALAC environ and adds --with-valac
LANG_PYTHON[!]
Finds a python executable on the current system. Exports PYTHON and HAVE_LANG_PYTHON.
LANG_RUBY[!]
Finds a ruby executable on the current system. Exports RUBY, HAVE_LANG_RUBY and RUBY_VERSION.
EXTERNAL SOFTWARE
USE_DL Sets LIBS_DL to -ldl or "" depending on the target system.
USE_LIBTOOL
Checks for the libtool command and exports LIBTOOL_CC, LIBTOOL_CXX and some useful commands for
your makefiles: LIBTOOL_SHARED, LIBTOOL_STATIC and LIBTOOL_INSTALL.
USE_PKGCONFIG | USE_PKGCONFIG!
Check for pkg-config or pkgconf program in PATH. Required for the PKGCFG directive
USE_ICONV
Sets LIBS_ICONV to -liconv or "" depending if iconv functions are implemented into the LibC or
not.
USE_PTHREAD
Checks for pthread on the current system and sets PTHREAD_LIBS to the proper value.
USE_PERL_THREADS
Checks if the target system have perl build with threads support.
USE_X11
Adds --with-x11base and --without-x flags and sets X11BASE to the proper value.
USE_TK Add --with-tk-libdir flag and sets TK_CFLAGS, TK_VERSION
USE_GMAKE
Looks for a GNU make tool installed on the target system and sets MAKE properly.
USE_JNI
Uses JAVA_HOME to check and define the JCFLAGS for building java native interface programs.
CHECKS
REQUIRE_ACR_VERSION version
Checks if acr version is greater or equal than the given version.
CHECK varname <<EOF <..src..> <<EOF
Executes the <..code..> delimited by the <eof> keyword and marks varname as the target variable
to be defined by the script. (see examples/check.acr fmi)
CHKEXE,CHECK_EXEC[!] varname program ;
Execute program and set varname = !!!$?
CHKPRG, CHECK_PROGRAM[!] varname program
Finds the program in ${PATH} and sets variable environment to the properly path. Since 0.5 CHKPRG
exports HAVE_varname variable and checks first if VARNAME is a valid executable file.
CHKINC, CHECK_INCLUDE[!] include.h[+include2.h[+include3.h]]
Checks if 'include.h' is found in the current system. Requires LANG_C and sets HAVE_include_H
environment to 0 or 1 (for example: HAVE_STDIO_H)
CHKFLG, CHECK_CFLAGS[!] varname cflags ;
Checks if the selected C compiler supports the given CFLAGS (Useful for -std=c99 and such)
CHKFNC, CHECK_FUNCTION[!] libname function
Checks if the desired function exists in libname and sets HAVE_FUNCTION to 0 or 1 (for example:
HAVE_PRINTF)
CHKSYM, CHECK_SYMBOL[!] libname symbol
Checks if the given symbol exists in libname and sets HAVE_SYMBOL to 0 or 1 (for example:
HAVE_ENVIRON)
CHKDECL, CHECK_DECLARATION[!] include constant
Checks if the given constant is defined in the specified include file
CHKLIB, CHECK_LIBRARY[!] libname
Checks if the desired library exists on the system and sets HAVE_LIB_libname to 0 or 1 (for
example: HAVE_LIB_SDL)
ENDIAN|CHECK_ENDIAN
Checks for the host endianness to be big or little. It'll export BYTEORDER=1234 on little endian
hosts or 4321 for big endian ones. Also exports LIL_ENDIAN and BIG_ENDIAN with 0 xor 1 values.
SIZEOF var ;
Checks for the size of the desired variable and saves it into the variable SIZEOF_VARNAME.
Requires LANG_C.
CHECK_PERL_MODULE[!],CHK_PM[!] perl_module
Checks if the target system have installed the selected perl module. and sets HAVE_PM_xxx to 0 or
1 (for example: HAVE_PM_NETDNS)
CHECK_PYTHON_MODULE[!],CHK_PY[!] python_module
Checks if the system have installed the desired python module and sets HAVE_PY_xxx to 0 or 1.
CHECK_RUBY_EXTENSION[!],CHK_RU[] ruby_extension
Checks if the system have installed the desired ruby extension and sets HAVE_RU_xxx to 0 or 1.
CHECK_CLASSPATH[!],CHK_CP[!] java_package_name
Checks if CLASSPATH contains the desired package (for example org.gnu.gtk). Exports the
HAVE_CLASSPATH_(java-pkg-name) to 0 or 1.
CHKUSR[!] username
CHKGRP[!] group
Checks the existence of the target user or group on the system.
DEFINITIONS
Sets are processed at the beginning of the configure script.
= varname value ;
Sets the value of varname to value.
+= varname value ;
Appends the content of varname with value.
?= varname value ;
If the content of varname is empty then assign the value to it.
EXEC[!] variable command to execute ;
Sets variable to the output (stdout) of the desired command to be executed.
CHECK_VERSION,CHKVER[!] pkgname version
Checks if pkgname (software package registered into pkg-config database) is <= version. And
crashes execution if it fails. It exports the HAVE_(pkgname)_VERSION_(version) variable to 0 or
1.
PKGCFG,PKGCONFIG[+] cflags_var ldflags_var pkg-config-name
Use pkg-config to get the CFLAGS and LDFLAGS. If the '+' character is at the end of the command
then ACR will concatenate the value of cflags_var and ldflags_var instead of overwrite the old
value. This keyword exports also a variable called HAVE_PKGFG_{pkg-config-name|filtered} with 0
or 1 values.
PKGCFG_DO pcfile libname requires ;
Generate a pkg-config file for the given library name and make it depend on the word separated
list of pkg-config requires
VALAPKG[!] pkgname
Checks if a Vala package is available for VALAC
CONDITIONALS
All conditionals require an 'op'(operation) argument that defines how to set the setvarname. Valid
operations are: '=' '+=' '?='.
You can also nest conditionals inside other conditionals using the '{' '}' keywords. That allows you to
concatenate a group of conditionals and definitions inside it. The nested conditionals support is
available from acr 0.4.
IF|IFNOT varname { ..code.. }
If the value of varname is equal to '1'(IF) or '0'(IFNOT) then ACR will set the 'setvarname' to
the 'value'.
IFNULL|IFNOTNULL varname { ..code.. }
If the value of varname is equal to null (IFNULL) or not (IFNOTNULL)' then ACR will set the
'setvarname' to the 'value'.
IFEQ|IFNOTEQ varname value; { ..code.. }
If the content of varname is equal(IFEQ) or different(IFNOTEQ) to value then setvarname to the
value setvalue.
IFEQVAL|IFNOTEQVAL varname varname2 { ..code.. }
DEPRECATED: This keyword has been deprecated in 0.5 and will disappear in 0.6. Use IFEQ FOO $FOO
; instead. If the content of varname is equal(IFEQ) or different(IFNOTEQ) to the content of
varname2 and finally sets setvarname to the value setvalue.
IFAND|IFNOTAND var1 var2 { ..code.. }
If var1 and var2 are equal to 1(IFAND) or 0(IFNOTAND) then setvar to setvalue.
IFAND|IFNOTAND var1 var2 { ..code.. }
If var1 and var2 are equal to 1(IFAND) or 0(IFNOTAND) then setvar to setvalue.
IFOR|IFNOTOR var1 var2 { ..code.. }
If var1 and var2 are equal to 1(IFAND) or 0(IFNOTAND) then setvar to setvalue.
ECHO string ;
Prints a string to stderr.
DIEIF|DIE variable die_message ;
DIEIFNOT|DIENOT variable die_message ;
DIENOW die_message ;
If the value of variable is equal to 1(DIE) or 0(DIENOT) then stop processing the ./configure
script and shows the die message. Short keyword names (DIE, DIENOT) are going to be deprecated.
FLAGS
ARG_IGNORE flagname
Ignore specific configure arg (do nothing)
ARG_[WITH|WITHOUT|ENABLE|DISABLE] varname[=value] flagname description ;
Adds a with/without/enable/disable flag to the final configure script. For example:
ARG_WITH MPLAYER=/usr/bin/mplayer mplayer Sets path for the mplayer ;
If no =value given, ARG_* will act as a boolean variable (0 for WITH and ENABLE, and 1 for
WITHOUT and DISABLE). If the =value is given ACR will allow the user to construct flags like
--with-foo=bar.
The 'value' argument must be:
• "" (empty) : if you want to create a true/false flag (ex: --without-x, --enable-ssl)
• "=" : if you want that the user adds his own value. (ex: --with-x11base=/usr/pkg/XFree86/ )
• "something" : if you want to set the value to "something" when the flag is passed. (ex:
--with-kjc -> sets JAVAC to kjc)
OUTPUT GENERATION
OUTPUT_H file1 file2 ;
Generates the file1 file2 with C-like syntax defining all exported variables with #defines.
OUTPUT_SH file1 file2 ;
Generates the selected files like OUTPUT_H does but using a shellscript syntax.
SUBST|SUBST_FILES file1 file2 ;
Replaces all @ENVWORDS@ with the exported variable proper value. Before doing the changes ACR
copies the original file to file.orig. Remember to mv file.orig file on make clean target. This
option is not recommended to use, because the problem you may experience by using acr+vcs
systems. I recommend you to use SUBDIRS instead. (acr>=0.4)
SUBDIRS dir1 dir2 file1 file2 ;
Finds Makefile.acr files in requested directories to generate the proper Makefile. acr>=0.4
allows one to use SUBDIRS against files or directories, without difference. It's backward
compatible. If the target name is a directory then acr will look for 'Makefile.acr', if not, it
will get the filename.acr and will generate a new file keeping the name, but chopping the end
'.acr'. You can also use the '%' keyword to match all Makefile.acr files under the current
directory. This could be useful in case of changes on the directory structure of your project.
SUBCONF dir1 dir2 ;
Calls recursively other ./configure scripts found in dir1, dir2 passing the root ./configure flag
arguments.
REPORT var1 var2 ;
Shows the varname and varvalue of the desired variables at the end of the final ./configure
script. (useful for debugging)
EXAMPLES
Simple example:
PKGNAME helloworld
CONTACT my real name ; my@email.com
VERSION 1.0
LANG_C!
SUBDIRS . src ;
Some more checks
PKGNAME gtkapp
VERSION 1.0
LANG_C!
PKGCFG+ CFLAGS LDFLAGS gtk+-2.0
SUBDIRS . src ;
REPORT HAVE_PKGCFG_GTK_2_0 CFLAGS LDFLAGS ;
SEE ALSO
acr(1) amr(1) acr-cat(1) configure.amr(5)
AUTHOR
pancake <pancake@nopcode.org>
http://nopcode.org/wk.php/Acr
Debian Feb 25, 2022 CONFIGURE.ACR(5)