gnulib-tool (1) Linux Manual Page
gnulib-tool – program for authors or maintainers which want to import modules from gnulib into their packages.
Synopsis
gnulib-tool –listgnulib-tool –import [module1 … moduleN]
gnulib-tool –update
gnulib-tool –create-testdir –dir=directory module1 … moduleN
gnulib-tool –create-megatestdir –dir=directory [module1 … moduleN]
gnulib-tool –test –dir=directory module1 … moduleN
gnulib-tool –megatest –dir=directory [module1 … moduleN]
gnulib-tool –extract-description module
gnulib-tool –extract-filelist module
gnulib-tool –extract-dependencies module
gnulib-tool –extract-autoconf-snippet module
gnulib-tool –extract-automake-snippet module
gnulib-tool –extract-include-directive module
gnulib-tool –extract-license module
gnulib-tool –extract-maintainer module
gnulib-tool –extract-tests-module module
Description
The GNU portability library is a macro system and C declarations and definitions for commonly-used API elements and abstracted system behaviors. It can be used to improve portability and other functionality in your programs.Options
Operation modes:- –list
- print the available module names.
- –import
- import the given modules into the current package; if no modules are specified, update the current package from the current gnulib.
- –update
- update the current package, restore files omitted from CVS.
- –create-testdir
- create a scratch package with the given modules.
- –create-megatestdir
- create a mega scratch package with the given modules one by one and all together.
- –test
- test the combination of the given modules (recommended to use CC="gcc -Wall" here).
- –megatest
- test the given modules one by one and all together (recommended to use CC="gcc -Wall" here).
- –extract-description
- extract the description.
- –extract-filelist
- extract the list of files.
- –extract-dependencies
- extract the dependencies.
- –extract-autoconf-snippet
- extract the snippet for configure.ac.
- –extract-automake-snippet
- extract the snippet for lib/Makefile.am.
- –extract-include-directive
- extract the #include directive.
- –extract-license
- report the license terms of the source files under lib/.
- –extract-maintainer
- report the maintainer(s) inside gnulib.
- –extract-tests-module
- report the unit test module, if it exists.
Options:
- –dir=DIRECTORY
- specify the target directory. For –import, this specifies where your configure.ac can be found. Defaults to current directory.
- –lib=LIBRARY
- Specify the library name. Defaults to ‘libgnu’.
- –source-base=DIRECTORY
- Directory relative –dir where source code is placed (default "lib"), for –import.
- –m4-base=DIRECTORY
- Directory relative –dir where *.m4 macros are placed (default "m4"), for –import.
- –tests-base=DIRECTORY
- Directory relative –dir where unit tests are placed (default "tests"), for –import.
- –aux-dir=DIRECTORY
- Directory relative –dir where auxiliary build tools are placed (default "build-aux").
- –with-tests
- Include unit tests for the included modules.
- –avoid=MODULE
- Avoid including the given MODULE. Useful if you have code that provides equivalent functionality. This option can be repeated.
- –lgpl
- Abort if modules aren’t available under the LGPL. Also modify license template from GPL to LGPL.
- –libtool
- Use libtool rules, for –import.
- –macro-prefix=PREFIX
- Specify the prefix of the macros ‘gl_EARLY’ and ‘gl_INIT’. Default is ‘gl’.
- –no-changelog
- don’t update or create ChangeLog files.
- –dry-run
- For –import, only print what would have been done.
- -s, –symbolic, –symlink
- Make symbolic links instead of copying files.
- -h, –help
- Show summary of options.
Bugs
Report bugs to <bug-gnulib [at] gnu.org>.See Also
check-module(1).Author
gnulib was written by the Free Software Foundation and others (sources of various origins).This manual page was written by Daniel Baumann <daniel [at] debian.org>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).