3 Invoking Autodist
The Autodist has two basic functions:
1. Preparing source tree for configuration and compilation (see Preparing source tree)
2. Creating distribution packages (see Creating distribution)
The 'autodist' accepts the following options:
- `-h'
- `--help'
- Prints the help for the Autodist and exits.
- `-V'
- `--version'
- Prints version number and exits.
- `-v'
- `--verbose'
- Verbosely report processing.
- `-d'
- `--distdir <dir>'
- Search distributions from <dir> instead of default 'distdir'.
- `-s'
- `--distdefs [<dist>]'
- Prints distribution defines of <dist> and exits.
- `-i'
- `--init'
- Initializes Autodist environment. Creates the default distribution
directory 'distdir', 'autodist.conf' configuration file and the
default distribution 'default', then exits.
- `-p'
- `--process <type> <src> <dst>'
- Process file <src> into <dst> for distribution, <type> is 'makefile',
'configure', 'non-source' or 'source' and defines the type of <src>,
then exits.
- `-m'
- `--makedist'
- Creates and packages distribution
- `--gzip'
- Create package compressed with gzip (default)
- `--bzip2'
- Create also package compressed with bzip2
- `--compress'
- Create also package compressed with compress
- `--zip'
- Create also package compressed with zip