%general-entities; ]> expect &expect-version;

&expect-url;

Expect First, fix a bug that can result in false failures during the GCC test suite run: patch -Np1 -i ../&expect-spawn-patch; Next, fix a bug that is a result of recent Tcl changes: patch -Np1 -i ../&expect-tcl-patch; Next, force Expect's configure script to use /bin/stty instead of a /usr/local/bin/stty it may find on the host system. This will ensure that our testsuite tools remain sane for the final builds of our toolchain: cp -v configure{,.orig} sed 's:/usr/local/bin:/bin:' configure.orig > configure Now prepare Expect for compilation: ./configure --prefix=/tools --with-tcl=/tools/lib \ --with-tclinclude=/tools/include --with-x=no --with-tcl=/tools/lib This ensures that the configure script finds the Tcl installation in the temporary tools location instead of possibly locating an existing one on the host system. --with-tclinclude=/tools/include This explicitly tells Expect where to find Tcl's internal headers. Using this option avoids conditions where configure fails because it cannot automatically discover the location of Tcl's headers. --with-x=no This tells the configure script not to search for Tk (the Tcl GUI component) or the X Window System libraries, both of which may reside on the host system but will not exist in the temporary environment. Build the package: make Compilation is now complete. As discussed earlier, running the test suite is not mandatory for the temporary tools here in this chapter. To run the Expect test suite anyway, issue the following command: make test Note that the Expect test suite is known to experience failures under certain host conditions that are not within our control. Therefore, test suite failures here are not surprising and are not considered critical. Install the package: make SCRIPTS="" install SCRIPTS="" This prevents installation of the supplementary Expect scripts, which are not needed. Installed program Installed library expect libexpect-&expect-lib-version;.a Short Descriptions expect Communicates with other interactive programs according to a script expect libexpect-&expect-lib-version;.a Contains functions that allow Expect to be used as a Tcl extension or to be used directly from C or C++ (without Tcl) libexpect-&expect-lib-version;