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    <desc>
      Edit autotools target properties.
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      <name>Sébastien Granjoux</name>
      <email>seb.sfo@free.fr</email>
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      <mal:name>Jaume Planas</mal:name>
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      <mal:years>2011</mal:years>
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      <mal:name>Gil Forcada</mal:name>
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      <mal:years>2013</mal:years>
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  <title>Edit an Autotools Target</title>

  <p>Here is a list of all target properties used in autotools project.
  Some of them are not available on all targets.</p>

  <terms>
    <item>
      <title><gui>Build for check only</gui></title>
      <p>If checked, this target is not installed and has to be built only
      when running checks.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title><gui>C compiler flags</gui></title>
      <p>The flags to pass to the C compiler when compiling target source files.
      This value overrides the one eventually defined in the parent folder.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title><gui>C preprocessor flags</gui></title>
      <p>These flags are passed to every compilation that invokes the
      C preprocessor. This value overrides the one eventually defined 
      in the parent folder.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title><gui>C++ compiler flags</gui></title>
      <p>The flags to pass to the C++ compiler flags when compiling target
      source files.
      This value overrides the one eventually defined in the parent folder.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title><gui>Do not install</gui></title>
      <p>If checked, this target is not installed. It can be used for
      utilities used to build other target or programs used only by
      developers.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title><gui>Do not use prefix</gui></title>
      <p>If checked, do not add prefix to manual page and executable.
      Such prefix are used to provide alternative of system tools.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title><gui>Fortran compiler flags</gui></title>
      <p>The flags to pass to the Fortran 9x compiler when compiling target
      source files.
      This value overrides the one eventually defined in the parent folder.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title><gui>Include in distribution</gui></title>
      <p>If checked, include the target in the distribution package.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title><gui>Installation directory</gui></title>
      <p>It defines where the target is installed. It is not directly the
      directory where the files are installed but the name of one of the
      standard directory variable (bindir, sbindir, libdir, libexecdir,
      datadir, pkgdatadir, pkglibexecdir, includedir, mandir, infodir,
      docdir) or a custom variable defined in the folder properties.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title><gui>Java compiler flags</gui></title>
      <p>The flags to pass to the Java compiler when compiling target
      source files.
      This value overrides the one eventually defined in the parent folder.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title><gui>Keep target path</gui></title>
      <p>If checked, keep the hierarchy of the project directory when
      installing files.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title><gui>Lex/Flex compiler flags</gui></title>
      <p>The flags to pass to the scanner generator Lex or Flex when generating
      target source files.
      This value overrides the one eventually defined in the parent folder.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title><gui>Libraries</gui></title>
      <p>Specify additional libraries used by the target. Useful for
      adding non package libraries. See 
      <link xref="project-manager-library">Add non-packaged libraries</link>
      page for more details.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title><gui>Linker flags</gui></title>
      <p>The flags to pass to the linker when linking the target.
      This value overrides the one eventually defined in the parent folder.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title><gui>Manual section</gui></title>
      <p>Specify the section of the manual where to add man page.
      Valid section name are the digits ‘0’ through ‘9’, and the letters
      ‘l’ and ‘n’.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title><gui>Objective C compiler flags</gui></title>
      <p>The flags to pass to the Objective C compiler when compiling
      target source files.
      This value overrides the one eventually defined in the parent folder.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title><gui>Vala compiler flags</gui></title>
      <p>The flags to pass to the Vala compiler when compiling target source
      files.
      This value overrides the one eventually defined in the parent folder.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title><gui>Yacc/Bison compiler flags</gui></title>
      <p>The flags to pass to the parser generator Bison or Yacc when generating
      target source files.
      This value overrides the one eventually defined in the parent folder.</p>
    </item>
  </terms>

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