Package: xutils-dev (1:7.7+5 and others)

X Window System utility programs for development

xutils-dev provides a set of utility programs shipped with the X Window System that do not require the X libraries; many of these programs are useful even on a system that does not have any X clients or X servers installed.

The programs in this package include:

 - imake, a C preprocessor interface to the make utility;
 - lndir, a tool that creates a shadow directory of symbolic links to
   another directory tree;
 - makedepend, a tool to create dependencies in makefiles;
 - makeg, a tool for making debuggable executables.

This package also contains xorg-macros.m4, a set of macros used in configure scripts of X.Org packages.

Tags: Software Development: Build Tool, C Development, Libraries, Implemented in: implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, Role: Development Library, Program, Scope: scope::utility, works-with::software:source

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