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m4

Version: 1.4.21

GNU implementation of the traditional Unix macro processor

Install package

min add m4
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What is "m4"?

GNU implementation of the traditional Unix macro processor

How to use this package

Quick install

Installs the package into the current environment for this session. Use --build or --runtime to persist it as a build-time or runtime dependency.

min add m4

Declare as a task dependency in minimal.toml

Listing the package under tasks.<name>.packages makes it available inside that task’s sandbox.

[tasks.dev]
packages = ["m4"]

Build-time vs runtime

Choose build-time for tools needed during compilation, runtime for dynamic libraries loaded at runtime.

min add --build m4
min add --runtime m4
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Dependencies (4)

Dependencies
NameVersionKind
base-bootstrap—build
glibc2.44runtime
make4.4.1build
toolchain—build

Dependants (57)

Dependants
NameVersion
autoconf2.73
automake1.18.1
bisonCVE:23.8.2
cbmc6.11.0
check0.15.2
classpath-devel0.99.e7c13ee0
cmatrix2.0
elfutils0.196
flex2.6.4
ghc9.10.3
glibc2.44
gmp6.3.0
gnupg2.5.24
graphviz15.1.1
groff1.24.1
htop3.5.3
iproute27.1.0
jemalloc5.4.0
libassuan3.0.2
libcap-ng0.9.6
libgcrypt1.12.4
libgpg-error1.61
libkrunfw5.6.1
libksba1.8.1
libtool2.6.2
liburcu0.15.6
libuv1.52.1
libxkbcommon1.13.2
lsof4.99.7
maude3.5.1
mesa26.2.0
mono6.12.0.206
mpfr4.2.2
nettle4.0
npth1.8
openjdk-1010+46
openjdk-1111.0.22
openjdk-1212+33
openjdk-1313.0.14
openjdk-1414.0.2
openjdk-1515.0.10
openjdk-1616.0.2
openjdk-1717.0.10
openjdk-1818.0.2.1
openjdk-1919.0.2
openjdk-2020.0.2
openjdk-2121.0.2
openjdk-2222.0.2
openjdk-2323.0.2
openjdk-2424.0.1
openjdk-2525.0.2
openjdk-99+181
postgres18.6
stow2.4.1
tmux3.7
virtio-linux6.12.114
virtio-linux-detonation6.18.58
  1. m4 v1.4.21a9c39ec
    Diff
    Lines:+20 / -7Deps:4
    Released:
  2. m4 v1.4.2011a4145
    Diff
    Lines:+64 / -29Deps:4(+1 / -1)
    Released:
  3. m4 vdd56b1f
    Diff
    Lines:+56 / -3Deps:4(+4)
    Released:

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45 components

Software Bill of Materials — every package this build depends on
PackagesVersion
m4ROOT1.4.21
acl2.4.0
attr2.6.0
bash5.3
bash-bootstrap5.3
binutils2.47
bison3.8.2
bzip21.0.8
coreutils9.12
diffutils3.12
expat2.9.0
file5.48
findutils4.11.0
flex2.6.4
gawk5.4.1
gawk-bootstrap5.4.1
gcc15.2.0
gdbm1.26
glibc2.44
gmp6.3.0
grep3.12
gzip1.15
libcap2.78
libffi3.8.0
linux_headers6.12.43
lz41.10.0
make4.4.1
mpc1.4.1
mpfr4.2.2
ncurses6.6
openssl3.6.5
patch2.8
pcre210.49
perl5.44.0
pkgconf3.0.5
python3.14.9
readline8.3
sed4.10
sqlite3.54.0
tar1.35
tzdata2026e
util-linux2.42.4
xz5.8.4
zlib1.3.2
zstd1.5.7

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