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authorMatthieu Herrb <matthieu@cvs.openbsd.org>2007-08-30 18:41:05 +0000
committerMatthieu Herrb <matthieu@cvs.openbsd.org>2007-08-30 18:41:05 +0000
commit10bb4e9809e6636aa3a4266cc6c6565e67fb8679 (patch)
tree4716d3050b3dc3d6140d40c68a6687cefde38d1e /lib/libexpat/README
parent4e3ffb03ae9723e38633b616288928dab060ff09 (diff)
Update to expat 2.0.1. ok deraadt@
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diff --git a/lib/libexpat/README b/lib/libexpat/README
index 585bcc1bf6e..fda282a8f54 100644
--- a/lib/libexpat/README
+++ b/lib/libexpat/README
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
- Expat, Release 2.0.0
+ Expat, Release 2.0.1
This is Expat, a C library for parsing XML, written by James Clark.
Expat is a stream-oriented XML parser. This means that you register
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ intended to be production grade software.
If you are building Expat from a check-out from the CVS repository,
you need to run a script that generates the configure script using the
GNU autoconf and libtool tools. To do this, you need to have
-autoconf 2.52 or newer and libtool 1.4 or newer. Run the script like
-this:
+autoconf 2.52 or newer and libtool 1.4 or newer (1.5 or newer preferred).
+Run the script like this:
./buildconf.sh
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ Another interesting option is to enable 64-bit integer support for
line and column numbers and the over-all byte index:
./configure CPPFLAGS=-DXML_LARGE_SIZE
+
+However, such a modification would be a breaking change to the ABI
+and is therefore not recommended for general use - e.g. as part of
+a Linux distribution - but rather for builds with special requirements.
After running the configure script, the "make" command will build
things and "make install" will install things into their proper
@@ -62,7 +66,7 @@ the directories into which things will be installed.
If you are interested in building Expat to provide document
information in UTF-16 rather than the default UTF-8, follow these
-instructions:
+instructions (after having run "make distclean"):
1. For UTF-16 output as unsigned short (and version/error
strings as char), run:
@@ -86,8 +90,23 @@ instructions:
(Note the additional "w" in the library name.)
3. Run "make buildlib" (which builds the library only).
+ Or, to save step 2, run "make buildlib LIBRARY=libexpatw.la".
4. Run "make installlib" (which installs the library only).
+ Or, if step 2 was omitted, run "make installlib LIBRARY=libexpatw.la".
+
+Using DESTDIR or INSTALL_ROOT is enabled, with INSTALL_ROOT being the default
+value for DESTDIR, and the rest of the make file using only DESTDIR.
+It works as follows:
+ $ make install DESTDIR=/path/to/image
+overrides the in-makefile set DESTDIR, while both
+ $ INSTALL_ROOT=/path/to/image make install
+ $ make install INSTALL_ROOT=/path/to/image
+use DESTDIR=$(INSTALL_ROOT), even if DESTDIR eventually is defined in the
+environment, because variable-setting priority is
+1) commandline
+2) in-makefile
+3) environment
Note for Solaris users: The "ar" command is usually located in
"/usr/ccs/bin", which is not in the default PATH. You will need to