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diff --git a/app/xkbcomp/INSTALL b/app/xkbcomp/INSTALL index 23e5f25d0..8b82ade08 100644 --- a/app/xkbcomp/INSTALL +++ b/app/xkbcomp/INSTALL @@ -1,16 +1,19 @@ Installation Instructions ************************* -Copyright (C) 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005 Free -Software Foundation, Inc. +Copyright (C) 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, +2006, 2007, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc. -This file is free documentation; the Free Software Foundation gives + This file is free documentation; the Free Software Foundation gives unlimited permission to copy, distribute and modify it. Basic Installation ================== -These are generic installation instructions. + Briefly, the shell commands `./configure; make; make install' should +configure, build, and install this package. The following +more-detailed instructions are generic; see the `README' file for +instructions specific to this package. The `configure' shell script attempts to guess correct values for various system-dependent variables used during compilation. It uses @@ -23,9 +26,9 @@ debugging `configure'). It can also use an optional file (typically called `config.cache' and enabled with `--cache-file=config.cache' or simply `-C') that saves -the results of its tests to speed up reconfiguring. (Caching is +the results of its tests to speed up reconfiguring. Caching is disabled by default to prevent problems with accidental use of stale -cache files.) +cache files. If you need to do unusual things to compile the package, please try to figure out how `configure' could check whether to do them, and mail @@ -35,20 +38,17 @@ some point `config.cache' contains results you don't want to keep, you may remove or edit it. The file `configure.ac' (or `configure.in') is used to create -`configure' by a program called `autoconf'. You only need -`configure.ac' if you want to change it or regenerate `configure' using -a newer version of `autoconf'. +`configure' by a program called `autoconf'. You need `configure.ac' if +you want to change it or regenerate `configure' using a newer version +of `autoconf'. The simplest way to compile this package is: 1. `cd' to the directory containing the package's source code and type - `./configure' to configure the package for your system. If you're - using `csh' on an old version of System V, you might need to type - `sh ./configure' instead to prevent `csh' from trying to execute - `configure' itself. + `./configure' to configure the package for your system. - Running `configure' takes awhile. While running, it prints some - messages telling which features it is checking for. + Running `configure' might take a while. While running, it prints + some messages telling which features it is checking for. 2. Type `make' to compile the package. @@ -67,42 +67,57 @@ The simplest way to compile this package is: all sorts of other programs in order to regenerate files that came with the distribution. + 6. Often, you can also type `make uninstall' to remove the installed + files again. + Compilers and Options ===================== -Some systems require unusual options for compilation or linking that the -`configure' script does not know about. Run `./configure --help' for -details on some of the pertinent environment variables. + Some systems require unusual options for compilation or linking that +the `configure' script does not know about. Run `./configure --help' +for details on some of the pertinent environment variables. You can give `configure' initial values for configuration parameters by setting variables in the command line or in the environment. Here is an example: - ./configure CC=c89 CFLAGS=-O2 LIBS=-lposix + ./configure CC=c99 CFLAGS=-g LIBS=-lposix *Note Defining Variables::, for more details. Compiling For Multiple Architectures ==================================== -You can compile the package for more than one kind of computer at the + You can compile the package for more than one kind of computer at the same time, by placing the object files for each architecture in their -own directory. To do this, you must use a version of `make' that -supports the `VPATH' variable, such as GNU `make'. `cd' to the +own directory. To do this, you can use GNU `make'. `cd' to the directory where you want the object files and executables to go and run the `configure' script. `configure' automatically checks for the source code in the directory that `configure' is in and in `..'. - If you have to use a `make' that does not support the `VPATH' -variable, you have to compile the package for one architecture at a -time in the source code directory. After you have installed the -package for one architecture, use `make distclean' before reconfiguring -for another architecture. + With a non-GNU `make', it is safer to compile the package for one +architecture at a time in the source code directory. After you have +installed the package for one architecture, use `make distclean' before +reconfiguring for another architecture. + + On MacOS X 10.5 and later systems, you can create libraries and +executables that work on multiple system types--known as "fat" or +"universal" binaries--by specifying multiple `-arch' options to the +compiler but only a single `-arch' option to the preprocessor. Like +this: + + ./configure CC="gcc -arch i386 -arch x86_64 -arch ppc -arch ppc64" \ + CXX="g++ -arch i386 -arch x86_64 -arch ppc -arch ppc64" \ + CPP="gcc -E" CXXCPP="g++ -E" + + This is not guaranteed to produce working output in all cases, you +may have to build one architecture at a time and combine the results +using the `lipo' tool if you have problems. Installation Names ================== -By default, `make install' installs the package's commands under + By default, `make install' installs the package's commands under `/usr/local/bin', include files under `/usr/local/include', etc. You can specify an installation prefix other than `/usr/local' by giving `configure' the option `--prefix=PREFIX'. @@ -125,7 +140,7 @@ option `--program-prefix=PREFIX' or `--program-suffix=SUFFIX'. Optional Features ================= -Some packages pay attention to `--enable-FEATURE' options to + Some packages pay attention to `--enable-FEATURE' options to `configure', where FEATURE indicates an optional part of the package. They may also pay attention to `--with-PACKAGE' options, where PACKAGE is something like `gnu-as' or `x' (for the X Window System). The @@ -137,14 +152,36 @@ find the X include and library files automatically, but if it doesn't, you can use the `configure' options `--x-includes=DIR' and `--x-libraries=DIR' to specify their locations. +Particular systems +================== + + On HP-UX, the default C compiler is not ANSI C compatible. If GNU +CC is not installed, it is recommended to use the following options in +order to use an ANSI C compiler: + + ./configure CC="cc -Ae" + +and if that doesn't work, install pre-built binaries of GCC for HP-UX. + + On OSF/1 a.k.a. Tru64, some versions of the default C compiler cannot +parse its `<wchar.h>' header file. The option `-nodtk' can be used as +a workaround. If GNU CC is not installed, it is therefore recommended +to try + + ./configure CC="cc" + +and if that doesn't work, try + + ./configure CC="cc -nodtk" + Specifying the System Type ========================== -There may be some features `configure' cannot figure out automatically, -but needs to determine by the type of machine the package will run on. -Usually, assuming the package is built to be run on the _same_ -architectures, `configure' can figure that out, but if it prints a -message saying it cannot guess the machine type, give it the + There may be some features `configure' cannot figure out +automatically, but needs to determine by the type of machine the package +will run on. Usually, assuming the package is built to be run on the +_same_ architectures, `configure' can figure that out, but if it prints +a message saying it cannot guess the machine type, give it the `--build=TYPE' option. TYPE can either be a short name for the system type, such as `sun4', or a canonical name which has the form: @@ -170,9 +207,9 @@ eventually be run) with `--host=TYPE'. Sharing Defaults ================ -If you want to set default values for `configure' scripts to share, you -can create a site shell script called `config.site' that gives default -values for variables like `CC', `cache_file', and `prefix'. + If you want to set default values for `configure' scripts to share, +you can create a site shell script called `config.site' that gives +default values for variables like `CC', `cache_file', and `prefix'. `configure' looks for `PREFIX/share/config.site' if it exists, then `PREFIX/etc/config.site' if it exists. Or, you can set the `CONFIG_SITE' environment variable to the location of the site script. @@ -181,7 +218,7 @@ A warning: not all `configure' scripts look for a site script. Defining Variables ================== -Variables not defined in a site shell script can be set in the + Variables not defined in a site shell script can be set in the environment passed to `configure'. However, some packages may run configure again during the build, and the customized values of these variables may be lost. In order to avoid this problem, you should set @@ -190,21 +227,29 @@ them in the `configure' command line, using `VAR=value'. For example: ./configure CC=/usr/local2/bin/gcc causes the specified `gcc' to be used as the C compiler (unless it is -overridden in the site shell script). Here is a another example: +overridden in the site shell script). - /bin/bash ./configure CONFIG_SHELL=/bin/bash +Unfortunately, this technique does not work for `CONFIG_SHELL' due to +an Autoconf bug. Until the bug is fixed you can use this workaround: -Here the `CONFIG_SHELL=/bin/bash' operand causes subsequent -configuration-related scripts to be executed by `/bin/bash'. + CONFIG_SHELL=/bin/bash /bin/bash ./configure CONFIG_SHELL=/bin/bash `configure' Invocation ====================== -`configure' recognizes the following options to control how it operates. + `configure' recognizes the following options to control how it +operates. `--help' `-h' - Print a summary of the options to `configure', and exit. + Print a summary of all of the options to `configure', and exit. + +`--help=short' +`--help=recursive' + Print a summary of the options unique to this package's + `configure', and exit. The `short' variant lists options used + only in the top level, while the `recursive' variant lists options + also present in any nested packages. `--version' `-V' @@ -231,6 +276,16 @@ configuration-related scripts to be executed by `/bin/bash'. Look for the package's source code in directory DIR. Usually `configure' can determine that directory automatically. +`--prefix=DIR' + Use DIR as the installation prefix. *Note Installation Names:: + for more details, including other options available for fine-tuning + the installation locations. + +`--no-create' +`-n' + Run the configure checks, but stop before creating any output + files. + `configure' also accepts some other, not widely useful, options. Run `configure --help' for more details. |