From a9768b035f2c47be0908520474073cc68d225d8a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: marha Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 23:10:44 +0000 Subject: Updated to: libX11-1.3.3 pixman-0.17.4 --- libX11/INSTALL | 128 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------- 1 file changed, 95 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-) (limited to 'libX11/INSTALL') diff --git a/libX11/INSTALL b/libX11/INSTALL index 54caf7c19..8b82ade08 100644 --- a/libX11/INSTALL +++ b/libX11/INSTALL @@ -1,5 +1,8 @@ -Copyright (C) 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 Free Software -Foundation, Inc. +Installation Instructions +************************* + +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 unlimited permission to copy, distribute and modify it. @@ -7,7 +10,10 @@ 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 @@ -20,9 +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 @@ -32,20 +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. @@ -64,6 +67,9 @@ 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 ===================== @@ -75,7 +81,7 @@ for details on some of the pertinent environment variables. 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. @@ -84,34 +90,46 @@ Compiling For Multiple Architectures 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' will install the package's files in -`/usr/local/bin', `/usr/local/man', etc. You can specify an -installation prefix other than `/usr/local' by giving `configure' the -option `--prefix=PATH'. + 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'. You can specify separate installation prefixes for architecture-specific files and architecture-independent files. If you -give `configure' the option `--exec-prefix=PATH', the package will use -PATH as the prefix for installing programs and libraries. -Documentation and other data files will still use the regular prefix. +pass the option `--exec-prefix=PREFIX' to `configure', the package uses +PREFIX as the prefix for installing programs and libraries. +Documentation and other data files still use the regular prefix. In addition, if you use an unusual directory layout you can give -options like `--bindir=PATH' to specify different values for particular +options like `--bindir=DIR' to specify different values for particular kinds of files. Run `configure --help' for a list of the directories you can set and what kinds of files go in them. @@ -134,6 +152,28 @@ 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 `' 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 ========================== @@ -156,7 +196,7 @@ where SYSTEM can have one of these forms: need to know the machine type. If you are _building_ compiler tools for cross-compiling, you should -use the `--target=TYPE' option to select the type of system they will +use the option `--target=TYPE' to select the type of system they will produce code for. If you want to _use_ a cross compiler, that generates code for a @@ -186,9 +226,14 @@ them in the `configure' command line, using `VAR=value'. For example: ./configure CC=/usr/local2/bin/gcc -will cause the specified gcc to be used as the C compiler (unless it is +causes the specified `gcc' to be used as the C compiler (unless it is overridden in the site shell script). +Unfortunately, this technique does not work for `CONFIG_SHELL' due to +an Autoconf bug. Until the bug is fixed you can use this workaround: + + CONFIG_SHELL=/bin/bash /bin/bash ./configure CONFIG_SHELL=/bin/bash + `configure' Invocation ====================== @@ -197,7 +242,14 @@ 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' @@ -224,6 +276,16 @@ operates. 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. -- cgit v1.2.3