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authorJose Antonio Ortega Ruiz <jao@gnu.org>2001-05-16 21:02:23 +0000
committerJose Antonio Ortega Ruiz <jao@gnu.org>2001-05-16 21:02:23 +0000
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0.3.2 release
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@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
1.4 Emacs support
1.5 Special configure flags
1.6 Supported platforms
- 1.7 Generic configure help
+
+ ------------------------------------------------------------------------
1.1 Download the source tarball
--------------------------------
GNU MDK is distributed as a source tarball available for download in the
following URLs:
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ following URLs:
The above sites contain the latest stable releases of MDK. The development
branch is available at:
- * http://sourceforge.net/cvs/?group_id=13897
+ * https://savannah.gnu.org/cvs/?group_id=118
After you have downloaded the source tarball, unpack it in a directory of
your choice using the command:
@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@ your choice using the command:
tar xfvz mdk-X.Y.tar.gz
where X.Y stands for the downloaded version (the current stable release
-being version ).
+being version 0.3.2).
+ ------------------------------------------------------------------------
1.2 Requirements
-----------------
In order to build and install MDK, you will need the following libraries
installed in your system:
@@ -53,9 +53,9 @@ the library package and the `-dev' package if you do not compile your
libraries yourself (ex: installing `libgtk1.2' and `libgtk1.2-dev' on
Debian).
+ ------------------------------------------------------------------------
1.3 Basic installation
-----------------------
MDK uses GNU Autoconf and Automake tools, and, therefore, should be built
and installed without hassle using the following commands inside the source
@@ -94,21 +94,22 @@ You can run these programs from within their directories, but I recommend
you to install them in proper locations using make install from a root
shell.
+ ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
1.4 Emacs support
------------------
-mixvm can be run within an Emacs GUD buffer using the elisp
-program misc/mixvm.el, kindly contributed by Philip King.
+mixvm can be run within an Emacs GUD buffer using the elisp program
+`misc/mixvm.el', kindly contributed by Philip E. King.
-mixvm.el provides an interface between mdk's mixvm
-and Emacs, via GUD. Place this file in your load-path,
-optionally adding the following line to your .emacs file:
+`mixvm.el' provides an interface between MDK's mixvm and Emacs, via GUD.
+Place this file in your load-path, optionally adding the following line to
+your `.emacs' file:
-(autoload 'mixvm "mixvm" "mixvm/gud interaction" t)
+ (autoload 'mixvm "mixvm" "mixvm/gud interaction" t)
+ ------------------------------------------------------------------------
1.5 Special configure flags
----------------------------
You can fine tunning the configuration process using the following switches
with configure:
@@ -125,21 +126,36 @@ User Option: --without-readline
libraries are missing (see section 1.2 Requirements) the configure
script with automatically disable this feature.
+For additional, boilerplate configure options, see the `INSTALL' file, or
+run
+
+ configure --help
+
+ ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
1.6 Supported platforms
------------------------
-GNU MDK has been tested in the following platforms:
+GNU MDK has been tested in the following platforms:
- Debian GNU/Linux 2.2/2.3
- Redhat GNU/Linux 7.0 (Agustin Navarro), 6.2 (Roberto Ferrero)
- FreeBSD 4.2 (Ying-Chieh Liao)
+ * Debian GNU/Linux 2.2/2.3
+ * Redhat GNU/Linux 7.0 (Agustin Navarro), 6.2 (Roberto Ferrero)
+ * FreeBSD 4.2 (Ying-Chieh Liao)
+ * Solaris 2.8/gcc 2.95.3 (Stephen Ramsay)
+ * MS Windows 98 SE/Cygwin 1.1.8-2 (Christoph von Nathusius)(1)
-MDK will probably work on any GNU/Linux and BSD platform. If you try
-it in a platform not listed above, please send a mail to jao@gnu.org.
+(1) Caveats: Christoph has only tested mixvm and mixasm on this platform,
+using gcc 2.95.3-2, GLIB 1.2.10 and GNUreadline 4.1-2. He has reported
+missing history functionalities on a first try. If you find problems
+with history/readline functionality, please try a newer/manually
+installed readline version.
+MDK will probably work on any GNU/Linux and BSD platform. If you try it in a
+platform not listed above, please send a mail to the author.
-1.7 Generic configure help
---------------------------
+ ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+2. Generic configure help
Basic Installation
==================