annotate INSTALL @ 4827:11daf37dae4d

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author Ben Wing <ben@xemacs.org>
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1 XEmacs Installation Guide
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3 Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 Board of Trustees, University of Illinois
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4 Copyright (c) 1994-1999, 2003, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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6 Permission is granted to anyone to make or distribute verbatim copies
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7 of this document as received, in any medium, provided that the
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8 copyright notice and permission notice are preserved,
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9 and that the distributor grants the recipient permission
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10 for further redistribution as permitted by this notice.
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12 Permission is granted to distribute modified versions
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13 of this document, or of portions of it,
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14 under the above conditions, provided also that they
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15 carry prominent notices stating who last changed them,
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17 of the Free Software Foundation are approved by the Foundation.
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19 BUILDING AND INSTALLATION FOR UNIX AND CYGWIN
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21 (for Microsoft Windows, see nt/README also.)
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23 PREREQUISITES
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24 =============
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26 Make sure your system has enough swapping space allocated to handle a
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27 program whose pure code is 900k bytes and whose data area is at least
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31 error in the command `temacs -batch -l loadup dump', found in
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32 `./src/Makefile.in.in', or possibly when running the final dumped
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33 XEmacs.
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35 Verify that your users have a high enough stack limit. On some systems
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36 such as OpenBSD and OSF/Tru64 the default is 2MB which is too low. On
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37 MacOS/X (Darwin) before 10.3, it's 512kB. See 'PROBLEMS' for details.
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39 Building XEmacs requires about 100 Mb of disk space (including the
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40 XEmacs sources). Once installed, XEmacs occupies between 20 and 100
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42 executable files, Lisp libraries, miscellaneous data files, and
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43 on-line documentation. The exact amount depends greatly on the number
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46 XEmacs requires an ANSI C compiler, such as GCC. If you wish to build the
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47 documentation yourself, you will need at least version 1.68 of makeinfo (GNU
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48 texinfo-3.11). GNU Texinfo 4.2 is recommended; it is necessary for building
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49 Lisp packages, and we may move to it for the core.
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51 A note on terminology: unfortunately the terms "library" and "package"
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52 are heavily overloaded. In the following, "library" refers to an
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53 external body of executable code which may be linked with XEmacs at
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54 build time to provide support for system features, such as images,
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55 audio, stream compression, databases, and input methods. A "Lisp
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56 library" is a file of Lisp code which may be loaded into XEmacs at
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57 run-time to provide editor features. A "package" is a specially
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58 prepared Lisp library or set of Lisp libraries, providing for easy
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59 installation, upgrade, and removal of applications written in Lisp.
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61 PACKAGE SYSTEM
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62 ==============
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64 The FAQ sections 1.7 and 2.1 contain information vital to have a fully
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65 working XEmacs. It includes a description of available packages, and
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66 how to bootstrap XEmacs from a minimal or a complete set of packages.
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67 This information was not included in this file only because it is too
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68 large for this terse INSTALL. The FAQ is available in Texinfo format
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69 in man/xemacs-faq.texi, as an Info file once you build XEmacs, and
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70 online at http://www.xemacs.org/Documentation/21.5/html/xemacs-faq_1.html.
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72 ADD-ON LIBRARIES
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73 ================
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75 Decide which libraries you would like to use with XEmacs, but are not
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76 yet available on your system. On some systems, X11, Motif and CDE are
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77 optional additions. On MacOS/X systems prior to 10.2, you may download
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78 X11R6 for Mac OS X from http://www.apple.com/macosx/x11/download/. In
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79 later releases X11 is available as an optional package on the
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80 installation CDs. In either case you need both the runtime libraries
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81 and the SDK (in a sidebar of that page at the time of writing). There
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83 http://www.xdarwin.org/. On Solaris, the SUNWaudmo package enables
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84 native sound support. There are also a number of free software
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85 applications that XEmacs can use. If these are not yet available on
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86 your system, obtain, build and install those external libraries before
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87 building XEmacs. The libraries XEmacs can use are:
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89 Xaw3d, XPM, JPEG, compface, PNG, zlib, GNU DBM, Berkeley DB, socks,
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90 term, NAS, Canna, Kinput2, SJ3, Wnn, PostgreSQL, LDAP.
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92 You can get (most of) them from the XEmacs FTP archive at
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93 <ftp://ftp.xemacs.org/pub/xemacs/aux>. Information about what
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94 each library does is available in the file
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95 <ftp://ftp.xemacs.org/pub/xemacs/aux/00README.txt>.
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97 Use the `--with-site-includes' and `--with-site-libraries' options when
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98 building XEmacs to allow configure to find the external software
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99 packages. For your convenience these can be set together by using the
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100 `--with-site-prefixes' option. This will set these variables as needed
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103 If you link dynamically with external libraries, usually denoted by
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104 ".so" (Unix), ".dll" (Windows), or ".dylib" (MacOS) file extensions, on
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105 some systems you may also need to add the library directories to the
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106 `--with-site-runtime-libraries' option. It is typically necessary only
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107 if you link with dynamic libraries that are installed in non-standard
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108 directories, or if you expect some of the libraries used to build XEmacs
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111 NOTE: This option has unusual semantics. ONLY libraries found in the
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112 directories specified in this option will be used at runtime. This
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113 means you must specify ALL directories you want searched at runtime in
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114 this option (perhaps excluding a very small number of standard system
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115 library paths).
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118 added. The rationale is that most users will not need this option, and
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119 this allows the builder to specify exactly the needed directories.
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120 Specifying unnecessary directories leads to obscure problems (typically
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121 startup delays) if those directories are mounted over a network, and the
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122 automounter configuration changes. Not all systems need this option;
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123 it's best to avoid using it if you can.
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125 Dynamic linking has pros and cons. Dynamically linking 3rd party
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126 libraries to XEmacs decreases the size of the binary, and means you
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127 don't need to rebuild XEmacs to take advantage of improvements in the
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128 libraries. On the other hand, XEmacs can fail subtly if the semantics
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129 of a library changes, other users may not be able to use your
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130 "private" copies of the libraries, and you may have to relink XEmacs,
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131 or even omit the feature, if the ABI changes when the libraries are
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132 upgraded.
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134 CONFIGURATION OPTIONS
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146 `--enable-FEATURE' can be used to use the same feature.
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150 Correspondence to Old Configure Options (at the end of this document)
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158 CONFIGURATION-NAME argument. If you like to experiment, specify a
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167 Specifying Location of Headers and Libraries
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175 include and library directories defined using these options.
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178 search for shared libraries at run time. If you use this option, you
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179 must specify ALL of the directories containing shared libraries at run
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180 time, including system directories. Please read the information about
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183 The `--x-includes=DIR' and `--x-libraries=DIR' options tell the build
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184 process where the compiler should look for the include files and
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185 object libraries used with the X Window System. Normally, `configure'
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186 is able to find them; these options are necessary if you have your X
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189 Configuring the Build Process
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190 -----------------------------
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192 The `--with-gcc=PROGRAM' option specifies that the build process should
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193 compile XEmacs using GCC. The `--with-compiler' option allows you to
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194 specify some other compiler to be used to compile XEmacs. If neither
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195 option is specified, the environment variable CC is used instead.
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198 The `--with-xemacs-compiler=PROGRAM' option specifies the compiler
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199 control program for the xemacs binary only. Other C code will be
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200 compiled according to the `--with-gcc' and `--with-compiler' options
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201 above. This is useful if you wish to compile XEmacs with a C++
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205 The `--with-cflags=FLAGS' option specifies all of the CFLAGS the build
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206 process should use when compiling XEmacs, except for flags controlling
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207 warning generation. Otherwise the value of the environment variable
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208 CFLAGS is consulted. If that is also undefined, CFLAGS defaults to "-g
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212 generated. There is normally no reason to use this flag, as XEmacs
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213 turns on as many warnings as possible, and is still intended to build
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214 with no warnings. If you get any undocumented warnings, please report
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215 them as bugs---they very often are, or at least indicate possible
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216 bitrot.
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219 optimizations to be used. There is normally no reason to use this
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223 The `--with-cflags-debugging=FLAGS' option specifies debugging
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224 information to be generated. You should avoid using this flag, as it
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225 makes most severe or fatal bugs hard-to-impossible to diagnose and
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226 fix. Debugging information does not slow down XEmacs at runtime, and
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229 The `--with-dynamic' option specifies that configure should try to
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230 link XEmacs dynamically rather than statically. `--with-static'
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231 specifies the reverse. XEmacs's configure script detects whether
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232 dynamic linking can be done on all platforms we know of; these options
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233 are normally unnecessary.
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235 The `--with-modules' option specifies that XEmacs be built with
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236 support for runtime loadable modules. NOTE TO OEMS: XEmacs can be
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237 distributed configured to support several options based on external
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238 APIs (currently LDAP, PostgreSQL, and Canna) as loadable modules. You
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240 without depending on the external package. XEmacs will fail
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241 gracefully at runtime, issuing an error message indicating that the
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248 one, run the XEmacs `configure' script. `configure' looks for the
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250 `--srcdir' option may not work correctly (traditionally it was
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253 Configuring the Installation Layout
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284 part of the generated executable; everything else will continue to
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288 ---------------------------
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290 If you don't want X Window System support, specify `--without-x'. If
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292 system has X Window System support, and arrange to use it if present.
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296 `lucid', `motif' and `no'. The default is `lucid' which is a
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297 Motif-lookalike menubar. We highly recommend its usage over the real
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299 `no' is specified then support for menubars will not be compiled in.
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303 `lucid', `motif', `athena', `athena3d', and `no'. The default is
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308 you wish to use for the dialog boxes. The valid options are `athena',
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309 `athena3d', `motif, and `no. The `lucid' option is accepted and will
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318 The `--with-xpm' option specifies that XEmacs should support X11
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319 Pixmaps. `configure' will attempt to detect if you have the Xpm
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322 The `--with-xface' option specifies that XEmacs should support
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323 X-Faces. `configure' will attempt to detect if you have the compface
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326 The `--with-database' option specifies that XEmacs should be built
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327 with simple database support. The valid options are `no' or a
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328 comma-separated list of one or more of `dbm', `gnudbm' or `berkdb'.
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329 `configure' will attempt to detect the necessary libraries and header
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332 The `--with-postgresql' option specifies that XEmacs should be built
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333 with PostgreSQL support, linking with libpq. `configure' will attempt
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334 to detect whether PostgreSQL support is available, and automatically
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339 The `--with-ldap' option specifies that XEmacs should be build with
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340 LDAP support, using the OpenLDAP libraries. `configure' will attempt
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341 to detect whether LDAP support is available, and automatically define
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342 `--with-ldap' for you. NOTE TO OEMS: If modules are supported and
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346 SOCKS support. This requires the libsocks library.
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348 The `--with-external-widget' option specifies that XEmacs should be
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349 built with support for being used as a widget by other X11 applications.
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350 This functionality should be considered beta.
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352 The `--with-sound=TYPE' option specifies that XEmacs should be built
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353 with sound support. Native (`--with-sound=native') sound support is
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355 systems (such as Linux) with soundcard.h. Network Audio Support (NAS)
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357 for your system. For NAS, you will probably need to provide the paths
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359 `--with-sound' is not specified, `configure' will attempt to determine
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360 if your configuration supports native sound and define --with-sound
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362 can specify it with the `--with-native-sound-lib=LIB' flag. For Linux,
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363 `/dev/audio' is required for SunAudio files and `/dev/dsp' is required
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364 for raw data and WAVE format files.
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366 The `--with-tooltalk' option specifies that XEmacs should be built
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368 ToolTalk is not yet supported on all architectures. If you use this
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369 option, you should have the tooltalk package (see etc/PACKAGES)
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372 The `--with-sparcworks' option specifies that XEmacs should be built
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373 with support for Sun Sparcworks 3.0.1 and up (including Sun WorkShop).
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374 This functionality is only of use on SunOS 4.1.x and Solaris 2.x
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375 systems. If you use this option, you should have the Sun package (see
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378 The `--with-cde' option allows you to enable or disable CDE drag and
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379 drop support. `configure' will attempt to detect this option and
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382 Internationalization Options
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385 The `--with-mule' option enables MUlti-Lingual Emacs (Mule) support,
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387 support is required for Asian language and Unicode (multibyte and wide
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388 character) support. With the advent of the Euro and European
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389 Community expansion, Mule support is also recommended for Western
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390 Europeans. Enabling Mule support requires the mule-base package
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391 installed prior to building XEmacs. The `--with-xim', --with-xfs',
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392 `--with-canna', `--with-wnn' and `--with-wnn6' options require
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395 The `--with-xim' option enables use of the X11 XIM mechanism to allow
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396 an input method to input text into XEmacs. The input method is shared
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397 among all the X applications sharing an X display and using the same
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398 language. The XIM support comes in two flavors: `motif' and `xlib'.
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399 The Motif support (the XmIm* functions) is preferred when available.
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400 The xlib XIM support works reasonably well so long as the X11 libraries
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402 2.0.5 and 2.0.6 and Kinput2 as an XIM server. In this configuration
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403 X11 must be recompiled with X_LOCALE defined because glibc is lacking
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404 localization for Japanese. The XIM support defaults to `no' except
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405 when Motif is detected where it is stable with OSF libraries. The XIM
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406 support in Lesstif (a Free Motif replacement) does not work as of
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407 v0.82. If you enable this option, you will probably wish to install
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408 the `locale' package which contains localized Splash screens and
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409 Menubars.
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411 The `--with-xfs' option enables use of a multilingual Menubar. At the
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412 present time, only Japanese and French locales are supported. In
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413 order to use a multilingual Menubar you must have the `locale' package
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414 installed. The `locale' package does not have to be installed when
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415 building XEmacs.
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417 The `--with-canna' option enables the use of the Canna Japanese input
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418 method. This is stable code and fairly well tested. In order to use
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419 it, you will have to have the Canna server installed and running. Canna
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420 versions 3.2pl2, 3.5b2, and 3.7p3 are known to work. Version 3.2pl2 is
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423 it, so you never need to explicitly use this option unless your Canna
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424 libraries are somewhere strange. Canna run time support is currently
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430 multi-language input method. `--with-wnn' is for compiling with Wnn-4.2,
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432 the commercial version of WNN available from OMRON Corporation. This is
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433 stable code and fairly well tested. In order to build with this
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434 option, you will need to have the `egg-its' lisp package already
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435 installed.
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437 Please note that it is safe to build with as many of the options
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438 `--with-xim', `--with-canna' and `--with-wnn' as your system
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441 Options for Developers and Special Requirements
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444 The `--with-rel-alloc' option can be used to either enable or disable
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445 use of the relocating allocator. Turning on --with-rel-alloc will allow
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446 XEmacs to return unused memory to the operating system, thereby reducing
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447 its memory footprint. However, it may make XEmacs runs more slowly,
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449 inefficient. Generally, it's best to go with the default configuration
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450 for your system. You can tweak this based on how you use XEmacs, and
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451 the memory and cpu resources available on your system.
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453 The `--with-system-malloc' option can be used to either enable or
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454 disable use of the system malloc. Generally, it's best to go with the
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455 default configuration for your system. Note that on many systems
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456 using the system malloc disables the use of the relocating allocator.
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458 The `--with-debug-malloc' option can be used to link a special
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459 debugging version of malloc. Debug Malloc is not included with XEmacs
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460 and is intended for use only by the developers. It may be obtained
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461 from <URL:http://www.letters.com/dmalloc/>.
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463 The `--enable-debug' and `--enable-error-checking' options are primarily
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464 useful to the developers. `--enable-debug' incorporates code for
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465 performing various tests, but does not impose a speed penalty.
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466 `--enable-error-checking' adds additional tests to many of the commonly
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467 used macros, and imposes a speed penalty. Using either or both of these
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468 options can make bug reports more useful to the developers.
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470 The `--verbose' option is useful only to the developers. It displays
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471 additional information, useful for debugging `configure'.
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473 MAIL LOCKING
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474 ============
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476 For most platforms, configure or the src/s file have the preferred
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477 method for locking mail spool files preconfigured. Otherwise you must
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478 find out for youself. Do not choose a locking protocol "on the
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479 objective merits." XEmacs must use the same method as other mail
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480 utilities on your system, or you WILL lose mail.
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483 locking method via the --with-mail-locking=METHOD option to configure.
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484 Valid values for METHOD are --with-mail-locking are `lockf', `flock',
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485 and `dot'.
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487 RUNNING CONFIGURE
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488 =================
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490 `configure' doesn't do any compilation or installation itself. It
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491 just creates the files that influence those things: `./src/config.h',
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494 When it is done, `configure' prints a description of what it did and
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495 creates a shell script `config.status' which, when run, recreates the
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496 same configuration. If `configure' exits with an error after
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497 disturbing the status quo, it removes `config.status'. If `configure'
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498 doesn't work as expected, the file `config.log' contains details of
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499 the tests run and their results.
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501 AUXILIARY PATHS
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502 ===============
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504 Look at `./lisp/paths.el'; if some of those values are not right for
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505 your system, set up the file `./lisp/site-init.el' with XEmacs Lisp
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506 code to override them; it is not a good idea to edit paths.el itself.
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507 YOU MUST USE THE LISP FUNCTION `setq' TO ASSIGN VALUES, rather than
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508 `defvar', as used by `./lisp/paths.el'. For example,
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510 (setq news-inews-program "/usr/bin/inews")
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513 news-inews-program (which is "/usr/local/inews").
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515 Before you override a variable this way, *look at the value* that the
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516 variable gets by default! Make sure you know what kind of value the
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517 variable should have. If you don't pay attention to what you are
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518 doing, you'll make a mistake.
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520 Things may malfunction if the variable `directory-abbrev-alist' is not
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521 set up to translate "temporary" automounter mount points into the
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522 canonical form. XEmacs tries to detect how your automounter is
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523 configured. If you have an unusual automounter configuration that
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524 XEmacs cannot detect, you may need to change the value of
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525 `directory-abbrev-alist'.
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527 SITE-SPECIFIC STARTUP CODE
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528 ==========================
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529
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530 Put into `./lisp/site-init.el' or `./lisp/site-load.el' any Emacs Lisp
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531 code you want XEmacs to load before it is dumped out. Use
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532 site-load.el for additional libraries if you arrange for their
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533 documentation strings to be in the lib-src/DOC file (see
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534 src/Makefile.in.in if you wish to figure out how to do that). For all
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537 Note that, on some systems, the code you place in site-init.el must
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538 not use expand-file-name or any other function which may look
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539 something up in the system's password and user information database.
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540 See `./PROBLEMS' for more details on which systems this affects.
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541
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542 The `site-*.el' files are nonexistent in the distribution. You do not
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543 need to create them if you have nothing to put in them.
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545 TERMCAP CONFIGURATION
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546 =====================
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547
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548 Refer to the file `./etc/TERMS' for information on fields you may
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549 wish to add to various termcap entries. The files `./etc/termcap.ucb'
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550 and `./etc/termcap.dat' may already contain appropriately-modified
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551 entries.
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553 RUNNING MAKE
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554 ============
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555
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556 Run `make' in the top directory of the XEmacs distribution to finish
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557 building XEmacs in the standard way. The final executable file is
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558 named `src/xemacs'. You can execute this file in place without
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559 copying it, if you wish; then it automatically uses the sibling
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560 directories ../lisp, ../lib-src, ../info.
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561
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562 Or you can install the executable and the other XEmacs into their
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563 permanent locations, with `make install'. By default, XEmacs's files
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564 are installed in the following directories:
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565
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566 `/usr/local/bin' holds the executable programs users normally run -
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567 `xemacs', `etags', `ctags', `b2m', `emacsclient', `ellcc',
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568 `gnuclient', `gnudoit', and `gnuattach'.
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570 `/usr/local/lib/xemacs-VERSION/lisp' holds the Emacs Lisp libraries;
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571 `VERSION' stands for the number of the XEmacs version
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572 you are installing, like `18.59' or `19.14'. Since
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573 the lisp libraries change from one version of XEmacs to
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574 another, including the version number in the path
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575 allows you to have several versions of XEmacs installed
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576 at the same time; this means that you don't have to
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577 make XEmacs unavailable while installing a new version.
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578
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579 XEmacs searches for its lisp files in these
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580 directories, and then in
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581 `/usr/local/lib/xemacs/site-lisp/*'.
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582
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583 `/usr/local/lib/xemacs-VERSION/etc' holds the XEmacs tutorial, the
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584 Unicode database, and other architecture-independent
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585 files XEmacs might need while running. VERSION is as
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586 specified for `.../lisp'.
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587
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588 `/usr/local/lib/xemacs/lock' contains files indicating who is
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589 editing what, so XEmacs can detect editing clashes
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590 between users.
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591
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592 `/usr/local/lib/xemacs-VERSION/CONFIGURATION-NAME' contains executable
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593 programs used by XEmacs that users are not expected to
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594 run themselves, and the DOC file. `VERSION' is the
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595 number of the XEmacs version you are installing, and
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596 `CONFIGURATION-NAME' is the host type of your system.
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597 Since these files are specific to the version of
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598 XEmacs, operating system, and architecture in use,
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599 including the configuration name in the path allows
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600 you to have several versions of XEmacs for any mix of
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601 machines and operating systems installed at the same
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602 time; this is useful for sites at which different
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603 kinds of machines share the file system XEmacs is
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604 installed on.
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605
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606 `/usr/local/lib/xemacs-VERSION/CONFIGURATION-NAME/modules' holds the Emacs
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607 dynamically loadable modules. These are special programs
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608 typically written in C that can be loaded in much the same
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609 way that Lisp packages are. Not all systems support
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610 dynamic modules, so do not be alarmed if this directory
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611 does not exist or is empty.
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612
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613 XEmacs searches for modules in this directory, or any
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614 sub-directory of it, and then in
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615 `/usr/local/lib/xemacs/site-modules/*'.
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616
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617 `/usr/local/lib/xemacs-VERSION/info' holds the on-line documentation
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618 for XEmacs, known as "info files".
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619
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620 `/usr/local/man/man1' holds the man pages for the programs installed
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621 in `/usr/local/bin'.
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622
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623 If these directories are not what you want, you can specify where to
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624 install XEmacs's libraries and data files or where XEmacs should search
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625 for its lisp files by giving values for `make' variables as part of
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626 the command.
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627
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628 You can change where the build process installs XEmacs and its data
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629 files by specifying values for `make' variables as part of the `make'
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630 command line. For example, if you type
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631
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632 make install bindir=/usr/local/gnubin
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633
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634 the `bindir=/usr/local/gnubin' argument indicates that the XEmacs
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635 executable files should go in `/usr/local/gnubin', not
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636 `/usr/local/bin'.
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637
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638 Here is a complete list of the variables you may want to set.
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639
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640 `bindir' indicates where to put executable programs that users can
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641 run. This defaults to /usr/local/bin.
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642
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643 `datadir' indicates where to put the architecture-independent
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644 read-only data files that XEmacs refers to while it runs; it
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645 defaults to /usr/local/lib. We create the following
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646 subdirectories under `datadir':
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647 - `xemacs-VERSION/lisp', containing the XEmacs lisp libraries, and
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648
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649 - `xemacs-VERSION/etc', containing the XEmacs tutorial and the
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650 `yow' database.
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651 `VERSION' is the number of the XEmacs version you are installing,
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652 like `18.59' or `19.14'. Since these files vary from one version
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653 of XEmacs to another, including the version number in the path
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654 allows you to have several versions of XEmacs installed at the
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655 same time; this means that you don't have to make XEmacs
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656 unavailable while installing a new version.
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657
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658 `statedir' indicates where to put architecture-independent data files
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659 that XEmacs modifies while it runs; it defaults to
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660 /usr/local/lib as well. We create the following
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661 subdirectories under `statedir':
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662 - `xemacs/lock', containing files indicating who is editing
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663 what, so XEmacs can detect editing clashes between
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664 users.
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665
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666 `libdir' indicates where to put architecture-specific data files that
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667 XEmacs refers to as it runs; it too defaults to `/usr/local/lib'.
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668 We create the following subdirectories under `libdir':
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669 - `xemacs-VERSION/CONFIGURATION-NAME', containing executable
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670 programs used by XEmacs that users are not expected to run
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671 themselves, and the DOC file.
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672 `VERSION' is the number of the XEmacs version you are installing,
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673 and `CONFIGURATION-NAME' is the host type of your system.
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674 Since these files are specific to the version of XEmacs,
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675 operating system, and architecture in use, including the
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676 configuration name in the path allows you to have several
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677 versions of XEmacs for any mix of machines and operating
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678 systems installed at the same time; this is useful for sites
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679 at which different kinds of machines share the file system
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680 XEmacs is installed on.
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681
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682 `infodir' indicates where to put the info files distributed with
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683 XEmacs; it defaults to `/usr/local/lib/xemacs-VERSION/info'.
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684
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685 `mandir' indicates where to put the man pages for XEmacs and its
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686 utilities (like `etags'); it defaults to
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687 `/usr/local/man/man1'.
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688
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689 `prefix' doesn't give a path for any specific part of XEmacs; instead,
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690 its value is used to determine the defaults for all the
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691 architecture-independent path variables - `datadir',
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692 `statedir', `infodir', and `mandir'. Its default value is
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693 `/usr/local'; the other variables add on `lib' or `man' to it
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694 by default.
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695
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696 For example, suppose your site generally places GNU software
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697 under `/usr/users/software/gnusoft' instead of `/usr/local'.
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698 By including
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699 `prefix=/usr/users/software/gnusoft'
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700 in the arguments to `make', you can instruct the build process
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701 to place all of the XEmacs data files in the appropriate
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702 directories under that path.
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703
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704 `exec_prefix' serves the same purpose as `prefix', but instead
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705 determines the default values for the architecture-dependent
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706 path variables - `bindir' and `libdir'.
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707
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708 The above variables serve analogous purposes in the makefiles for all
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709 GNU software; here are some variables specific to XEmacs.
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710
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711 `lispdir' indicates where XEmacs installs and expects its lisp
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712 libraries. Its default value, based on `datadir' (see above),
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713 is `/usr/local/lib/xemacs-VERSION/lisp' (where `VERSION' is as
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714 described above).
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715
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716 `sitelispdir' indicates where XEmacs should search for lisp libraries
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717 specific to your site. XEmacs checks them in order before
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718 checking `lispdir'. Its default value, based on `datadir'
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719 (see above), is `/usr/local/lib/xemacs/site-lisp'.
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720
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721 `etcdir' indicates where XEmacs should install and expect the rest of
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722 its architecture-independent data, like the tutorial and yow
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723 database. Its default value, based on `datadir'
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724 (see above), is `/usr/local/lib/xemacs-VERSION/etc' (where
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725 `VERSION' is as described above).
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726
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727 `lockdir' indicates the directory where XEmacs keeps track of its
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728 locking information. Its default value, based on `statedir'
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729 (see above), is `/usr/local/lib/xemacs/lock'.
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730
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731 `archlibdir' indicates where XEmacs installs and expects the
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732 executable files and other architecture-dependent data it uses
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733 while running. Its default value, based on `libdir' (see
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734 above), is `/usr/local/lib/xemacs-VERSION/CONFIGURATION-NAME'
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735 (where VERSION and CONFIGURATION-NAME are as described above).
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736
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737 `docdir' indicates where to put Lisp documentation strings that XEmacs
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738 refers to as it runs. It defaults to the value of `archlibdir'
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739 (see above).
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741 `moduledir' indicates where XEmacs installs and expects to find
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742 any dynamic modules. Its default value, based on
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743 `archlibdir' (see above) is
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744 `/usr/local/lib/xemacs-VERSION/CONFIGURATION-NAME/modules'
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745 (where VERSION and CONFIGURATION-NAME are as described above).
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746 By their very nature, dynamic loadable modules are architecture-
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747 dependent, and care should be taken not to set this directory
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748 to a system- or architecture-independent directory.
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749
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750 Remember that you must specify any variable values you need each time
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751 you run `make' in the top directory. If you run `make' once to build
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752 xemacs, test it, and then run `make' again to install the files, you
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753 must provide the same variable settings each time. To make the
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754 settings persist, you can edit them into the `Makefile' in the top
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755 directory, but be aware that running the `configure' program erases
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756 `Makefile' and rebuilds it from `Makefile.in'.
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757
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758 The top-level Makefile stores the variable settings it used in the
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759 Makefiles for the subdirectories, so you don't have to specify them
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760 when running make in the subdirectories.
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761
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762 Using GNU Make allows for simultaneous builds with and without the
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763 --srcdir option.
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764
1283
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765 STRIPPING BINARIES
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parents: 1202
diff changeset
766 ==================
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parents: 1202
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767
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parents: 1202
diff changeset
768 This saves nothing but a small (by modern standards) amount of disk
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parents: 1202
diff changeset
769 space; the symbol table is not loaded into memory at execution time.
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parents: 1202
diff changeset
770 If you do encounter a crash or other serious bug, the first thing the
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parents: 1202
diff changeset
771 developers will do is ask you to build an XEmacs with a full symbol
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parents: 1202
diff changeset
772 table, anyway. Don't strip the XEmacs binary.
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parents: 1202
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773
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774 MAIL-LOCKING POST-INSTALLATION
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775 ==============================
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776
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777 If your system uses dot-locking to interlock access to mailer inbox
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778 files, then you might need to make the movemail program setuid or
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779 setgid to enable it to write the lock files. We believe this is safe.
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780 The setuid/setgid bits need not be set on any other XEmacs-related
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781 executables.
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782
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783 CLEANING UP
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784 ==========
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785
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786 You are done with the hard part! You can remove executables and
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parents: 426
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787 object files from the build directory by typing `make clean'. To also
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788 remove the files that `configure' created (so you can compile XEmacs
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789 for a different configuration), type `make distclean'.
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790
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791 READ THE FAQ
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parents: 3179
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792 ============
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793
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794 Do it!
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795
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796 PROBLEMS
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797 ========
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diff changeset
798
1338
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parents: 1283
diff changeset
799 The most common problem is that you forgot to read and follow the
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742a23369b74 Improve package documentation.
Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen@xemacs.org>
parents: 3179
diff changeset
800 directions for installing bootstrap packages in the FAQ. You can not
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parents: 3179
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801 have a normal XEmacs without downloading some additional packages.
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parents: 420
diff changeset
802
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parents: 845
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803 See the file PROBLEMS in this directory for a list of various problems
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diff changeset
804 sometimes encountered, and what to do about them. PROBLEMS is also
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diff changeset
805 the place where platform-specific build notes can be found.
3050
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parents: 3018
diff changeset
806
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parents: 3018
diff changeset
807 APPENDIX: CORRESPONDENCE TO OLD CONFIGURE OPTIONS
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diff changeset
808 =================================================
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parents: 3018
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809
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parents: 3018
diff changeset
810 Here is a full translation of command line arguments. Note that any
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parents: 3018
diff changeset
811 option starting with "--with" may also be specified with "--enable".
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parents: 3018
diff changeset
812 This list may not be up-to-date.
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parents: 3018
diff changeset
813
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parents: 3018
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814 Old | New
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parents: 3018
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815 ------------------------------------------
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816 General options:
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parents: 3018
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817 ----------------
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818
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diff changeset
819 --help Unchanged
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parents: 3018
diff changeset
820 --usage Removed
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parents: 3018
diff changeset
821 --verbose Unchanged
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parents: 3018
diff changeset
822 --extra-verbose Removed
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parents: 3018
diff changeset
823
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parents: 3018
diff changeset
824 Compilation options:
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parents: 3018
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825 --------------------
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parents: 3018
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826
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parents: 3018
diff changeset
827 --compiler --with-compiler
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parents: 3018
diff changeset
828 --xemacs-compiler --with-xemacs-compiler
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parents: 3018
diff changeset
829 --with-gcc Unchanged
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parents: 3018
diff changeset
830 --cflags --with-cflags
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parents: 3018
diff changeset
831 --cflags-warning --with-cflags-warning
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parents: 3018
diff changeset
832 --debug --with-debug
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stephent
parents: 3018
diff changeset
833 New --with-cflags-debug
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stephent
parents: 3018
diff changeset
834 New --with-optimization
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stephent
parents: 3018
diff changeset
835 New --with-cflags-optimization
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stephent
parents: 3018
diff changeset
836 --cpp --with-cpp
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stephent
parents: 3018
diff changeset
837 --cppflags --with-cppflags
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parents: 3018
diff changeset
838 --libs --with-libs
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parents: 3018
diff changeset
839 --ldflags --with-ldflags
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parents: 3018
diff changeset
840 --site-includes --with-site-includes
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parents: 3018
diff changeset
841 --site-libraries --with-site-libraries
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parents: 3018
diff changeset
842 --site-prefixes --with-site-prefixes
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parents: 3018
diff changeset
843 --site-runtime-libraries --with-site-runtime-libraries
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parents: 3018
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844 --dynamic --with-dynamic
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845 --srcdir Unchanged
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parents: 3018
diff changeset
846
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parents: 3018
diff changeset
847 Installation options:
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848 ---------------------
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849
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diff changeset
850 --prefix Unchanged
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diff changeset
851 --with-prefix Unchanged
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parents: 3018
diff changeset
852 --with-netinstall Unchanged
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853 --bindir Unchanged
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854 --datadir Unchanged
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855 --statedir Unchanged
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856 --libdir Unchanged
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857 --infodir Unchanged
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858 --mandir Unchanged
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859 --lispdir --with-lispdir
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parents: 3018
diff changeset
860 --sitelispdir Removed
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parents: 3018
diff changeset
861 --etcdir --with-etcdir
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862 --lockdir Removed
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863 --archlibdir --with-archlibdir
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864 --docdir --with-docdir
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865 --moduledir --with-moduledir
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866
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867 Run-time path-searching options:
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868 --------------------------------
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869
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870 --with-site-lisp Unchanged
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871 --with-site-modules Unchanged
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872 --package-path --with-package-path
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873 --infopath --with-infopath
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874
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875 Window-system options:
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876 ----------------------
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877
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878 --with-gtk Unchanged
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879 --with-gnome Unchanged
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880 --with-x11 Unchanged
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881 --x-includes Unchanged
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882 --x-libraries Unchanged
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883 --with-msw Unchanged
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884 --with-toolbars Unchanged
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885 --with-wmcommand Unchanged
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886 --with-athena Unchanged
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887 --with-menubars Unchanged
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888 --with-scrollbars Unchanged
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889 --with-dialogs Unchanged
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890 --with-widgets Unchanged
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891 --with-dragndrop Unchanged
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892 --with-cde Unchanged
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893 --with-xmu Unchanged
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894 --external-widget --with-external-widget
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895
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896 TTY (character terminal) options:
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898
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899 --with-tty Unchanged
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900 --with-ncurses Unchanged
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901 --with-gpm Unchanged
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902
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903 Image options:
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905
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906 --with-xpm Unchanged
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907 --with-png Unchanged
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908 --with-jpeg Unchanged
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909 --with-tiff Unchanged
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910 --with-xface Unchanged
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911 --with-gif Unchanged
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912
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913 Sound options:
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914 --------------
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915
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916 --with-sound Unchanged
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917 --native-sound-lib=LIB --with-native-sound-lib
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918
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919 Internationalization options:
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921
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922 --with-mule Unchanged
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923 --with-xim Unchanged
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924 --with-canna Unchanged
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925 --with-wnn Unchanged
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926 --with-wnn6 Unchanged
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927 --with-xfs Unchanged
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928
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929 File-related options:
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930 ---------------------
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931
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932 --with-default-eol-detection Unchanged
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933 --with-clash-detection Unchanged
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934
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935 Database options:
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936 -----------------
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937
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938 --with-database Unchanged
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939 --with-ldap Unchanged
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940 --with-postgresql Unchanged
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941
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942 Mail options:
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943 -------------
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944
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945 --mail-locking=TYPE --with-mail-locking
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946 --with-pop Unchanged
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947 --with-kerberos Unchanged
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948 --with-hesiod Unchanged
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949
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950 Networking options:
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951 -------------------
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952
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953 --with-tooltalk Unchanged
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954 --with-socks Unchanged
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955 --with-dnet Unchanged
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956 --with-ipv6-cname Unchanged
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957
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958 Memory allocation options:
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959 --------------------------
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960
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961 --rel-alloc --with-rel-alloc
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962 --with-dlmalloc Unchanged
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963 --with-system-malloc Unchanged
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964 --with-debug-malloc Unchanged
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965
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966 Emacs Lisp options:
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967 -------------------
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968
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969 --use-number-lib --with-bignum
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970
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971 Debugging options:
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972 ------------------
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973
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974 --debug --with-debug
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975 --error-checking --with-error-checking
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976 --memory-usage-stats --with-memory-usage-stats
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977 --quick-build --with-quick-build
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978 --use-union-type --with-union-type
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979 --with-quantify Unchanged
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980 --with-purify Unchanged
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981
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982 Developer options:
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983 ------------------
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984
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985 --with-workshop Unchanged
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986 --pdump --with-pdump
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987 --use-kkcc --with-kkcc
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988 --with-modules Unchanged
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989
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990 The output files produced by this new configure should be almost
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991 identical to those produced by the old. This can be tested with the
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992 provided regression test script. This script runs the two versions of
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993 configure with the supplied list of command line arguments and reports
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994 any differences. Please add your favorite configuration command lines
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995 to the list before running the test. The script is run as:
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996
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997 $ tests/autoconf/regressiontest.pl /absolute/path/to/2.13/configure \
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998 /absolute/path/to/2.59/configure >diffs.txt
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999
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1000 The only differences should be:
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1001 - those related to changes in the command line arguments
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1002 - the change of SYS_SIGLIST_DECLARED to HAVE_DECL_SYS_SIGLIST (because the old
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1003 form has been removed), and
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1004 - The removal of trailing comments in src/config.h.
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1005