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+ − 1 Usage: configure [--OPTION[=VALUE] ...] [CONFIGURATION]
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+ − 3 Set compilation and installation parameters for XEmacs, and report.
+ − 4
+ − 5 Note that for most of the following options, you can explicitly enable
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+ − 6 them using `--OPTION=yes' and explicitly disable them using `--OPTION=no'.
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+ − 7 This is especially useful for auto-detected options.
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+ − 8 The option `--without-FEATURE' is a synonym for `--with-FEATURE=no'.
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+ − 9
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+ − 10 Options marked with a (*) are auto-detected.
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+ − 11
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+ − 12 Many features require external packages to be installed first.
+ − 13 Get them from ftp://ftp.xemacs.org/pub/xemacs/aux.
+ − 14
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+ − 15 Use colons (or quoted spaces) to separate directory names in option
+ − 16 values which are PATHs (i.e. lists of directories).
+ − 17
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+ − 18 The results of configure tests are saved in config.log, which is useful
+ − 19 for diagnosing problems.
+ − 20
+ − 21
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+ − 22 General options:
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+ − 23 ----------------
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+ − 24
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+ − 25 --help Issue this usage message.
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+ − 26 --verbose Accepted but ignored.
+ − 27 --extra-verbose Display more information, useful for debugging.
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+ − 28
+ − 29
+ − 30 Compilation options:
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+ − 32
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+ − 33 --compiler=PROG C compiler to use
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+ − 34 --xemacs-compiler=PROG compiler to use to compile just the xemacs executable.
+ − 35 If you want to compile XEmacs as C++, use e.g.
+ − 36 `--xemacs-compiler=g++'. This turns on a lot of
+ − 37 additional error-checking.
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+ − 38 --with-gcc (*) Use GCC to compile XEmacs.
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+ − 39 --cflags=FLAGS Compiler flags (such as -O); setting this overrides
+ − 40 all default compiler flags except those that control
+ − 41 warnings.
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+ − 42 --cflags-warning=FLAGS Override compiler flags used to control warnings.
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+ − 43 Normally, don't set this, as XEmacs already turns on
+ − 44 the maximum safe warning level.
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+ − 45 --with-optimization Control whether compilation is optimized.
+ − 46 By default, optimization is on in release versions
+ − 47 and off in beta versions, since it can interfere
+ − 48 with proper stack backtraces.
+ − 49 --cflags-optimization=FLAGS
+ − 50 Override compiler flags used to control optimization.
+ − 51 Only has an effect when optimization is enabled.
+ − 52 Normally, don't set this, as XEmacs will already set
+ − 53 the maximum safe optimization flags appropriate for
+ − 54 the compiler being invoked.
+ − 55 --cflags-debugging=FLAGS
+ − 56 Override compiler flags used to add debugging
+ − 57 information to the executable. Normally, debugging
+ − 58 information is added whenever possible (i.e. unless
+ − 59 optimization is turned on and the compiler does not
+ − 60 permit debugging and optimization simultaneously).
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+ − 61 --cpp=PROG C preprocessor to use (e.g. /usr/ccs/lib/cpp or cc -E)
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+ − 62 --cppflags=FLAGS C preprocessor flags (e.g. -I/foo or -Dfoo=bar)
+ − 63 --libs=LIBS Additional libraries (e.g. -lfoo)
+ − 64 --ldflags=FLAGS Additional linker flags (e.g. -L/foo)
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+ − 65 --site-includes=PATH List of directories to search first for header files
+ − 66 --site-libraries=PATH List of directories to search first for libraries
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+ − 67 --site-prefixes=PATH List of directories to search for include/ and lib/
+ − 68 subdirectories, just after 'site-includes' and
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+ − 69 'site-libraries'
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+ − 70 --site-runtime-libraries=PATH
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+ − 71 List of ALL directories to search for dynamically
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+ − 72 linked libraries at run time
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+ − 73 --dynamic=yes Link dynamically if supported by system.
+ − 74 --dynamic=no Force static linking on systems where dynamic
+ − 75 linking is the default.
+ − 76 --srcdir=DIR Look for the XEmacs source files in DIR.
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+ − 77 Works best when using GNU Make. Allows you to build
+ − 78 XEmacs in various different ways using the same
+ − 79 source tree.
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+ − 81
+ − 82 Installation options:
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+ − 83 ---------------------
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+ − 84
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+ − 85 --prefix=DIR Install files below DIR. Defaults to `/usr/local'.
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+ − 86 --with-prefix=no Don't compile the value of --prefix into the
+ − 87 executable.
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+ − 88 --with-netinstall Compile in support for installation over the internet.
+ − 89 Only functional on the MS Windows platforms.
+ − 90 --bindir=DIR
+ − 91 --datadir=DIR
+ − 92 --statedir=DIR
+ − 93 --libdir=DIR
+ − 94 --infodir=DIR
+ − 95 --mandir=DIR
+ − 96 --lispdir=DIR
+ − 97 --sitelispdir=DIR
+ − 98 --etcdir=DIR
+ − 99 --lockdir=DIR
+ − 100 --archlibdir=DIR
+ − 101 --docdir=DIR
+ − 102 --moduledir=DIR
+ − 103 You may also control individually where various
+ − 104 parts of XEmacs are installed. Note that we
+ − 105 recommend against explicitly setting any of these
+ − 106 variables. See the INSTALL file for a complete list
+ − 107 plus the reasons we advise not changing them.
+ − 108
+ − 109
+ − 110 Run-time path-searching options:
+ − 111 --------------------------------
+ − 112
+ − 113 --with-site-lisp=yes Allow for a site-lisp directory in the XEmacs hierarchy
+ − 114 searched before the installation packages.
+ − 115 --with-site-modules=no Disable site-modules directory in the XEmacs hierarchy,
+ − 116 which is searched before the installation modules.
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+ − 117 --package-prefix=PATH Specify a directory under which packages will
+ − 118 be searched. The directories `xemacs-packages' and
+ − 119 (if MULE support exists) `mule-packages' (along with,
+ − 120 optionally, `site-packages') should exist under this
+ − 121 directory. This is preferred to specifying
+ − 122 `--package-path' directly and is equivalent to
+ − 123 --package-path="~/.xemacs::${package-prefix}/\
+ − 124 site-packages:${package_prefix}/xemacs-packages:\
+ − 125 ${package_prefix}/mule-packages"
+ − 126 (or the same without `.../mule-packages' if no
+ − 127 MULE support exists)
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+ − 128 --package-path=PATH Directories to search for packages to dump with xemacs.
+ − 129 PATH splits into three parts separated by double
+ − 130 colons (::), an early, a late, and a last part,
+ − 131 corresponding to their position in the various
+ − 132 system paths: The early part is always first,
+ − 133 the late part somewhere in the middle, and the
+ − 134 last part at the very back.
+ − 135 Only the late part gets seen at dump time.
+ − 136 If PATH has only one component, that component
+ − 137 is late.
+ − 138 If PATH has two components, the first is
+ − 139 early, the second is late.
+ − 140 --infopath=PATH Directories to search for Info documents, info dir
+ − 141 and localdir files in case run-time searching
+ − 142 for them fails.
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+ − 144
+ − 145 Window-system options:
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+ − 148 --with-gtk Support GTK on the X Window System. (EXPERIMENTAL)
+ − 149 --with-gnome Support GNOME on the X Window System. (EXPERIMENTAL)
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+ − 150 --with-x11 (*) Support the X Window System.
+ − 151 --x-includes=DIR Search for X header files in DIR.
+ − 152 --x-libraries=DIR Search for X libraries in DIR.
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+ − 153 --with-msw (*) Support MS Windows as a window system (only under
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+ − 154 Cygwin and MinGW). `--with-msw=no' may be needed on
+ − 155 *nix systems with Wine installed.
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+ − 156 --with-toolbars=no Don't compile with any toolbar support.
+ − 157 --with-wmcommand=no Compile without realized leader window which will
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+ − 158 keep the WM_COMMAND property.
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+ − 159 --with-athena=TYPE Use TYPE Athena widgets (xaw, 3d, next, 95, or xpm).
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+ − 160 --with-menubars=TYPE Use TYPE menubars (lucid, motif, or no). The Lucid
+ − 161 widgets emulate Motif (mostly) but are faster.
+ − 162 *WARNING* The Motif menubar is currently broken.
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+ − 163 Lucid menubars are the default.
+ − 164 --with-scrollbars=TYPE Use TYPE scrollbars (lucid, motif, athena, or no).
+ − 165 Lucid scrollbars are the default.
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+ − 166 --with-dialogs=TYPE Use TYPE dialog boxes (lucid, motif, athena, or no).
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+ − 167 There are no true Lucid dialogs; Motif dialogs will be
+ − 168 used if Motif can be found, else Athena is used.
+ − 169 --with-widgets=TYPE Use TYPE native widgets (lucid, motif, athena, or no).
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+ − 170 Other widget types are currently unsupported.
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+ − 171 There are no true Lucid widgets; Motif widgets will be
+ − 172 used if Motif can be found, else Athena is used.
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+ − 173 --with-dragndrop Compile in the generic drag and drop API. This is
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+ − 174 automatically added if one of the drag and drop
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+ − 175 protocols is found (currently CDE, OffiX, MSWindows,
+ − 176 and GTK).
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+ − 177 *WARNING* The Drag'n'drop support is under development
+ − 178 and is considered experimental.
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+ − 179 --with-cde Compile in support for CDE drag and drop.
+ − 180 --with-offix Compile in support for OffiX drag and drop.
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+ − 181 *WARNING* If you compile in OffiX, you may not be
+ − 182 able to use multiple X displays success-
+ − 183 fully. If the two servers are from
+ − 184 different vendors, the results may be
+ − 185 unpredictable.
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+ − 186 --with-xmu=no (*) For those unfortunates whose vendors don't ship Xmu.
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+ − 187 --external-widget Compile with external widget support.
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+ − 189
+ − 190 TTY (character terminal) options:
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+ − 192
+ − 193 --with-tty=no Don't support ttys.
+ − 194 --with-ncurses (*) Use the ncurses library for tty support.
+ − 195 --with-gpm (*) Compile in GPM mouse support for ttys.
+ − 196
+ − 197
+ − 198 Image options:
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+ − 201 --with-xpm (*) Compile with support for XPM images. PRACTICALLY
+ − 202 REQUIRED. Although this library is nonstandard and
+ − 203 a real hassle to build, many basic things (e.g.
+ − 204 toolbars) depend on it, and you will run into
+ − 205 many problems without it.
+ − 206 --with-png (*) Compile with support for PNG images. Recommended
+ − 207 because the images on the About page are not viewable
+ − 208 without it.
+ − 209 --with-jpeg (*) Compile with support for JPEG images. Useful if
+ − 210 you are using a mail, news reader, or web browser
+ − 211 in XEmacs, so that JPEG images can be displayed.
+ − 212 --with-tiff (*) Compile with support for TIFF images. Possibly
+ − 213 useful, for the same reason as JPEG images.
+ − 214 --with-xface (*) Compile with support for X-Face mail headers.
+ − 215 Requires the compface package. Of doubtful
+ − 216 usefulness.
+ − 217 --with-gif=no Compile without the (builtin) support for GIF images.
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+ − 219
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+ − 220 Sound options:
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+ − 222
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+ − 223 --with-sound=TYPE[,TYPE[,...]] (*) Compile with sound support.
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+ − 224 Valid types are `native', `nas' and `esd'.
+ − 225 Prefix a type with 'no' to disable.
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+ − 226 The first type can be `none' or `all'. `none' means
+ − 227 `nonative,nonas,noesd'. `all' means `native,nas,esd'.
+ − 228 Later options override earlier ones for the same TYPE.
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+ − 229 The default is to autodetect all sound support except
+ − 230 for ESD which defaults to off.
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+ − 231 --native-sound-lib=LIB Native sound support library. Needed on Suns
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+ − 232 with `--with-sound=native,nas' because both sound
+ − 233 libraries are called libaudio.
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+ − 235
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+ − 236 Internationalization options:
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+ − 238
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+ − 239 --with-mule Compile with Mule (MUlti-Lingual Emacs) support,
+ − 240 needed to support non-Latin-1 (including Asian)
+ − 241 languages.
+ − 242 --with-xim=xlib Compile with support for X input methods,
+ − 243 --with-xim=motif (*) Used in conjunction with Mule support.
+ − 244 Use either raw Xlib to provide XIM support, or
+ − 245 the Motif XmIm* routines (when available).
+ − 246 NOTE: On some systems bugs in X11's XIM support
+ − 247 will cause XEmacs to crash, so by default,
+ − 248 no XIM support is compiled in, unless running
+ − 249 on Solaris and the XmIm* routines are detected.
+ − 250 --with-canna (*) Compile with support for Canna (a Japanese input method
+ − 251 used in conjunction with Mule support).
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+ − 252 --with-wnn (*) Compile with support for Wnn (a multi-language input
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+ − 253 method used in conjunction with Mule support).
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+ − 254 --with-wnn6 (*) Compile with support for the commercial package Wnn6.
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+ − 255 --with-i18n3 Compile with I18N level 3 (support for message
+ − 256 translation). This doesn't currently work.
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+ − 257 --with-xfs Compile with XFontSet support for internationalized
+ − 258 menubar. Incompatible with `--with-xim=motif'.
+ − 259 `--with-menubars=lucid' (the default) is desirable.
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+ − 261
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+ − 262 File-related options:
+ − 263 ---------------------
+ − 264
+ − 265 --with-default-eol-detection
+ − 266 Turns on by default auto-detection of end-of-line type
+ − 267 when reading a file. Applies to those platforms where
+ − 268 auto-detection is off by default (non-Mule Unix). Has
+ − 269 no effect otherwise.
+ − 270 --with-clash-detection=no
+ − 271 Disable use of lock files to detect multiple edits
+ − 272 of the same file.
+ − 273
+ − 274
+ − 275 Database options:
+ − 276 -----------------
+ − 277
+ − 278 --with-database=TYPE (*) Compile with database support. Valid types are
+ − 279 `no' or a comma-separated list of one or more
+ − 280 of `berkdb' and either `dbm' or `gnudbm'.
+ − 281 --with-ldap (*) Compile with support for the LDAP protocol.
+ − 282 --with-postgresql (*) Compile with support for the PostgreSQL RDBMS.
+ − 283
+ − 284
+ − 285 Mail options:
+ − 286 -------------
+ − 287
+ − 288 --mail-locking=TYPE (*) Specify the locking to be used by movemail to prevent
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+ − 289 concurrent updates of mail spool files. Valid types
+ − 290 are `lockf', `flock', `file', `dot' (same as `file'),
+ − 291 `locking', `mmdf' and `pop' (equivalent to
+ − 292 `--with-pop=yes').
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+ − 293 --with-pop Support POP for mail retrieval.
+ − 294 --with-kerberos Support Kerberos-authenticated POP.
+ − 295 --with-hesiod Support Hesiod to get the POP server host.
+ − 296
+ − 297
+ − 298 Networking options:
+ − 299 -------------------
+ − 300
+ − 301 --with-tooltalk (*) Support the ToolTalk IPC protocol.
+ − 302 --with-socks Compile with support for SOCKS (an Internet proxy).
+ − 303 --with-dnet (*) Compile with support for DECnet.
+ − 304 --with-ipv6-cname Try IPv6 information first when canonicalizing host
+ − 305 names. This option has no effect unless system
+ − 306 supports getaddrinfo(3) and getnameinfo(3).
+ − 307
+ − 308
+ − 309 Memory allocation options:
+ − 310 --------------------------
+ − 311
+ − 312 --rel-alloc Use the relocating allocator (default for this option
+ − 313 is system-dependent).
+ − 314 --with-dlmalloc Control usage of Doug Lea malloc on systems that have
+ − 315 it in the standard C library (default is to use it if
+ − 316 it is available).
+ − 317 --with-system-malloc Force use of the system malloc, rather than GNU malloc.
+ − 318 --with-debug-malloc Use the debugging malloc package.
+ − 319
+ − 320
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+ − 321 Emacs Lisp options:
+ − 322 -------------------
+ − 323
+ − 324 --use-number-lib=TYPE Compile in support for bignums, ratios, or bigfloats
+ − 325 using library support. TYPE must be one of "gmp"
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+ − 326 (for GNU MP), "mp" (for BSD MP), or "no" (disabled).
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+ − 328
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+ − 331
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+ − 332 --debug Compile with support for debugging XEmacs.
+ − 333 (Causes code-size increase and little loss of speed.)
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+ − 334 --error-checking=TYPE[,TYPE]...
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+ − 335 Compile with internal error-checking added.
+ − 336 Causes noticeable loss of speed. Valid types
+ − 337 are extents, bufpos, malloc, gc, typecheck.
+ − 338 --error-checking=none Disable all internal error-checking (the default).
+ − 339 --error-checking=all Enable all internal error-checking.
+ − 340 --memory-usage-stats Compile with additional code to allow you to
+ − 341 determine what XEmacs's memory is being used
+ − 342 for. Causes a small code increase but no loss
+ − 343 of speed. Normally enabled when --debug is given.
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+ − 344 --quick-build Speed up the build cycle by leaving out steps where
+ − 345 XEmacs will still work (more or less) without them.
+ − 346 Potentially dangerous if you don't know what you're
+ − 347 doing. This (1) doesn't garbage-collect after loading
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+ − 348 each file during dumping, (2) doesn't
+ − 349 automatically rebuild the DOC file (remove it by hand
+ − 350 to get it rebuilt), (3) Removes config.h, lisp.h and
+ − 351 associated files from the dependency lists, so changes
+ − 352 to these files don't automatically cause all .c files
+ − 353 to be rebuilt.
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+ − 354 --use-union-type Enable or disable use of a union, instead of an
+ − 355 int, for the fundamental Lisp_Object type; this
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+ − 356 provides stricter type-checking. WARNING: This has
+ − 357 a tendency to trigger compiler bugs, especially in
+ − 358 combination with other features that increase the
+ − 359 complexity of expressions, for example `--with-mule'
+ − 360 and `--error-checking=all'. Crashes have been
+ − 361 observed with union type in combination with the
+ − 362 two options just mentioned under various versions of
+ − 363 GCC as well as MSVC++ 6.0. Furthermore, many
+ − 364 debuggers have problems (i.e. bugs) dealing with
+ − 365 unions, and even for those that don't, debugging can
+ − 366 be inconvenient because of no syntax for entering a
+ − 367 union. We recommend `--use-union-type' *ONLY* for
+ − 368 testing purposes, not for production builds. If you
+ − 369 are using `-use-union-type' and get some weird
+ − 370 crash, try redoing without union type.
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+ − 371 --with-quantify Add support for performance debugging using Quantify.
+ − 372 --with-purify Add support for memory debugging using Purify.
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+ − 374
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+ − 375 Developer options:
+ − 376 ------------------
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+ − 378 --with-workshop Support the Sun WorkShop (formerly Sparcworks)
+ − 379 development environment.
+ − 380 --pdump New, portable, relocatable dumper. Currently works
+ − 381 quite well, somewhere in beta-to-late-beta, we
+ − 382 might say. (Infamous for being the former
+ − 383 "experimental, don't-sue-me-if-your-house-collapses-
+ − 384 and-your-wife-leaves-you" portable dumper.)
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+ − 385 --dump-in-exec Put the dump image into the executable (enabled by
+ − 386 default for `pdump', not enabled by default in
+ − 387 combination with `mc-alloc'.
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+ − 388 --use-kkcc Enable the use of new GC algorithms. (EXPERIMENTAL)
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+ − 389 --mc-alloc Enable the new allocator. (EXPERIMENTAL)
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+ − 390 --with-modules (*) Compile in experimental support for dynamically
+ − 391 loaded libraries (Dynamic Shared Objects).
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+ − 393
+ − 394 If successful, configure leaves its status in config.status. If
+ − 395 unsuccessful after disturbing the status quo, it removes config.status.
+ − 396
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+ − 397 The configure script also recognizes some environment variables, each
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+ − 398 of which is equivalent to a corresponding configure flag. Configure
+ − 399 flags take precedence over environment variables, if both are specified.
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+ − 401 environment corresponding
+ − 402 variable configure flag
+ − 403 ----------- --------------
+ − 404 CC --compiler
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+ − 405 XEMACS_CC --xemacs-compiler
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+ − 406 CPP --cpp
+ − 407 CFLAGS --cflags
+ − 408 CPPFLAGS --cppflags
+ − 409 LDFLAGS --ldflags
+ − 410 LIBS --libs
+ − 411 LD_RUN_PATH --site-runtime-libraries
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+ − 413 For more details on the install process, consult the INSTALL file.