ncurses 5.9 - patch 20140412

[ncurses.git] / INSTALL

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index c015b439f21555c444e67f166023bed88f0ec3cf..4097948392843bbe891551543a84438fd38cce19 100644 (file)
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
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--- Copyright (c) 1998-2012,2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.               --
+-- Copyright (c) 1998-2013,2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.               --
 --                                                                           --
 -- Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a   --
 -- copy of this software and associated documentation files (the             --
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 -- sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written        --
 -- authorization.                                                            --
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--- $Id: INSTALL,v 1.167 2013/03/09 21:22:04 tom Exp $
+-- $Id: INSTALL,v 1.170 2014/04/12 23:10:33 tom Exp $
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              How to install Ncurses/Terminfo on your system
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@@ -315,6 +315,10 @@ SUMMARY OF CONFIGURE OPTIONS:
        programs are useful in this configuration, e.g., reset and tput versus
        infocmp and tic.
 
+    --disable-db-install
+       Do not install the terminal database.  This is used to omit features
+       for packages, as done with --without-progs.
+
     --disable-ext-funcs
        Disable function-extensions.  Configure ncurses without the functions
        that are not specified by XSI.  See ncurses/modules for the exact
@@ -829,10 +833,15 @@ SUMMARY OF CONFIGURE OPTIONS:
        filesystem-based terminfo entries.
 
        Use the parameter value to give the install-prefix used for the
-       datbase, e.g.,
+       database, e.g.,
                --with-hashed-db=/usr/local/BigBase
        to find the corresponding include- and lib-directories under the
-       given directory.
+       given directory.  Alternatively, you can specify a directory leaf
+       name, e.g., 
+               --with-hashed-db=db4
+       to make the configure script look for files in a subdirectory such as
+               /usr/include/db4/db.h
+               /usr/lib/db4/libdb.so
 
        See also the --enable-getcap option.