ncurses 5.9 - patch 20150221

[ncurses.git] / INSTALL

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 23487c7109238bf80d1712af00c661809ab04de2..cad224ad5b8e99e2d92b7df26301e476e1292ce8 100644 (file)
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
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--- $Id: INSTALL,v 1.183 2015/01/17 23:20:46 tom Exp $
+-- $Id: INSTALL,v 1.184 2015/01/24 23:24:22 tom Exp $

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              How to install Ncurses/Terminfo on your system
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              How to install Ncurses/Terminfo on your system
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@@ -1130,11 +1130,11 @@ SUMMARY OF CONFIGURE OPTIONS:
        The Solaris, GNU and reportedly some other linkers (ld) accept a
        "--version-script" option which tells the linker to annotate the
        resulting objects with version identifiers.
        The Solaris, GNU and reportedly some other linkers (ld) accept a
        "--version-script" option which tells the linker to annotate the
        resulting objects with version identifiers.

-       
+

        Use "objdump -T" on a library to see the annotations.
 
        Use "objdump -T" on a library to see the annotations.
 

-       The configure script will automatically apply a suitable ".map" file to
-       provide this information for Linux.  Solaris mapfiles differ:
+       The configure script attempts to automatically apply a suitable ".map"
+       file to provide this information for Linux.  Solaris mapfiles differ:

 
        a) comments are not accepted
        b) wildcards are not accepted, except for a special case of "_*".
 
        a) comments are not accepted
        b) wildcards are not accepted, except for a special case of "_*".


@@ -1146,6 +1146,12 @@ SUMMARY OF CONFIGURE OPTIONS:
        several builds, some symbols will be listed in the the ".map" files
        that do not happen to be present in one configuration or another.
 
        several builds, some symbols will be listed in the the ".map" files
        that do not happen to be present in one configuration or another.
 

+       The sample ".map" (and ".sym") files are generated using a set of
+       scripts which build several configurations for each release version,
+       checking to see which of the "_nc_" symbols can be made local.  In
+       addition to the ncurses libraries and programs, the symbols used
+       by the "tack" program are made global.
+

        These sample ".map" files will not cover all possible combinations.
        In some cases, e.g., when using the --with-weak-symbols option, you
        may prefer to use a different ".map" file by setting this option's
        These sample ".map" files will not cover all possible combinations.
        In some cases, e.g., when using the --with-weak-symbols option, you
        may prefer to use a different ".map" file by setting this option's