ncurses 5.9 - patch 20140705

[ncurses.git] / INSTALL

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 4097948392843bbe891551543a84438fd38cce19..36c0bbcb24c51d79b4c0a9b7debcab1bba45c398 100644 (file)
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
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--- $Id: INSTALL,v 1.170 2014/04/12 23:10:33 tom Exp $
+-- $Id: INSTALL,v 1.172 2014/06/21 18:53:42 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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@@ -337,6 +337,10 @@ SUMMARY OF CONFIGURE OPTIONS:
     --disable-largefile
        Disable compiler flags needed to use large-file interfaces.
 
     --disable-largefile
        Disable compiler flags needed to use large-file interfaces.
 

+    --disable-lib-suffixes
+       Suppress the "w", "t" or "tw" suffixes which normally would be added
+       to the library names for the --enable-widec and --with-pthread options.
+

     --disable-libtool-version
        when using --with-libtool, control how the major/minor version numbers
        are used for constructing the library name.
     --disable-libtool-version
        when using --with-libtool, control how the major/minor version numbers
        are used for constructing the library name.


@@ -983,11 +987,23 @@ SUMMARY OF CONFIGURE OPTIONS:
        shared libraries, you may encounter problems with the linker.
        For example, it may prevent you from running  the build tree's
        copy of tic (for installing the terminfo database) because it
        shared libraries, you may encounter problems with the linker.
        For example, it may prevent you from running  the build tree's
        copy of tic (for installing the terminfo database) because it

-       loads the system's copy of the ncurses shared libraries.  In that
-       case, using the misc/shlib script may be helpful, since it sets
-       $LD_LIBRARY_PATH to point to the build tree, e.g.,
+       loads the system's copy of the ncurses shared libraries.
+       
+       In that case, using the misc/shlib script may be helpful, since it
+       sets $LD_LIBRARY_PATH to point to the build tree, e.g.,
+

                ./misc/shlib make install
 
                ./misc/shlib make install
 

+       Alternatively, for most platforms, the linker accepts a list of
+       directories which will be searched for libraries at run-time.  The
+       configure script allows you to modify this list using the
+       RPATH_LIST environment variable.  It is a colon-separated list of
+       directories (default:  the "libdir" set via the configure script).
+       If you set that to put "../lib" first in the list, the linker will
+       look first at the build-directory, and avoid conflict with libraries
+       already installed.  One drawback to this approach is that libraries
+       can be accidentally searched in any "../lib" directory.
+

        NOTE: If you use the --with-ada-sharedlib option, you should also
        set this option, to ensure that C-language modules needed for the
        Ada binding use appropriate compiler options.
        NOTE: If you use the --with-ada-sharedlib option, you should also
        set this option, to ensure that C-language modules needed for the
        Ada binding use appropriate compiler options.