ncurses 6.2 - patch 20200404

[ncurses.git] / INSTALL

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index f3e710d8fa679e50eeb6b5554be41971592976f4..477446840241610420e7bb43ea2954db62c4ac7f 100644 (file)
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 -- sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written        --
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--- $Id: INSTALL,v 1.217 2020/02/15 13:39:30 tom Exp $
+-- $Id: INSTALL,v 1.222 2020/04/05 00:05:52 tom Exp $
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              How to install Ncurses/Terminfo on your system
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@@ -439,6 +439,23 @@ SUMMARY OF CONFIGURE OPTIONS:
        Without some special effort, it will either fail to compile at all,
        or the compiler may find a different unctrl.h file.
 
+       In addition to the curses library, a system may provide its own
+       versions of the add-on libraries (form, menu, panel), which would
+       not be compatible with ncurses.  These options allow you to rename
+       ncurses' add-on libraries to avoid conflicts when linking:
+
+               --with-form-libname=XXX
+               --with-menu-libname=XXX
+               --with-panel-libname=XXX
+
+       Rather than renaming them abitrarily, a prefix or suffix is
+       recommended.  An "n" prefix provides consistency with ncurses versus
+       curses, i.e.,
+
+               --with-form-libname=nform
+               --with-menu-libname=nmenu
+               --with-panel-libname=npanel
+
     --disable-relink
        If --enable-rpath is given, the generated makefiles normally will
        rebuild shared libraries during install.  Use this option to simply
@@ -587,6 +604,12 @@ SUMMARY OF CONFIGURE OPTIONS:
        ncurses.  This does not change the ABI (the binary interface seen by
        calling applications).
 
+    --enable-fvisibility
+       Use the gcc "-fvisibility=hidden" option to make symbols which are not
+       explicitly exported, "hidden".  Doing this may reduce the number of
+       symbols exported in the C++ binding; it should have less effect on the
+       C libraries when symbol-versioning is used.
+
     --enable-getcap
        Use the 4.4BSD getcap code if available, or a bundled version of it to
        fetch termcap entries.  Entries read in this way cannot use (make
@@ -864,6 +887,9 @@ SUMMARY OF CONFIGURE OPTIONS:
        Specify a suffix for the ncursesw6-config file, etc., used to work
        around conflicts with packages.
 
+    --with-cxx-libname=NAME
+       Override the basename of the ncurses++ library (default: "ncurses++")
+
     --with-cxx-shared
        When --with-shared is set, build libncurses++ as a shared library.
        This implicitly relies upon building with gcc/g++, since other
@@ -909,6 +935,9 @@ SUMMARY OF CONFIGURE OPTIONS:
 
        See also "--with-tic-path" and "--with-infocmp-path".
 
+    --with-form-libname=NAME
+       Override the basename of the form library (default: "form")
+
     --with-gpm
        use Alessandro Rubini's GPM library to provide mouse support on the
        Linux console.  Prior to ncurses 5.5, this introduced a dependency on
@@ -1043,6 +1072,9 @@ SUMMARY OF CONFIGURE OPTIONS:
        by running them through tbl to generate tables understandable by
        nroff.
 
+    --with-menu-libname=NAME
+       Override the basename of the menu library (default: "menu")
+
     --with-mmask-t=TYPE
        Override type of mmask_t, which stores the mouse mask.  Prior to
        ncurses 5.5, this was always unsigned long, but with ncurses 5.5, it
@@ -1070,6 +1102,9 @@ SUMMARY OF CONFIGURE OPTIONS:
        those using termcap, do not use the higher speeds.  Your application
        (or system, in general) may or may not.
 
+    --with-panel-libname=NAME
+       Override the basename of the panel library (default: "panel")
+
     --with-pc-suffix=SUFFIX
        If ".pc" files are installed, optionally add a suffix to the files
        and corresponding package names to separate unusual configurations.