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--- $Id: INSTALL,v 1.122 2007/12/01 19:37:47 tom Exp $
+-- $Id: INSTALL,v 1.124 2008/03/29 18:07:32 tom Exp $
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How to install Ncurses/Terminfo on your system
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recent implementation of libiconv. We have built this configuration on
Linux using libiconv, sometimes requiring libutf8.
+ If you configure using the --with-pthread option, a "t" is appended to
+ the library names (e.g., libncursest.a, libncursestw.a).
+
If you do not specify any models, the normal and debug libraries will be
configured. Typing `configure' with no arguments is equivalent to:
--enable-reentrant
Compile experimental configuration which improves reentrant use of the
- library by reducing global and static variables.
+ library by reducing global and static variables. This option is also
+ set if --with-pthread is used.
--enable-rpath
Use rpath option when generating shared libraries, and (with some
Generate profile-libraries These are named by adding "_p" to the root,
e.g., libncurses_p.a
+ --with-pthread
+ Link with POSIX threads, set --enable-reentrant. The use_window() and
+ use_screen() functions will use mutex's, allowing rudimentary support
+ for multithreaded applications.
+
--with-rcs-ids
Compile-in RCS identifiers. Most of the C files have an identifier.