ncurses 5.9 - patch 20111224

[ncurses.git] / INSTALL

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 0a039669cdc03910a0e1d57d67f0d3d5b3010240..c7dd3278c26717171a189f9e9dcac1cdbb911f1b 100644 (file)
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
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--- $Id: INSTALL,v 1.157 2011/07/24 13:43:43 tom Exp $
+-- $Id: INSTALL,v 1.160 2011/10/15 23:32:49 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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@@ -407,13 +407,14 @@ SUMMARY OF CONFIGURE OPTIONS:
 
     --disable-tic-depends
        When building shared libraries, normally the tic library is linked to
 
     --disable-tic-depends
        When building shared libraries, normally the tic library is linked to

-       depend upon the ncurses library (and in turn, on the term-library if
-       the --with-termlib option was given).  The tic- and term-libraries
-       ABI does not depend on the --enable-widec option. Some packagers have
-       used this to reduce the number of library files which are packaged
-       by using only one copy of those libraries.  To make this work properly,
+       depend upon the ncurses library (or equivalently, on the tinfo-library
+       if the --with-termlib option was given).  The tic- and tinfo-library
+       ABIs do not depend on the --enable-widec option.  Some packagers have
+       used this to reduce the number of library files which are packaged by
+       using only one copy of those libraries.  To make this work properly,

        the tic library must be built without an explicit dependency on the
        the tic library must be built without an explicit dependency on the

-       ncurses (or ncursesw) library.  Use this configure option to do that.
+       underlying library (ncurses vs ncursesw, tinfo vs tinfow).  Use this
+       configure option to do that.

        For example
                configure --with-ticlib --with-shared --disable-tic-depends
 
        For example
                configure --with-ticlib --with-shared --disable-tic-depends
 


@@ -910,6 +911,10 @@ SUMMARY OF CONFIGURE OPTIONS:
     --with-pkg-config=[DIR]
        Check for pkg-config, optionally specifying its path.
 
     --with-pkg-config=[DIR]
        Check for pkg-config, optionally specifying its path.
 

+    --with-pkg-config-libdir=[DIR]
+       If pkg-config was found, override the automatic check for its library
+       path.
+

     --with-profile
        Generate profile-libraries These are named by adding "_p" to the root,
        e.g., libncurses_p.a
     --with-profile
        Generate profile-libraries These are named by adding "_p" to the root,
        e.g., libncurses_p.a


@@ -1030,6 +1035,8 @@ SUMMARY OF CONFIGURE OPTIONS:
        install as "ncurses.h" and modify the installed headers and manpages
        accordingly.
 
        install as "ncurses.h" and modify the installed headers and manpages
        accordingly.
 

+       Likewise, do not install an alias "curses" for the ncurses manpage.
+

     --without-cxx
        XSI curses declares "bool" as part of the interface.  C++ also declares
        "bool".  Neither specifies the size and type of booleans, but both
     --without-cxx
        XSI curses declares "bool" as part of the interface.  C++ also declares
        "bool".  Neither specifies the size and type of booleans, but both