Re: question about paragraph in INSTALL file

Richard> The word emacs should be changed to XEmacs. Richard> Also, it would be helpful if this paragraph stated under which Richard> circumstances this option is on by default. I've noticed that Richard> on FreeBSD, most of the libraries seemed to be linked dynamically Richard> even if this flag is not given. This is a difficult issue, and needs improvement. The long term solution is to get rid of dumping, and then we always link XEmacs dynamically (although we might still want individual libraries linked statically). Richard> This seems odd, since the wording in this file concerning Richard> --site-runtime-libraries seems to discourage dynamic linking of Richard> libraries. Only for external packages, which are not standard system libraries installed in standard directories like /usr/lib which the linker already knows about. Does this make it clearer? --- INSTALL 1998/12/05 16:54:00 1.21.2.2 +++ INSTALL 1999/01/06 13:55:37 ＠＠ -59,7 +59,11 ＠＠ If you want users on other systems to be able to use the XEmacs you have built, try to build those packages so that the generated -libraries are statically linked. +libraries are statically linked. The easiest way to do that is to +install only the static (``.a'') library, not the dynamic (``.so'') +one, of optional external packages. Or install the static libraries +in one directory and the dynamic ones in a different directory, and +use the directory containing the static ones with configure. Use the --site-includes and --site-libraries options when building XEmacs to allow configure to find the external software packages.