2:12 p.m.
This patch updates INSTALL and the FAQ to reflect the recently checked in
autoconf option changes.
In particular, where the FAQ mentions a configure option that is different in
21.4 and 21.5 both options are given. Earlier this year I posted a similar
patch to the FAQ that only gave the 21.5 form but the consensus was that one
version of the FAQ could be used for all versions of XEmacs.
Malcolm
ChangeLog addition:
2005-10-20 Malcolm Purvis <malcolmp(a)xemacs.org>
* INSTALL: Reflect changes in the configure options. Update MacOS
X X11 installation instructions to reflect the changes in recent
OS releases.
man/ChangeLog addition:
2005-10-20 Malcolm Purvis <malcolmp(a)xemacs.org>
* xemacs-faq.texi (Q1.2.2):
* xemacs-faq.texi (Q2.1.1):
* xemacs-faq.texi (Q2.1.6):
* xemacs-faq.texi (Q2.2.1):
* xemacs-faq.texi (Q2.3.6):
* xemacs-faq.texi (Q2.4.3):
* xemacs-faq.texi (Q2.4.4):
* xemacs-faq.texi (Q2.4.7):
* xemacs-faq.texi (Q5.3.3):
* xemacs-faq.texi (Q6.0.8):
* xemacs-faq.texi (Q7.2.1):
Add 21.5 specific examples of configure options in addition to the
existing 21.4 ones.
xemacs-autoconf-2.5 source patch:
Diff command: cvs -q diff -u
Files affected: man/xemacs-faq.texi INSTALL
Index: INSTALL
===================================================================
RCS file: /pack/xemacscvs/XEmacs/xemacs/INSTALL,v
retrieving revision 1.43
diff -u -r1.43 INSTALL
--- INSTALL 2005/03/10 11:49:00 1.43
+++ INSTALL 2005/10/20 12:55:19
＠＠ -74,16 +74,17 ＠＠
Decide which libraries you would like to use with XEmacs, but are not
yet available on your system. On some systems, X11, Motif and CDE are
-optional additions. On MacOS/X systems, you may download X11R6 for
-Mac OS X from http://www.apple.com/macosx/x11/download/. You need
-both the runtime libraries and the SDK (in a sidebar of that page at
-the time of writing). There is also a 3rd-party implementation of
-X11R6 for the Mac at http://www.xdarwin.org/. On Solaris, the
-SUNWaudmo package enables native sound support. There are also a
-number of free software applications that XEmacs can use. If these
-are not yet available on your system, obtain, build and install those
-external libraries before building XEmacs. The libraries XEmacs can
-use are:
+optional additions. On MacOS/X systems prior to 10.2, you may download
+X11R6 for Mac OS X from http://www.apple.com/macosx/x11/download/. In
+later releases X11 is available as an optional package on the
+installation CDs. In either case you need both the runtime libraries
+and the SDK (in a sidebar of that page at the time of writing). There
+is also a 3rd-party implementation of X11R6 for the Mac at
+http://www.xdarwin.org/. On Solaris, the SUNWaudmo package enables
+native sound support. There are also a number of free software
+applications that XEmacs can use. If these are not yet available on
+your system, obtain, build and install those external libraries before
+building XEmacs. The libraries XEmacs can use are:
Xaw3d, XPM, JPEG, compface, PNG, zlib, GNU DBM, Berkeley DB, socks,
term, NAS, Canna, Kinput2, SJ3, Wnn, PostgreSQL, LDAP.
＠＠ -137,6 +138,12 ＠＠
program `configure' as follows:
./configure [CONFIGURATION-NAME] [--OPTION[=VALUE]] ...
+
+Options are generally of the form `--with-FEATURE' or
+`--enable-FEATURE' to use a feature or `--without-FEATURE' or
+`--disable-FEATURE' to not use a feature. Unlike the `configure'
+program used in other applications, either `--with-FEATURE' or
+`--enable-FEATURE' can be used to use the same feature.
Controlling the Host Type
-------------------------
Index: man/xemacs-faq.texi
===================================================================
RCS file: /pack/xemacscvs/XEmacs/xemacs/man/xemacs-faq.texi,v
retrieving revision 1.86
diff -u -r1.86 xemacs-faq.texi
--- man/xemacs-faq.texi 2005/10/14 02:11:49 1.86
+++ man/xemacs-faq.texi 2005/10/20 12:57:29
＠＠ -1103,9 +1103,10 ＠＠
sparc-sun-sunos4.1.4 (gcc)
＠end example
-Some systems have a dual mode 32-bit/64-bit compiler. On most of
-these, XEmacs requires the ＠samp{--pdump} configure option to build
-correctly with the 64-bit version of the compiler.
+Some systems have a dual mode 32-bit/64-bit compiler. On most of these,
+XEmacs requires the ＠samp{--pdump} (in XEmacs 21.5,
+＠samp{--enable-pdump}) configure option to build correctly with the
+64-bit version of the compiler.
＠example
mips-sgi-irix6.5, CC="gcc -mabi=64"
＠＠ -3263,14 +3264,14 ＠＠
＠code{cd $prefix/lib/xemacs ; tar zxvf <tarballname>}
-If you have the packages somewhere nonstandard and don't want to
-bother with ＠samp{$prefix} (for example, you're a developer and are
-compiling the packages yourself, and want your own private copy of
-everything), you can also directly specify this using ＠file{configure}.
-To do this under 21.5 and above use the ＠samp{--package-prefix} parameter
-to specify the directory under which you untarred the above tarballs.
-Under 21.4 and previous you need to use ＠samp{--package-path},
-something like this:
+If you have the packages somewhere nonstandard and don't want to bother
+with ＠samp{$prefix} (for example, you're a developer and are compiling
+the packages yourself, and want your own private copy of everything),
+you can also directly specify this using ＠file{configure}. To do this
+with 21.5 and above use the ＠samp{--with-package-prefix} parameter to
+specify the directory under which you untarred the above tarballs.
+Under 21.4 and previous you need to use ＠samp{--package-path}. Using
+these options looks something like this:
＠example
configure
--package-path="~/.xemacs::/src/xemacs/site-packages:/src/xemacs/xemacs-packages:/src/xemacs/mule-packages"
...
＠＠ -3505,11 +3506,10 ＠＠
under ＠file{/usr/local/lib/xemacs}.
You can specify where exactly XEmacs looks for packages by using the
-＠samp{--package-prefix} or ＠samp{--package-path} parameters to
-＠file{configure} (or the equivalent settings in ＠file{config.inc},
-under Windows), or setting the ＠samp{EMACSPACKAGEPATH} environment
-variable (which has the same format as ＠samp{--package-path}).
-(a)xref{Q2.1.1}.
+＠samp{--with-package-prefix} or ＠samp{--with-package-path} parameters to
+＠file{configure} (or the equivalent settings in ＠file{config.inc}, under
+Windows), or setting the ＠samp{EMACSPACKAGEPATH} environment variable
+(which has the same format as ＠samp{--with-package-path}). ＠xref{Q2.1.1}.
See ＠file{configure.usage} for more info about the format of these
＠file{configure} parameters.
＠＠ -3545,19 +3545,40 ＠＠
＠unnumberedsubsec Q2.2.1: Libraries in non-standard locations
If your libraries are in a non-standard location, you can specify the location
-using the following flags to ＠file{configure}:
+using the following flags to ＠file{configure}. Under 21.4 or earlier:
＠example
--site-libraries=WHATEVER
--site-includes=WHATEVER
＠end example
+Under 21.5 or later:
+
+＠example
+--with-site-libraries=WHATEVER
+--with-site-includes=WHATEVER
+＠end example
+
If you have multiple paths to specify, use the following syntax:
＠example
--site-libraries='/path/one /path/two /path/etc'
＠end example
+If the libraries and headers reside in the directories ＠samp{lib} and
+＠samp{include} of a common root (say ＠samp{/sw}) then both can be
+specified with a single option:
+
+＠example
+--site-prefixes=WHATEVER
+＠end example
+
+or for 21.5:
+
+＠example
+--with-site-prefixes=WHATEVER
+＠end example
+
＠node Q2.2.2, Q2.3.1, Q2.2.1, Installation
＠unnumberedsubsec Q2.2.2: Why can't I strip XEmacs?
＠＠ -3751,8 +3772,10 ＠＠
＠item
Specify the target location of the extra libs on the command line
-to ＠file{configure}, e.g.
-(a)samp{./configure --site-prefixes=/build/libs i586-pc-mingw32}.
+to ＠file{configure}, e.g.for 21.4 or earlier
+(a)samp{./configure --site-prefixes=/build/libs i586-pc-mingw32} and for
+21.5 or later
+(a)samp{./configure --with-site-prefixes=/build/libs i586-pc-mingw32}.
＠end itemize
＠node Q2.3.7, Q2.3.8, Q2.3.6, Installation
＠＠ -3965,10 +3988,11 ＠＠
the top-level source directory) to read what it says about your
platform.
-If you compiled XEmacs using ＠samp{--use-union-type} (or the option
-＠samp{USE_UNION_TYPE} in ＠file{config.inc} under Windows), try
-recompiling again without it. The union type has been known to trigger
-compiler errors in a number of cases.
+If you compiled XEmacs 21.4 or ealier using ＠samp{--use-union-type}, or
+21.5 or later using ＠samp{--enable-union-type} (or in either case used
+the option ＠samp{USE_UNION_TYPE} in ＠file{config.inc} under Windows),
+try recompiling again without it. The union type has been known to
+trigger compiler errors in a number of cases.
＠node Q2.4.4, Q2.4.5, Q2.4.3, Installation
＠unnumberedsubsec Q2.4.4: How to debug an XEmacs problem with a debugger
＠＠ -3983,12 +4007,14 ＠＠
strongly recompiling your XEmacs with debugging symbols and with no
optimization (e.g. with GCC use the compiler flags ＠samp{-g -O0} --
that's an "oh" followed by a zero), and with the configure options
-＠samp{--debug=yes} and ＠samp{--error-checking=all}. This will make
-your XEmacs run somewhat slower, but you are a lot more likely to
-catch the problem earlier (closer to its source). It makes it a lot
-easier to determine what's going on with a debugger. The way to
-control the compiler flags is with the configuration option
-＠samp{--cflags}. If you have a recent version of 21.5, you should use
+＠samp{--debug=yes} and ＠samp{--error-checking=all}
+(＠samp{--enable-debug=yes} and ＠samp{--enable-error-checking=all} on
+XEmacs 21.5 or later). This will make your XEmacs run somewhat slower,
+but you are a lot more likely to catch the problem earlier (closer to
+its source). It makes it a lot easier to determine what's going on with
+a debugger. The way to control the compiler flags is with the
+configuration option ＠samp{--cflags} (＠samp{--with-cflags} in 21.5). If
+you have a recent version of 21.5, you should use
＠samp{--without-optimization} in preference to directly setting
＠samp{--cflags}.
＠＠ -4146,11 +4172,11 ＠＠
If you're using a debugger to get a C stack backtrace and you're seeing
stack traces with some of the innermost frames mangled, it may be due to
dynamic linking. (This happens especially under Linux.) Consider
-reconfiguring with ＠samp{--dynamic=no}. Also, sometimes (again under
-Linux), stack backtraces of core dumps will have the frame where the
-fatal signal occurred mangled; if you can obtain a stack trace while
-running the XEmacs process under a debugger, the stack trace should be
-clean.
+reconfiguring with ＠samp{--dynamic=no} (＠samp{--with-dynamic=no} in 21.5
+or later). Also, sometimes (again under Linux), stack backtraces of
+core dumps will have the frame where the fatal signal occurred mangled;
+if you can obtain a stack trace while running the XEmacs process under a
+debugger, the stack trace should be clean.
＠email{1CMC3466＠(a)ibm.mtsac.edu, Curtiss} suggests upgrading to ld.so
version 1.8 if dynamic linking and debugging is a problem on Linux.
＠＠ -4293,14 +4319,14 ＠＠
complex command run from a make suite, it may be easier to attach to
the process once it's running.
-Under Microsoft Windows (and perhaps other operating systems), there
-is another useful trick you can do if you have configured with
-debugging support (configure option ＠samp{--debug} or setting
-＠samp{DEBUG_XEMACS} in ＠file{nt/config.inc}). Set the environment
-variable ＠samp{XEMACSDEBUG} (as described above) to ＠samp{(setq
-debug-on-error t)}. Then, when an error occurs noninteractively,
-instead of trying to invoke the Lisp debugger (which obviously won't
-work), XEmacs will break out to a C debugger using
+Under Microsoft Windows (and perhaps other operating systems), there is
+another useful trick you can do if you have configured with debugging
+support (configure option ＠samp{--debug} (＠samp{--with-debug} in 21.5)
+or setting ＠samp{DEBUG_XEMACS} in ＠file{nt/config.inc}). Set the
+environment variable ＠samp{XEMACSDEBUG} (as described above) to
+＠samp{(setq debug-on-error t)}. Then, when an error occurs
+noninteractively, instead of trying to invoke the Lisp debugger (which
+obviously won't work), XEmacs will break out to a C debugger using
＠code{(force-debugging-signal t)}. ＠emph{NOTE}: This runs
＠code{abort()}!!! (As well as and after executing INT 3 under MS
Windows, which should invoke a debugger if it's active.) This is
＠＠ -6441,15 +6467,19 ＠＠
＠uref{http://radscan.com/nas.html}.
-To build XEmacs with it, use the ＠file{configure} flag ＠samp{--with-sound=nas}.
+To build XEmacs with it, use the ＠file{configure} flag
+＠samp{--with-sound=nas} (＠samp{--enable-sound=nas} in 21.5 or later).
＠dfn{Enlightened Sound Daemon} (ESD or EsounD) is yet another sound system.
＠uref{http://www.tux.org/~ricdude/EsounD.html}.
-To build XEmacs with it, use the ＠file{configure} flag ＠samp{--with-sound=esd}.
+To build XEmacs with it, use the ＠file{configure} flag
+＠samp{--with-sound=esd} (＠samp{--enable-sound=esd} in 21.5 or later).
-You can specify support for both with a flag like ＠samp{--with-sound=nas,esd}.
+You can specify support for both with a flag like
+＠samp{--with-sound=nas,esd} (＠samp{--enable-sound=nas,esd} in 21.5 or
+later).
＠node Q5.3.4, Q5.4.1, Q5.3.3, External Subsystems
＠unnumberedsubsec Q5.3.4: Sunsite sounds don't play.
＠＠ -6873,7 +6903,8 ＠＠
defined by ＠code{/bin/mail}.
There are various different protocols in general use, which you need to
-specify using the ＠samp{--mail-locking} option to ＠file{configure}:
+specify using the ＠samp{--mail-locking} option
+(＠samp{--with-mail-locking} in 21.5 or later) to ＠file{configure}:
＠table ＠samp
＠item lockf
＠＠ -7794,10 +7825,10 ＠＠
arbitrarily decide to hand you an unpleasant surprise rather than a
bignum ＠ref{Q7.2.2, XEmacs segfaults when I use very big numbers!}.
-To configure with GNU MP, add
-＠samp{--use-number-lib=gmp}
-to your invocation of ＠file{configure}. For BSD MP, use
-＠samp{--use-number-lib=mp}.
+To configure with GNU MP, add ＠samp{--use-number-lib=gmp}
+(＠samp{--enable-bignum=gmp} in 21.5 or later) to your invocation of
+＠file{configure}. For BSD MP, use ＠samp{--use-number-lib=mp}
+(＠samp{--enable-bignum=mp} for 21.5).
If you would like to help with bignum support, especially on BSD MP,
please subscribe to the ＠uref{http://www.xemacs.org/Lists/#xemacs-beta,
--
Malcolm Purvis <malcolmp(a)xemacs.org>