diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'README.QUICK')
| -rw-r--r-- | README.QUICK | 37 |
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/README.QUICK b/README.QUICK index 8294a87d..5ffa505c 100644 --- a/README.QUICK +++ b/README.QUICK @@ -27,34 +27,37 @@ For the version number, see doc/README or version.h. INSTALLATION: Under UN*X, Linux: Alternative 1 (the old way): type "make test" in this directory. - Link against gc.a. + Link against gc.a. With the most recent GC distributions + you may have to copy Makefile.direct to Makefile first. Alternative 2 (the new way): type "./configure --prefix=<dir>; make; make check; make install". Link against <dir>/lib/libgc.a or <dir>/lib/libgc.so. See README.autoconf for details -Under OS/2 or Windows 95, 98, Me, NT, or 2000: +Under Windows 95, 98, Me, NT, or 2000: copy the appropriate makefile to MAKEFILE, read it, and type "nmake test". (Under Windows, this assumes you have Microsoft command-line tools -installed, and have DOS configured with enough environment space to run them.) +installed, and suitably configured.) Read the machine specific README in the doc directory if one exists. -The only way to develop code with the collector for Windows 3.1 is -to develop under Windows NT or 95+, and then to use win32S. -If you need thread support, you will need to either follow the special -platform-dependent instructions (win32), or add a suitable define -option as described in Makefile. +If you need thread support, you will need to follow the special +platform-dependent instructions (win32), or define GC_THREADS +as described in Makefile (Makefile.direct), or possibly use +--enable-threads=posix when running the configure script. -If you wish to use the cord (structured string) library, type -"make cords". (This requires an ANSI C compiler. You may need -to redefine CC in the Makefile. The CORD_printf implementation in -cordprnt.c is known to be less than perfectly portable. The rest -of the package should still work.) +If you wish to use the cord (structured string) library with the stand-alone +Makefile.direct, type "make cords", after copying to "Makefile". +(This requires an ANSI C compiler. You may +need to redefine CC in the Makefile. The CORD_printf implementation in +cordprnt.c is known to be less than perfectly portable. The rest of the +package should still work.) -If you wish to use the collector from C++, type -"make c++". These add further files to gc.a and to the include -subdirectory. See cord/cord.h and include/gc_cpp.h. +If you wish to use the collector from C++, type "make c++", or use +--enable-cplusplus with the configure script. With Makefile.direct, +hese add further files to gc.a and to the include subdirectory. With the +alternat build process,this generates libgccpp. +See cord/cord.h and include/gc_cpp.h. TYPICAL USE: Include "gc.h" from the include subdirectory. Link against the @@ -67,7 +70,7 @@ Define GC_DEBUG before including gc.h for additional checking. More documentation on the collector interface can be found at http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Hans_Boehm/gc/gcinterface.html, -in doc/README, and in include/gc.h . +in doc/README and other files in the doc directory, and in include/gc.h . WARNINGS: |