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authorGlenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>2007-01-13 02:25:58 +0000
committerGlenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>2007-01-13 02:25:58 +0000
commit745377e8273c5f6ba4a03cf4b0f9edac5008e78e (patch)
tree069e4c4d4d1aa9b2268447960905e26ab3283fef /etc
parent806d93cea2ebcbeeae7fb7f0c829e4703697dd7f (diff)
downloademacs-745377e8273c5f6ba4a03cf4b0f9edac5008e78e.tar.gz
Add information on compiling 32-bit Emacs on 64-bit GNU/Linux.
Update copyright for years post-Emacs 21 to present.
Diffstat (limited to 'etc')
-rw-r--r--etc/MACHINES15
-rw-r--r--etc/PROBLEMS12
2 files changed, 24 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/etc/MACHINES b/etc/MACHINES
index 9d7e81ebb97..5821c2f4015 100644
--- a/etc/MACHINES
+++ b/etc/MACHINES
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
Emacs machines list
-Copyright (c) 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2006
-Free software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright (c) 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004,
+ 2005, 2006, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
See the end of the file for copying permissions.
This is a list of the status of GNU Emacs on various machines and systems.
@@ -1458,6 +1458,17 @@ Windows NT/95/98/ME/2000
For installation on all versions of the MS-Windows platform, see the
file nt/INSTALL.
+X86_64 GNU/Linux
+
+ No special procedures should be needed to build a 64-bit Emacs. To
+ build a 32-bit Emacs, first ensure that the necessary 32-bit system
+ libraries and include files are installed. Then use:
+
+ env CC="gcc -m32" ./configure --build=i386-linux-gnu \
+ --x-libraries=/usr/X11R6/lib
+
+ (using the location of the 32-bit X libraries on your system).
+
Xenix (xenix)
Should work in 18.50, but you will need to edit the files
diff --git a/etc/PROBLEMS b/etc/PROBLEMS
index 7931212fa79..397dbfff84d 100644
--- a/etc/PROBLEMS
+++ b/etc/PROBLEMS
@@ -2355,6 +2355,16 @@ This results from a bug in a VERY old version of GNU Sed. To solve
the problem, install the current version of GNU Sed, then rerun
Emacs's configure script.
+*** Building a 32-bit executable on a 64-bit GNU/Linux architecture.
+
+First ensure that the necessary 32-bit system libraries and include
+files are installed. Then use:
+
+ env CC="gcc -m32" ./configure --build=i386-linux-gnu \
+ --x-libraries=/usr/X11R6/lib
+
+(using the location of the 32-bit X libraries on your system).
+
*** Building the Cygwin port for MS-Windows can fail with some GCC version
Building Emacs 22 with Cygwin builds of GCC 3.4.4-1 and 3.4.4-2 is
@@ -3687,7 +3697,7 @@ of machine defines NO_UNION_TYPE.
Copyright 1987, 1988, 1989, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,
- 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Copying and redistribution of this file with or without modification
are permitted without royalty provided this notice is preserved.