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authorvlefevre <vlefevre@280ebfd0-de03-0410-8827-d642c229c3f4>2005-01-24 10:31:26 +0000
committervlefevre <vlefevre@280ebfd0-de03-0410-8827-d642c229c3f4>2005-01-24 10:31:26 +0000
commit702933006f2c2ca005e3dd2842880325a4a9851b (patch)
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parent44b7a666031743058aa504d3d3b5a9a856dde744 (diff)
downloadmpfr-702933006f2c2ca005e3dd2842880325a4a9851b.tar.gz
Corrections on the typography.
git-svn-id: svn://scm.gforge.inria.fr/svn/mpfr/trunk@3209 280ebfd0-de03-0410-8827-d642c229c3f4
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diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 227030d34..8435c0443 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
MPFR requires GMP version 4.1 or later.
1. In the MPFR build directory, to detect your system, type:
- ./configure
+ ./configure
2. To build the library, type:
make
@@ -46,11 +46,11 @@ Building MPFR with internal GMP header files
===================
--prefix=DIR installs MPFR headers and library in DIR/include
- and DIR/lib respectively (The default is `/usr/local`).
+ and DIR/lib respectively (the default is `/usr/local`).
--with-gmp-include=DIR assumes that DIR contains gmp.h [, gmp-impl.h, ...]
--with-gmp-lib=DIR assumes that DIR contains libgmp.a
---with-gmp-build=DIR assumes that DIR contains the source of GMP.
+--with-gmp-build=DIR assumes that DIR contains the source of GMP.
same as --with-gmp-lib=DIR/.libs
and --with-gmp-include=DIR
--with-gmp=DIR assumes that DIR is where you have installed GMP.
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ Building MPFR with internal GMP header files
--enable-assert Build MPFR with assertions.
--with-irix64 Irix64 support.
-Run "./configure --help" to see the other options (`autoconf` default options).
+Run "./configure --help" to see the other options (autoconf default options).
In case of problem
@@ -87,8 +87,8 @@ In case of problem
If you can't solve your problem, you could contact us at mpfr@loria.fr,
indicating the machine and operating system used (uname -a), the compiler
and version used (gcc -v if you use gcc), the compile options used if any,
- the version of GMP and MPFR used and a description of the problem
- encountered. Please send us also a log of the installation (`config.log`).
+ the version of GMP and MPFR used and a description of the problem
+ encountered. Please send us also a log of the installation (config.log).
Note that even if you can build MPFR with a C++ compiler you can't run
the test suite: C and C++ are not the same language!
@@ -97,31 +97,31 @@ In case of problem
Notes on Windows 32
===================
-1 - we advise to use mingw (http://www.mingw.org/), which is simpler and
- less demanding than cygwin. Contrary to Cygwin, it also provides native
+1 - We advise to use mingw (http://www.mingw.org/), which is simpler and
+ less demanding than Cygwin. Contrary to Cygwin, it also provides native
windows code. The binaries compiled with Cygwin require a dynamic
library (cygwin.dll) to work; there is a Cygwin option -mno-cygwin to
build native code, but it may require some non-portable tricks.
-2 - if you just want to make a binary with gcc, there is nothing to do:
- gmp, mpfr and the program compile exactly as under Linux.
+2 - If you just want to make a binary with gcc, there is nothing to do:
+ GMP, MPFR and the program compile exactly as under Linux.
-3 - if you want to make libraries to work under another Windows compiler
+3 - If you want to make libraries to work under another Windows compiler
like Visual C / C++, the "trick" is that the unix-like *.a files created
by gcc are entirely compatible with the Windows *.lib files. So you just
have to rename the *.a files into *.lib.
With gmp-4.1.3, the only remaining problem seems to be the "alloca" calls
- in gmp. Configuring gmp and mpfr with --enable-alloca=malloc-reentrant
- should work (If you build MPFR with gmp internal files).
-
- Or you could add the library
+ in GMP. Configuring GMP and MPFR with --enable-alloca=malloc-reentrant
+ should work (if you build MPFR with GMP internal files).
+
+ Or you could add the library
"$MINGWIN$/lib/gcc-lib/mingw32/$VERSION$/libgcc.a"
to your project: it contains all the extra-functions needed by a program
- compiled by GCC (Division of 64 bits integer, bcopy, alloca, ...).
- Of course, include it iff your compiler is not GCC.
+ compiled by gcc (division of 64 bits integer, bcopy, alloca...).
+ Of course, include it if and only if your compiler is not gcc.
Notes on Windows 64
===================
-
- MPFR has not been tested on Windows 64.
+
+MPFR has not been tested on Windows 64.