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@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
Basic Installation
==================
-These are installation instructions for Readline-5.0.
+These are installation instructions for Readline-5.1.
The simplest way to compile readline is:
@@ -238,6 +238,9 @@ SHLIB_XLDFLAGS Additional flags to pass to SHOBJ_LD for shared library
SHLIB_LIBS Any additional libraries that shared libraries should be
linked against when they are created.
+SHLIB_LIBPREF The prefix to use when generating the filename of the shared
+ library. The default is `lib'; Cygwin uses `cyg'.
+
SHLIB_LIBSUFF The suffix to add to `libreadline' and `libhistory' when
generating the filename of the shared library. Many systems
use `so'; HP-UX uses `sl'.
@@ -254,6 +257,17 @@ SHLIB_LIBVERSION The string to append to the filename to indicate the version
numbers; use `$(SHLIB_LIBSUFF).$(SHLIB_MAJOR)' on those systems.
Other Unix versions use different schemes.
+SHLIB_DLLVERSION The version number for shared libraries that determines API
+ compatibility between readline versions and the underlying
+ system. Used only on Cygwin. Defaults to $SHLIB_MAJOR, but
+ can be overridden at configuration time by defining DLLVERSION
+ in the environment.
+
+SHLIB_DOT The character used to separate the name of the shared library
+ from the suffix and version information. The default is `.';
+ systems like Cygwin which don't separate version information
+ from the library name should set this to the empty string.
+
SHLIB_STATUS Set this to `supported' when you have defined the other
necessary variables. Make uses this to determine whether
or not shared library creation should be attempted. If