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authorDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2024-01-23 05:08:19 +0000
committerDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2024-01-23 05:08:19 +0000
commitcb1387c92038634c063ee06a24e249b87525f519 (patch)
treeaeebf76566be407c42678fff1c2482ee9dc8fe17 /INSTALL
parentReleasing debian version 0.23-3. (diff)
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Merging upstream version 0.25.
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
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diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
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+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -4,12 +4,11 @@ You will need a C++98 compiler with support for 'long long', and the
compression library lzlib installed. (gcc 3.3.6 or newer is recommended).
I use gcc 6.1.0 and 3.3.6, but the code should compile with any standards
compliant compiler.
-
-Lzlib must be version 1.12 or newer.
-
Gcc is available at http://gcc.gnu.org.
Lzlib is available at http://www.nongnu.org/lzip/lzlib.html.
+Lzlib must be version 1.12 or newer.
+
The operating system must allow signal handlers read access to objects with
static storage duration so that the cleanup handler for Control-C can delete
the partial output file in '-z, --compress' mode.
@@ -23,8 +22,8 @@ Procedure
or
lzip -cd tarlz[version].tar.lz | tar -xf -
-This creates the directory ./tarlz[version] containing the source from
-the main archive.
+This creates the directory ./tarlz[version] containing the source code
+extracted from the archive.
2. Change to tarlz directory and run configure.
(Try 'configure --help' for usage instructions).
@@ -46,7 +45,8 @@ the main archive.
4. Optionally, type 'make check' to run the tests that come with tarlz.
5. Type 'make install' to install the program and any data files and
- documentation.
+ documentation. You need root privileges to install into a prefix owned
+ by root.
Or type 'make install-compress', which additionally compresses the
info manual and the man page after installation.
@@ -66,15 +66,15 @@ object files and executables to go and run the 'configure' script.
'configure' automatically checks for the source code in '.', in '..', and
in the directory that 'configure' is in.
-'configure' recognizes the option '--srcdir=DIR' to control where to
-look for the sources. Usually 'configure' can determine that directory
+'configure' recognizes the option '--srcdir=DIR' to control where to look
+for the source code. Usually 'configure' can determine that directory
automatically.
After running 'configure', you can run 'make' and 'make install' as
explained above.
-Copyright (C) 2013-2022 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
+Copyright (C) 2013-2024 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
This file is free documentation: you have unlimited permission to copy,
distribute, and modify it.