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@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
Requirements
------------
-You will need a C++ compiler and the lzlib compression library installed.
+You will need a C++11 compiler and the compression library lzlib installed.
+(gcc 3.3.6 or newer is recommended).
I use gcc 6.1.0 and 4.1.2, but the code should compile with any standards
compliant compiler.
-Lzlib must be version 1.0 or newer, but --keep-damaged requires lzlib 1.11
+Lzlib must be version 1.8 or newer, but --keep-damaged requires lzlib 1.11
or newer to recover as much data as possible from each damaged member.
Gcc is available at http://gcc.gnu.org.
Lzlib is available at http://www.nongnu.org/lzip/lzlib.html.
@@ -28,7 +29,10 @@ the main archive.
To link against a lzlib not installed in a standard place, use:
- ./configure CPPFLAGS='-I<dir_of_lzlib.h>' LDFLAGS='-L<dir_of_liblz.a>'
+ ./configure CPPFLAGS='-I <includedir>' LDFLAGS='-L <libdir>'
+
+ (Replace <includedir> with the directory containing the file lzlib.h,
+ and <libdir> with the directory containing the file liblz.a).
3. Run make.
@@ -40,21 +44,21 @@ the main archive.
documentation.
Or type 'make install-compress', which additionally compresses the
- info manual and the man page after installation. (Installing
- compressed docs may become the default in the future).
+ info manual and the man page after installation.
+ (Installing compressed docs may become the default in the future).
- You can install only the program, the info manual or the man page by
- typing 'make install-bin', 'make install-info' or 'make install-man'
+ You can install only the program, the info manual, or the man page by
+ typing 'make install-bin', 'make install-info', or 'make install-man'
respectively.
Another way
-----------
You can also compile tarlz into a separate directory.
-To do this, you must use a version of 'make' that supports the 'VPATH'
-variable, such as GNU 'make'. 'cd' to the directory where you want the
+To do this, you must use a version of 'make' that supports the variable
+'VPATH', such as GNU 'make'. 'cd' to the directory where you want the
object files and executables to go and run the 'configure' script.
-'configure' automatically checks for the source code in '.', in '..' and
+'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
@@ -65,7 +69,7 @@ After running 'configure', you can run 'make' and 'make install' as
explained above.
-Copyright (C) 2013-2019 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
+Copyright (C) 2013-2020 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
This file is free documentation: you have unlimited permission to copy,
-distribute and modify it.
+distribute, and modify it.