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@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ Requirements
You will need a C++ compiler and the lzlib compression library installed.
I use gcc 5.3.0 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-rc2 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.
@@ -24,6 +27,10 @@ the main archive.
cd tarlz[version]
./configure
+ 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>'
+
3. Run make.
make