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authorRobert de Bath <rdebath@poboxes.com>1998-02-01 11:26:21 +0100
committerLubomir Rintel <lkundrak@v3.sk>2013-10-23 23:40:14 +0200
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@@ -14,13 +14,16 @@ If you don't want it to install some bits in /usr/bin you can override
the bindir on the first make ie: 'make BINDIR=/usr/local/bin' this
is remembered until 'make.fil' is rebuilt.
-The manual pages in the man subdirectory are a start as some pages matched
-to these programs, there are also some hints for using as86 well.
-The tests and bootblocks directories give some example code.
+The manual pages in the man subdirectory are matched to these programs,
+there are also some hints for using as86 well. The tests and bootblocks
+directories give some example code.
-The bcc command defaults to using /usr/bcc/include and /usr/bcc/lib the
-libraries _and_ include files are copied to these locations by install.
-This can be changed by overriding 'PREFIX=...' on the initial make.
+The bcc command defaults to using /usr/bcc/include and /usr/bcc/lib/bcc
+the libraries _and_ include files are copied to these locations by
+install. This can be changed by overriding 'PREFIX=/usr/bcc' or
+'LIBDIR=/usr/bcc/lib/bcc' on the initial make. Also available in the
+same way the 'ELKSSRC=/usr/src/elks' variable can be altered if you
+have ELKS on a different path.
All the versions of the library are built by make; 'normal', 'fast',
'MSDOS', 'standalone' and Linux-i386.
@@ -47,7 +50,7 @@ work correctly here!
I _strongly_ suggest you install the kernel patch or load the module in
the elksemu directory in your Linux-i386 kernel, it makes things _much_
-easier. If you're using a post 2.1.43 kernel the modeule you need is
+easier. If you're using a post 2.1.43 kernel the module you need is
the binfmt_misc driver as described in elksemu/README.
(All the options need the elksemu executable installed correctly)
@@ -58,9 +61,12 @@ the GPL. The `bccfp' library now in the libc/i386fp directory is under
the LGPL. (Copyright holder Bruce Evans)
The contents of the libc and libbsd subdirectories are under the LGPL
-with a few noted exceptions. The programs in 'tests', elksemu, copt and
-the bootblocks directory are under the GPL. Dis88 and unproto are freely
-distributable if the source is distributed also.
+with a few noted exceptions. The programs in 'tests', elksemu, copt
+and the bootblocks directory are under the GPL. Dis88 is freely
+distributable if the source is distributed also. Unproto is freely
+distributable as long as Wietse Venema <wietse@wzv.win.tue.nl> and the
+"Mathematics and Computing Science Dept. Eindhoven University of
+Technology. The Netherlands." is given credit.
In libc the regular expression routine and the printf/scanf functions are
not under LGPL, the former is 'freely distributable' the latter is public
@@ -70,4 +76,4 @@ See the COPYING file in this directory for the GPL and the COPYING file
in the libc directories for the LGPL.
--
-Rob. (Robert de Bath <robert@mayday.cix.co.uk>)
+Rob. (Robert de Bath <rdebath@poboxes.com>)