added 'configure' and 'install' wrapper scripts to make the

installation process more Unix-friendly :-)

4 files changed, 45 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 05421ef4c..c48fb806b 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,19 @@
+2002-01-08  David Turner  <david@freetype.org>
+
+	* configure, install: added some wrapper scripts to make
+	the installation more Unix-friendly..
+
+	* INSTALL, README.UNX: updated installation documentation
+	to use the new 'configure' and 'install' scripts..
+
+        Oh my.., why didn't we do that before the 2.0.6 release :-)
+
+
 2002-01-07  David Turner  <david@freetype.org>
 
+	* Version 2.0.6 released.
+	=========================
+
         * docs/BUGS, docs/CHANGES: updating documentation for 2.0.6 release
 
         * src/tools/docmaker.py: fixed HTML quoting in sources
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 446c8c95f..cbd5d83e7 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -2,11 +2,31 @@ In order to build the library, read the `BUILD' document in the `docs'
 directory.  This is only a quick starter.
 
 
-I. From the command line
+I. UNIX SYSTEMS:
+----------------
+  
+    Simply type:
+    
+      ./configure
+      make
+      ./install
+      
+    on the command line to configure, build and install FreeType
+    on your system. Note that the default installation path is
+    "/usr/local".
+    
+    Please read the file README.UNX, it contains _critical_
+    information regarding the installation of FreeType on
+    many Unix systems.
+    
+
+    
+
+II. From the command line
 ------------------------
 
-  There  are two ways  to quickly  build FreeType  2 from  the command
-  line.
+  If you're not on Unix, there  are two ways  to quickly 
+  build FreeType  2 from  the command line.
 
   The first, and favorite one, is to use the "Jam" build tool.  Jam is
   a highly  portable replacement for  Make whose control files  do not
@@ -40,7 +60,7 @@ I. From the command line
        jam
 
     In  later releases  of  FT2, building  shared  libraries with  Jam
-    should become automatic.
+    should become automatic on Unix systems..
 
 
   2. Building FT2 with "GNU Make"
diff --git a/README.UNX b/README.UNX
index 5b113dc1a..dffc960cb 100644
--- a/README.UNX
+++ b/README.UNX
@@ -50,9 +50,9 @@ SPECIAL NOTE FOR UNIX USERS
 
     Then, to build and install the library, type:
     
-      make setup unix CFG="--prefix=<yourprefix>"
+      ./configure --prefix=<yourprefix>
       make
-      make install            (as root)
+      ./install            (as root)
     
     where "<yourprefix>"  must be replaced  by the prefix  returned by
     the "freetype-config" command.
diff --git a/builds/unix/configure.ac b/builds/unix/configure.ac
index c15f90323..7a0dc277e 100644
--- a/builds/unix/configure.ac
+++ b/builds/unix/configure.ac
@@ -86,6 +86,11 @@ dnl create the Unix-specific sub-Makefiles `builds/unix/unix-def.mk'
 dnl and 'builds/unix/unix-cc.mk' that will be used by the build system
 dnl
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([unix-cc.mk:unix-cc.in unix-def.mk:unix-def.in freetype-config])
+
+dnl re-generate the Jamfile to use libtool now
+dnl
+AC_CONFIG_FILE([../../Jamfile:../../Jamfile.in])
+
 AC_OUTPUT
 
 dnl end of configure.ac