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authorvlefevre <vlefevre@280ebfd0-de03-0410-8827-d642c229c3f4>2013-03-12 00:11:18 +0000
committervlefevre <vlefevre@280ebfd0-de03-0410-8827-d642c229c3f4>2013-03-12 00:11:18 +0000
commitdb3f8b0596d500f301be003b7dd382f93319b1e4 (patch)
treedb1eee3fed5988ef26360a9e9ce1a7876c30b7ea
parent7235708121fe37dff55c38e849d5b670e47ba2ef (diff)
downloadmpfr-db3f8b0596d500f301be003b7dd382f93319b1e4.tar.gz
[INSTALL] Improved information on patches.
(merged changeset r8475 from the trunk, after temporarily reverted to 3.2.0-dev with tools/update-version for the merge) git-svn-id: svn://scm.gforge.inria.fr/svn/mpfr/branches/3.1@8476 280ebfd0-de03-0410-8827-d642c229c3f4
-rw-r--r--INSTALL15
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 61ad09d3a..6e7beef16 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -33,15 +33,24 @@ MPFR).
1. Extract the files from the archive.
-2. It is strongly advised to apply the latest patches (if this has
- not been done yet), e.g.
+2. It is strongly advised to apply the latest patches if this has
+ not been done yet and if patches are available. You can check
+ on the release page:
+
+ http://www.mpfr.org/mpfr-3.1.2/
+
+ which may have additional information. The patches can be applied
+ with commands like:
+
wget http://www.mpfr.org/mpfr-3.1.2/allpatches
patch -N -Z -p1 < allpatches
+
or
+
curl http://www.mpfr.org/mpfr-3.1.2/allpatches | patch -N -Z -p1
(Those instructions are for the GNU patch command, for example
- /usr/bin/gpatch on Solaris.)
+ /usr/bin/gpatch on Solaris.)
3. In the MPFR directory, to detect your system, type:
./configure