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@@ -69,11 +69,13 @@ Installation
config.sh, and Makefile. You may have to explicitly say
sh Configure to ensure that Configure is run under sh.
If you're a hotshot, run Configure -d to take all the defaults and
- then edit config.sh to patch up any flaws.
+ then edit config.sh to patch up any flaws and run Configure -S.
Configure supports a number of useful options. Run Configure -h
to get a listing. To compile with gcc, for example, you can run
- Configure -Dcc=gcc, or answer 'gcc' at the cc prompt.
+ Configure -Dcc=gcc, or answer 'gcc' at the cc prompt. If you
+ change compilers or make other significant changes, you should
+ probably _not_ re-use your old config.sh.
By default, perl will be installed in /usr/local/{bin, lib, man}.
You can specify a different prefix for the default installation
@@ -148,6 +150,9 @@ Installation
If you get duplicates upon linking for malloc et al, say -DHIDEMYMALLOC.
If you get duplicate function definitions (a perl function has the
same name as another function on your system) try -DEMBED.
+ If you get varags problems with gcc, be sure that gcc is installed
+ correctly. When using gcc, you should probably have i_stdarg='define'
+ and i_varags='undef' in config.sh.
5) make test