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diff --git a/readline/INSTALL b/readline/INSTALL index adb27a9..1a73c77 100644 --- a/readline/INSTALL +++ b/readline/INSTALL @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ Basic Installation ================== -These are installation instructions for Readline-4.3. +These are installation instructions for Readline-5.1. The simplest way to compile readline is: @@ -238,6 +238,9 @@ SHLIB_XLDFLAGS Additional flags to pass to SHOBJ_LD for shared library SHLIB_LIBS Any additional libraries that shared libraries should be linked against when they are created. +SHLIB_LIBPREF The prefix to use when generating the filename of the shared + library. The default is `lib'; Cygwin uses `cyg'. + SHLIB_LIBSUFF The suffix to add to `libreadline' and `libhistory' when generating the filename of the shared library. Many systems use `so'; HP-UX uses `sl'. @@ -254,6 +257,17 @@ SHLIB_LIBVERSION The string to append to the filename to indicate the version numbers; use `$(SHLIB_LIBSUFF).$(SHLIB_MAJOR)' on those systems. Other Unix versions use different schemes. +SHLIB_DLLVERSION The version number for shared libraries that determines API + compatibility between readline versions and the underlying + system. Used only on Cygwin. Defaults to $SHLIB_MAJOR, but + can be overridden at configuration time by defining DLLVERSION + in the environment. + +SHLIB_DOT The character used to separate the name of the shared library + from the suffix and version information. The default is `.'; + systems like Cygwin which don't separate version information + from the library name should set this to the empty string. + SHLIB_STATUS Set this to `supported' when you have defined the other necessary variables. Make uses this to determine whether or not shared library creation should be attempted. If |