\input texinfo @c @c search for "UPDATE!" for items that will need examination on future @c releases @c @c This file may require a nonstandard texinfo.tex to format; if you @c need it, please contact Cygnus Support (email editor-in-chief@cygnus.com) @setfilename README.info @c @c This file describes how to install a Cygnus Progressive Release. @c @c Copyright (C) 1991, 1992 Cygnus Support @c This text may be freely distributed under the terms of the GNU @c General Public License. @c @c $Id$ @set CDROMinst @clear CUSTOMER @clear FIXMES @c @iftex @c The include file "texiplus.tex" is in the texinfo/cygnus dir, and @c implements Cygnus modifications to the texinfo manual style. @input texiplus @c The include file "smpklug.texi" is a kluge to deal with local @c document production issues at Cygnus; it's safe to comment out this @c line if you don't have (or don't want) the file. @input smpklug.texi @smallbook @cropmarks @setchapternewpage on @finalout @end iftex @settitle Solaris--||RELNO|| Installation @tex % override-override: the following \font lines are redundant if you're % using an unmodified FSF texinfo. \globaldefs=1 \font\texttt=cmtt10 scaled \magstephalf\let\tentt=\texttt \font\textsl=cmsl10 scaled \magstephalf\let\tensl=\textsl \font\textsf=cmss10 scaled \magstephalf\let\tensf=\textsf \globaldefs=0 %end override-override % WARNING: NONSTANDARD USAGE we need \tensf for print, without % upsetting info. We weren't using @b in this note, so I redefine it: % \global\def\b#1{{\tensf #1}} \global\parindent=0pt @end tex @titlepage @title Installation Notes @sp 3 @table @strong @item Cygnus Support Developer's Kit @item Progressive Release ||RELNO|| for Solaris @item {} @item Contents @end table @c TOGGLE XREF DISPLAY TO AVOID SQUARE BRACKETS OR QUOTES: @c (Cygnus "texiplus.tex" hack. If you want standard texinfo remove @c or comment-out instances of @altref). @altref @format @ref{Brief,,Installing in Brief} @ref{Contents,,Release Contents}. @ref{Platforms,,Supported Platforms}. @ref{Installing,,Installing the Developer's Kit}. @ref{local-install,,Installing with local ||MEDIUM|| drive}. @ref{cross-install,,Installing with another machine's ||MEDIUM|| drive}. @ref{Examples,,Installation Examples}. @ref{Paths,,Changing the Paths} @ref{Trouble,,Some Things that Might go Wrong} @ref{Rebuilding,,Rebuilding From Source}. @ref{Removing,,Removing the Developer's Kit}. @ref{Cygnus-FSF,,Cygnus Progressive Releases and the FSF}. @ref{Cygnus-Support,,About Cygnus Support}. @end format @c TOGGLE XREF DISPLAY BACK, TO RESTORE MARKERS AROUND SECNAMES: @altref @author Cygnus Support @hfill hotline: +1 415 322 7836 @page @tex \def\$#1${{#1}} % Kluge: collect RCS revision info without $...$ \xdef\Rmanvers{{\it Installation Notes (Solaris Developer's Kit)}, \$Revision$} % *NOT* for use in headers, footers {\parskip=0pt \hfill Cygnus Support\par \hfill \Rmanvers\par \hfill \TeX{}info \texinfoversion\par } \global\def\manvers{Progressive ||RELNO|| for Solaris} @end tex @vskip 0pt plus 1filll Copyright @copyright{} 1991, 1992 Cygnus Support Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice are preserved on all copies. Permission is granted to copy and distribute modified versions of this manual under the conditions for verbatim copying, provided also that the entire resulting derived work is distributed under the terms of a permission notice identical to this one. Permission is granted to copy and distribute translations of this manual into another language, under the above conditions for modified versions. @end titlepage @ifinfo @node Top, Brief, (dir), (dir) @top Overview This file is about the Cygnus Developer's Kit for Solaris: what's in it, how to install it, and how to reconfigure it. @menu * Brief:: Installing in Brief * Contents:: Release Contents * Requirements:: System Requirements * Installing:: Installing the Developer's Kit * Running:: Running the Programs * Paths:: Changing the Paths * Trouble:: Some Things that Might go Wrong * Rebuilding:: Rebuilding From Source * Removing:: Removing Parts of the Developer's Kit * Cygnus-FSF:: Cygnus Releases and the FSF * Cygnus-Support:: About Cygnus Support @end menu @end ifinfo @node Brief, Contents, Top, Top @unnumbered Installing in Brief @strong{You can run the brief installation procedure if:} @itemize @bullet @item Your Solaris computer has its own ||MEDIUM|| drive @item You use the default installation directory @file{/opt/gnu}, and @item You have at least ||DF|| MB available in @code{/opt} (try @samp{df /opt}) @end itemize Otherwise, see @ref{Installing,,Installing the Developer's Kit}. @strong{Steps for Brief Install:} The whole procedure takes between ?? minutes and ???. @enumerate @item Make sure you have root access to the computer. @cartouche @example eg$ @b{su} @b{root} password: @i{(enter root password)} @end example @end cartouche @item Load the Progressive--||RELNO|| ||MEDIUM|| into your ||MEDIUM|| drive. @ifset CDROMinst @item Mount the @sc{cd-rom}: @cartouche @example eg# @b{mkdir} @b{/cdrom} @i{(ignore any errors)} eg# @b{mount} @b{-F} @b{hsfs} @b{-o} @b{ro} @b{/dev/dsk/c0t6d0s0} @b{/cdrom} @end example @end cartouche @end ifset @item Run the @code{pkgadd} command like this: @cartouche @example eg# @b{/usr/sbin/pkgadd} @b{-n} @b{-d} @b{||MEDstr||} @b{GNUDEVTkit} @b{GNUDEVTsrc} @end example @end cartouche You will see messages about installation activity, ending with @cartouche @example Cygnus Support software distribution installed! @end example @end cartouche @item Build a symbolic link to make execution paths easy: @cartouche @example eg# @b{cd} @b{/opt/gnu} eg# @b{ln} @b{-s} @b{progressive-||RELNO||} @b{progressive} @end example @end cartouche @ifset CUSTOMER @item Use your Cygnus customer-ID (see cover letter) to tag your copy of our problem-report form: @cartouche @example eg# @b{/opt/progressive/bin/install@t{_}cid} @var{customerID} @end example @end cartouche @end ifset @end enumerate You're done! Anyone who puts @samp{/opt/progressive/bin} in her or his @code{PATH} can use the Developer's Kit. @node Contents, Requirements, Brief, Top @unnumbered Release Contents This Developer's Kit is a Cygnus Support @dfn{Progressive Release}: the programs in it are recent versions, which have been tested and certified both individually and as a coordinated suite of tools. The kit includes both source and binaries for: @c UPDATE! Anything new shoveled in? @table @r @item @sc{gcc} C compiler @item @sc{gdb} debugger @item @sc{make} compilation control program @item Documentation Tools @code{info}, @code{makeinfo} @item Support Utilities @code{patch}, the source-code update utility; @sc{gnu} @code{diff}; and @code{send_pr}, the Cygnus problem-reporting utility @end table @menu * Platforms:: Supported Platforms @end menu @node Platforms, , Contents, Contents @unnumberedsec Supported Platforms @table @strong @item ||HOST||s All programs in your Developer's Kit are for ||HOST||s running Solaris; we ship binaries (configured to install and run under @file{/opt/gnu}) as well as all source code. @item Other Platforms For information on other platforms or other programs that we may support, please contact Cygnus Support at: @table @strong @item voice +1 415 322 3811 @item hotline +1 415 322 7836 @item fax +1 415 322 3270 @item email @code{info@@cygnus.com} @end table @end table @menu * Requirements:: System Requirements @end menu @node Requirements, Installing, Contents, Top @unnumbered System Requirements @table @strong @item OS Level Progressive Release ||RELNO|| for ||HOST||s requires Solaris 2.0 or later. @item A ||MEDIUM|| Drive You need access to a ||MEDIUM|| drive. The ||MEDIUM|| drive need not be on the computer where you want to run the software; but it is best if the machine with a ||MEDIUM|| drive and your computer can mount a common file system. At the very least, you need some sort of file transfer capability between the machine with a ||MEDIUM|| drive and your computer. @item Disk Space The total space required to extract and install binaries and source for all programs is ||DF|| megabytes. The software is configured to go into @file{/opt/gnu}. If you have space available, but not in the same file system as @file{/opt}, you can use @samp{ln -s} to create @file{/opt/gnu} as a symbolic link to the file system where you do have the space available. If you don't have enough space, you may be able to install binaries only; see @ref{Limited Space,,Not Enough Space}. The space required for installing the binaries is ||BD|| megabytes. @item Root Access The standard Solaris installation procedures for optional packages require you to run the installation with root privileges. We deplore this requirement, but consider it valuable nevertheless to conform to the standard Solaris installation procedure. @end table @node Installing, Running, Requirements, Top @unnumbered Installing the Developer's Kit @iftex This note shows the different parts of examples like this: @table @asis @item Computer output is shown in @code{typewriter font.} @item Your input is indicated by @b{a sans-serif font.} @item Text to replace, rather than typing verbatim, is in @var{this font}. @item Comments appear in @i{italic font}. @end table @end iftex In examples, we show the system prompt as @samp{eg#}. The Cygnus Progressive--||RELNO|| ||MEDIUM|| is designed to work with the Solaris administration command @code{pkgadd}. Two checklists follow. The first checklist shows what to do if you have a ||MEDIUM|| drive on the computer where you want to install the Developer's Kit; the second shows how to use another networked machine to read the ||MEDIUM||, then finish the installation on your computer. Both checklists suggest installing the Developer's Kit binaries under @file{/opt/gnu} (which can be a symbolic link from somewhere else, if you like). We recommend you use this location for the software, because the precompiled, ready-to-run versions of the tools are configured this way. If you want to install elsewhere, see @ref{Paths,,Changing the Paths}.) Both checklists are very similar to @ref{Brief,,Installing in Brief}, but provide more discussion of each step, and offer alternatives for systems whose available disk space is not in @code{/opt} and for installing only portions of the Developer's Kit. @menu * local-install:: Installing with a local ||MEDIUM|| drive * cross-install:: Installing with another machine's ||MEDIUM|| drive * Examples:: Installation Examples * Why-fixincludes:: Why Convert System Header Files? * Link:: Easy Access and Updating @end menu @node local-install, cross-install, Installing, Installing @unnumberedsubsec Installing with a local ||MEDIUM|| drive This procedure is for a ||HOST|| that has its own ||MEDIUM|| drive. The complete procedure takes at least ?? minutes on a fast, unloaded machine; it may take up to ??? in other situations. @enumerate @item Make sure you have root access to the computer. The standard Solaris installation procedures for optional packages require @code{root} to run the complete installation. @cartouche @example eg$ @b{su root} password: @i{Enter root password.} @end example @end cartouche @item Check that you have enough space available in @file{/opt} (@pxref{Requirements,,System Requirements}). You can use @samp{df /opt} to check. @ifset FIXMES @quotation @emph{FIXME!} Does @code{pkgadd} check for this and issue an error? If so, recast in those terms? @end quotation @end ifset @ifset CDROMinst @item Load the Catalyst CDWARE disk into a disk caddy, and put the caddy in your CD-ROM drive. @item Mount the @sc{cd-rom}. This note assumes your mount point for a @code{cd-rom} is a directory called @file{/cdrom}; substitute to match your site's conventions if necessary. @c makeinfo seems unable to cope with nested ifset's when outer is off, @c inner is on. @c @ifset FIXMES @quotation @emph{FIXME!} @file{/dev/dsk/c0t6d0s0} for @sc{cd-rom} cribbed from Sun's generic optional-package install notes. Is it really this cut and dried? What about systems with more than one @sc{cd-rom} drive? @end quotation @c @end ifset @cartouche @example eg# @b{mkdir} @b{/cdrom} @i{(ignore any errors)} eg# @b{mount} @b{-F} @b{hsfs} @b{-o} @b{ro} @b{/dev/dsk/c0t6d0s0} @b{/cdrom} @end example @end cartouche @end ifset @ifclear CDROMinst @item Load the Cygnus Support release tape (labelled ``Progressive--||RELNO||'') into your system's tape drive. @item find out the name of the tape device on your machine that can read the release tape. Cygnus release tapes are labelled to identify the kind of tape used. You should use one of the following devices: @ifset FIXMES @quotation @emph{FIXME!} Does SVr4 specify device names enough that we can be more explicit here? @end quotation @quotation @emph{FIXME!} For our own @code{Install}, we asked for @emph{non-rewinding} tape device. @code{pkgadd} doesn't say what kind of tape devices it wants. Does it matter? @end quotation @end ifset @table @emph @item ||TAPdflt|| tape Use @file{||DEVdflt||} where the examples show @code{||MEDstr||}. @item Exabyte ||MEDIUM|| The device name depends on how your Exabyte tape drive was installed; ask your system administrator. You will probably use something like @file{/dev/???/a0b1c2d3} where we show @code{||MEDstr||}. @end table @end ifclear @item Now you can install ready-to-run binaries; or source; or both. @itemize @bullet @item Choose source or binaries by running @code{pkgadd} with either or both of the arguments @samp{GNUDEVTkit} (to install binaries) or @code{GNUDEVTsrc} (for the source). @item Run @code{pkgadd} interactively (that is, @emph{without} the @w{@samp{-n}} option) to choose the installation directory. @item Use the @w{@samp{-d}} option to identify your ||MEDIUM||. @end itemize For instance, typing this command line starts installation of both the source package and the binary package: @cartouche @example eg# @b{/usr/sbin/pkgadd} @b{-d} @b{||MEDstr||} @b{GNUDEVTkit} @b{GNUDEVTsrc} @end example @end cartouche @item For each of the packages, @code{pkgadd} will ask for confirmation of the install directory @file{/opt/gnu}, or an alternative. For the source package @code{GNUDEVTsrc}, place the package wherever it's convenient; the only advantage of using the default location @file{/opt/gnu} is to keep the source near the binaries. For the @code{GNUDEVTkit} binaries, we recommend using the default location @file{/opt/gnu}, since this location is configured and compiled into all the tools. @quotation @emph{Warning!} If you choose an alternate location for @code{GNUDEVTkit} binaries, you will need to override the compiled-in paths to run the programs. @xref{Paths,,Changing the Paths}. @end quotation This example shows the interaction to accept @file{/opt/gnu} for the binaries: @cartouche @example Extracting Solaris GNU Developer's Kit binaries. >>Installing in "/opt/gnu". OK? [y/n]> @b{y} @end example @end cartouche This example shows the interaction to place the source in @file{/usr/local/src} instead of the default location. After you type the location, the installation script asks you to confirm. You can use this opportunity to avoid typographical errors in the install directory name. @cartouche @example Extracting Solaris GNU Developer's Kit source. >>Installing in "/opt/gnu". OK? [y/n]> @b{n} >>Where do you want to install? > @b{/usr/local/src} >>Installing in "/usr/local/src". OK? [y/n]> @b{y} @end example @end cartouche @item Installing the Developer's Kit binaries is a time-consuming step (between ?? minutes and ???, depending on the speed of your machine). @code{pkgadd} will display informative messages about its progress. After the initial extraction step, it prepares copies of your system header files, converted to comply better with @sc{ansi} C (@pxref{Why-fixincludes,,Why Convert System Header Files?}). A log for this step goes in @file{/opt/gnu/progressive-||RELNO||/fixincludes.log}. @emph{Your system's original header files are not changed;} @code{pkgadd} writes the converted copies in a separate, @sc{gcc}-specific directory. When installation is complete, @code{pkgadd} displays the message @cartouche @example Cygnus Support software distribution installed! @end example @end cartouche @item Now that the software is on your system, you should arrange for users to run it conveniently. We recommend the following symbolic link; see @ref{Link,,Easy Access and Updating}, for a discussion. @cartouche @example eg# @b{cd} @b{/opt/gnu} eg# @b{ln} @b{-s} @b{progressive-||RELNO||} @b{progressive} @end example @end cartouche @ifset CUSTOMER @item Finally, in case you need to send problem reports to Cygnus, we've included a script @code{send_pr} (and a supporting online template) to structure and transmit your reports. Please use the small utility script @code{install_cid} to record your Cygnus customer ID in your copy of the problem report form. (You can find your customer ID in the cover letter that came with this release; or call the Cygnus hotline, @w{+1 415 322 7836}.) This will enable us to respond as quickly as possible to any problem reports you send. @cartouche @example eg# @b{/opt/progressive/bin/install@t{_}cid @var{customerID}} install_cid: `@var{customerID}' is now the default customer ID for send_pr @end example @end cartouche @end ifset @end enumerate You're done! Anyone who puts @samp{/opt/progressive/bin} in her or his @code{PATH} can use the Developer's Kit. @node cross-install, Examples, local-install, Installing @unnumberedsubsec Installing with another machine's ||MEDIUM|| drive This checklist is for a ||HOST|| that does not have its own ||MEDIUM|| drive, but can share a file system with another machine that does have a ||MEDIUM|| drive. The other machine need not be a ||HOST||, @emph{but it must be running some version of UNIX System V release 4}. The complete procedure takes between ?? and ???, depending on the speed of each machine. We show the other computer's prompt as @samp{other#}, and your computer's prompt as @samp{eg#}. @ifset FIXMES @quotation @emph{FIXME!} SVr4 required simply for presence of @code{pkgadd} command. If we care enough to relax this, we simply need to provide an alternative extraction command-line. @code{dd}? @code{tar}? @end quotation @end ifset @enumerate @item find a machine with a suitable ||MEDIUM|| drive on the same network as your ||HOST||, and sign on to it. If the only machine with a ||MEDIUM|| drive isn't on the network, @pxref{No Drive,,No Local ||MEDIUM|| Drive}. @item Make sure you have root access to @emph{both} computers. The standard Solaris installation procedures for optional packages require @code{root} to run all installation steps. @cartouche @example other$ @b{su} @b{root} password: @i{(enter root password)} @end example @end cartouche @item Choose a directory where you will extract the Developer's Kit. The directory must be accessible from both machines (the one with the ||MEDIUM|| drive, and the ||HOST|| where you want to use the software). If possible, use @file{/var/spool/pkg}; this is the default package spooling directory for Solaris (and System V release 4 in general). @ifset FIXMES @quotation @emph{FIXME!} Do SVr4 systems expect to export things like @file{/var/spool/pkg}, or is this a nonsensical suggestion for cross-install? @end quotation @end ifset Wherever this note uses @var{shr}, substitute the name of the directory you chose. @item Check that you have enough space available (@pxref{Requirements,,System Requirements}) in @var{shr}. You can use @samp{df @var{shr}} to check. @ifset FIXMES @quotation @emph{FIXME!} Does @code{pkgadd} check for this and issue an error? If so, recast in those terms? @end quotation @end ifset @ifset CDROMinst @item Load the Catalyst CDWARE disk into a disk caddy, and put the caddy in your CD-ROM drive. @item Mount the @sc{cd-rom}. This note assumes your mount point for a @code{cd-rom} is a directory called @file{/cdrom}; substitute to match your site's conventions if necessary. @c makeinfo seems unable to cope with nested ifsets when outer is off, @c inner is on. @c @ifset FIXMES @quotation @emph{FIXME!} @file{/dev/dsk/c0t6d0s0} for @sc{cd-rom} cribbed from Sun's generic optional-package install notes. Is it really this definite on @emph{all} SVr4 systems? What about systems with more than one @sc{cd-rom} drive? @end quotation @c @end ifset @cartouche @example other# @b{mkdir} @b{/cdrom} @i{(ignore any errors)} other# @b{mount} @b{-F} @b{hsfs} @b{-o} @b{ro} @b{/dev/dsk/c0t6d0s0} @b{/cdrom} @end example @end cartouche @end ifset @ifclear CDROMinst @item Load the Cygnus Support release ||MEDIUM|| (labelled ``Progressive--||RELNO||'') into the tape drive. In these examples, @var{||MEDstr||} stands for the device name for the appropriate tape drive on your system. @item find out the name of the tape device on the machine that can read the release tape. Cygnus release tapes are labelled to identify the kind of tape used. You should use one of the following devices: @ifset FIXMES @quotation @emph{FIXME!} Does SVr4 specify device names enough that we can be more explicit here? @end quotation @quotation @emph{FIXME!} For our own @code{Install}, we asked for @emph{non-rewinding} tape device. @code{pkgadd} doesn't say what kind of tape devices it wants. Does it matter? @end quotation @end ifset @table @emph @item ||TAPdflt|| ||MEDIUM|| Use @file{||DEVdflt||} where the examples show @code{||MEDstr||}. @item Exabyte ||MEDIUM|| The device name depends on how your Exabyte ||MEDIUM|| drive was installed; check with your system administrator. You will probably use something like @file{/dev/???/a0b1c2d3} where the example shows @code{||MEDstr||}. @end table @end ifclear @item Now you can extract either the ready-to-run binary package, the source package, or both. @itemize @bullet @item Choose source or binaries by running @code{pkgadd} with either or both of the arguments @samp{GNUDEVTkit} (to install binaries) or @code{GNUDEVTsrc} (for the source). @emph{Warning:} later, when installing on your ||HOST||, only the packages you extract now will be available. We recommend you extract both packages at this point. @item Use @samp{-s @var{shr}} to copy the packages to @var{shr}, where you will be able to install them from your ||HOST||. @item Use the @w{@samp{-d}} option to identify your ||MEDIUM||. @end itemize This is the command line to extract both packages into @var{shr}: @cartouche @example other# @b{/usr/sbin/pkgadd} @b{-s} @var{shr} @b{-d} @b{||MEDstr||} \ @b{GNUDEVTkit} @b{GNUDEVTsrc} @end example @end cartouche @item Log off the computer with the ||MEDIUM|| drive, and log on to the ||HOST|| where you want to use the software. @item Make sure you have root access to this computer, too. The standard Solaris installation procedures for optional packages require @code{root} to run the complete installation. @cartouche @example eg$ @b{su root} password: @i{(enter root password)} @end example @end cartouche @item Check that you have enough space available in @file{/opt} (@pxref{Requirements,,System Requirements}). You can use @samp{df /opt} to check. @ifset FIXMES @quotation @emph{FIXME!} Does @code{pkgadd} check for this and issue an error? If so, recast in those terms? @end quotation @end ifset @item Now you can install ready-to-run binaries; or source; or both. @itemize @bullet @item Choose source or binaries by running @code{pkgadd} with either or both of the arguments @samp{GNUDEVTkit} (to install binaries) or @code{GNUDEVTsrc} (for the source). @emph{Warning:} if you extracted only one of these packages when reading the ||MEDIUM|| from another machine, you no longer have a choice---you can only specify that package name to complete the installation. @item Run @code{pkgadd} interactively (that is, @emph{without} the @w{@samp{-n}} option) to choose the installation directory. @item Use the @w{@samp{-d} @var{shr}} option to identify the shared directory where you extracted the packages earlier. (If you used @file{/var/spool/pkg} as @var{shr}, you can leave off this option; @code{pkgadd} uses that directory as the default location for packages to install.) @end itemize For instance, typing this command line starts installation of both the source package and the binary package: @cartouche @example eg# @b{/usr/sbin/pkgadd} @b{-d} @var{shr} @b{GNUDEVTkit} @b{GNUDEVTsrc} @end example @end cartouche @item For each of the packages, @code{pkgadd} will ask for confirmation of the install directory @file{/opt/gnu}, or an alternative. For the source package @code{GNUDEVTsrc}, place the package wherever it's convenient; the only advantage of using the default location @file{/opt/gnu} is to keep the source near the binaries. For the @code{GNUDEVTkit} binaries, we recommend using the default location @file{/opt/gnu}, since this location is configured and compiled into all the tools. @quotation @emph{Warning!} If you choose an alternate location for @code{GNUDEVTkit} binaries, you will need to override the compiled-in paths to run the programs. @xref{Paths,,Changing the Paths}. @end quotation This example shows the interaction to accept @file{/opt/gnu} for the binaries: @cartouche @example Extracting Solaris GNU Developer's Kit binaries. >>Installing in "/opt/gnu". OK? [y/n]> @b{y} @end example @end cartouche This example shows the interaction to place the source in @file{/usr/local/src} instead of the default location. After you type the location, the installation script asks you to confirm. You can use this opportunity to avoid typographical errors in the install directory name. @cartouche @example Extracting Solaris GNU Developer's Kit source. >>Installing in "/opt/gnu". OK? [y/n]> @b{n} >>Where do you want to install? > @b{/usr/local/src} >>Installing in "/usr/local/src". OK? [y/n]> @b{y} @end example @end cartouche @item Installing the Developer's Kit binaries is a time-consuming step (at least ?? minutes on a fast, unloaded machine; it may take as much as ??? under other circumstances). @code{pkgadd} will display informative messages about its progress. After copying the binaries into their installed locations, @code{pkgadd} prepares copies of your system header files, converted to comply better with @sc{ansi} C (@pxref{Why-fixincludes,,Why Convert System Header Files?}). A log for this step goes in @file{/opt/gnu/progressive-||RELNO||/fixincludes.log}. @emph{Your system's original header files are not changed;} @code{Install} writes the converted copies in a separate, @sc{gcc}-specific directory. When installation is complete, @code{pkgadd} displays the message @cartouche @example Cygnus Support software distribution installed! @end example @end cartouche @item Now that the software is on your system, you need to arrange for users to run it conveniently. We recommend the following link; see @ref{Link,,Easy Access and Updating}, for a discussion. @cartouche @example eg# @b{cd} @b{/opt/gnu} eg# @b{ln} @b{-s} @b{progressive-||RELNO||} @b{progressive} @end example @end cartouche @ifset CUSTOMER @item Finally, in case you need to send problem reports to Cygnus, we've included a script @code{send_pr} (and a supporting online form) to structure and transmit your reports. Please use the small utility script @code{install_cid} to record your Cygnus customer ID in your copy of the problem report form. (You can find your customer ID in the cover letter that came with this release; or call the Cygnus hotline, @w{+1 415 322 7836}.) This will enable us to respond as quickly as possible to any problem reports you send. @cartouche @example eg# @b{/opt/progressive/bin/install@t{_}cid @var{customerID}} install_cid: `@var{customerID}' is now the default customer ID for send_pr @end example @end cartouche @end ifset @end enumerate You're done! Anyone who puts @samp{/opt/progressive/bin} in her or his @code{PATH} can use the Developer's Kit. @node Examples, Why-fixincludes, cross-install, Installing @unnumbered Installation Examples Here are some examples covering common situations. @menu * binaries:: Installing binaries only * ||HOSTstr||-remote:: Reading ||MEDIUM|| on any machine, finishing on ||HOST|| * source-remove:: Removing Source @end menu @node binaries, ||HOSTstr||-remote, Examples, Examples @unnumberedsubsec Installing binaries only @c FIXME for texinfo?? The "ifsets" were originally only around the @c portions of this example that depend on cdrom, but texinfo kept @c not-finding the end-ifsets. Does ifset break inside example? @ifset CDROMinst @cartouche @example eg$ @b{su} @b{root} password: @i{Insert ||MEDIUM|| into drive.} eg# @b{mkdir} @b{/cdrom} eg# @b{mount} @b{-F} @b{hsfs} @b{-o} @b{ro} @b{/dev/dsk/c0t6d0s0} @b{/cdrom} eg# @b{/usr/sbin/pkgadd} @b{-n} @b{-d} @b{||MEDstr||} @b{GNUDEVTkit} Extracting Solaris GNU Developer's Kit binaries. >>Installing in "/opt/gnu". OK? [y/n]> @b{y} @i{Installation progress messages, ending with:} Cygnus Support software distribution installed! eg# @b{cd} @b{/opt/gnu} eg# @b{ln} @b{-s} @b{progressive-||RELNO||} @b{progressive} @end example @end cartouche @end ifset @ifclear CDROMINST @cartouche @example eg$ @b{su} @b{root} password: @i{Insert ||MEDIUM|| into drive.} eg# @b{/usr/sbin/pkgadd} @b{-n} @b{-d} @b{||MEDstr||} @b{GNUDEVTkit} Extracting Solaris GNU Developer's Kit binaries. >>Installing in "/opt/gnu". OK? [y/n]> @b{y} @i{Installation progress messages, ending with:} Cygnus Support software distribution installed! eg# @b{cd} @b{/opt/gnu} eg# @b{ln} @b{-s} @b{progressive-||RELNO||} @b{progressive} @end example @end cartouche @end ifclear If you don't want the source---for instance, to save space---you can use the argument @samp{GNUDEVTbin} and omit @samp{GNUDEVTsrc}. @node ||HOSTstr||-remote, source-remove, binaries, Examples @unnumberedsubsec Reading ||MEDIUM|| on other machine, finishing on ||HOST|| @ifset CDROMinst @cartouche @example @emph{On another SVr4 machine on your network with a ||MEDIUM|| drive:} other$ @b{su} @b{root} password: @i{Insert ||MEDIUM|| into drive.} other# @b{mkdir} @b{/cdrom} @i{(ignore any errors)} other# @b{mount} @b{-F} @b{hsfs} @b{-o} @b{ro} @b{/dev/dsk/c0t6d0s0} @b{/cdrom} other# @b{/usr/sbin/pkgadd} @b{-s} @var{/var/spool/pkg} @b{-d} @b{||MEDstr||} \ @b{GNUDEVTkit} @b{GNUDEVTsrc} other# exit @emph{On your ||HOST||} eg$ @b{su} @b{root} password: eg# @b{/usr/sbin/pkgadd} @b{GNUDEVTkit} @b{GNUDEVTsrc} Extracting Solaris GNU Developer's Kit binaries. >>Installing in "/opt/gnu". OK? [y/n]> @b{y} Extracting Solaris GNU Developer's Kit source. >>Installing in "/opt/gnu". OK? [y/n]> @b{y} @i{Installation progress messages, ending with:} Cygnus Support software distribution installed! eg# @b{cd} @b{/opt/gnu} eg# @b{ln} @b{-s} @b{progressive-||RELNO||} @b{progressive} @end example @end cartouche @end ifset @ifclear CDROMinst @cartouche @example @emph{On another SVr4 machine on your network with a ||MEDIUM|| drive:} other$ @b{su} @b{root} password: @i{Insert ||MEDIUM|| into drive.} other# @b{/usr/sbin/pkgadd} @b{-s} @var{/var/spool/pkg} @b{-d} @b{||MEDstr||} \ @b{GNUDEVTkit} @b{GNUDEVTsrc} other# exit @emph{On your ||HOST||} eg$ @b{su} @b{root} password: eg# @b{/usr/sbin/pkgadd} @b{GNUDEVTkit} @b{GNUDEVTsrc} Extracting Solaris GNU Developer's Kit binaries. >>Installing in "/opt/gnu". OK? [y/n]> @b{y} Extracting Solaris GNU Developer's Kit source. >>Installing in "/opt/gnu". OK? [y/n]> @b{y} @i{Installation progress messages, ending with:} Cygnus Support software distribution installed! eg# @b{cd} @b{/opt/gnu} eg# @b{ln} @b{-s} @b{progressive-||RELNO||} @b{progressive} @end example @end cartouche @end ifclear @noindent If your ||HOST|| doesn't have a ||MEDIUM|| drive, but another SVr4 machine that can mount a shared directory (here the default package-spooling directory, @samp{/var/spool/pkg}) does have one, you can carry out the first step of the installation from the machine with a ||MEDIUM|| drive, as shown. Note that you have to use @samp{-s} on the @code{pkgadd} command line. This alerts @code{pkgadd} to stop the install procedure after it reads the ||MEDIUM||. You still have to finish the installation, but the last two steps have to run on your ||HOST||. @node source-remove, , ||HOSTstr||-remote, Examples @unnumberedsubsec Removing Source The @code{pkgrm} command can remove any package installed by @code{pkgadd}. For example, if after installing the complete Developer's Kit on your machine you decide to remove the source files: @cartouche @example eg$ @b{su} @b{root} password: eg# @b{/usr/sbin/pkgrm GNUDEVTsrc} @end example @end cartouche @node Why-fixincludes, Link, Examples, Installing @unnumberedsec Why Convert System Header Files? @ifset FIXMES @quotation @emph{FIXME!} This is pretty much the standard progressive blurb about fixincludes. Surely it's bogus here, since Solaris is a nice modern system? Doesn't it have ANSI header files? Someone, please confirm or deny! I seem to recall there's at least some bullshit about how @code{__ANSIC__} or some such thing is defined. Specifics, anyone? @end quotation @end ifset You may notice messages about running @samp{fixincludes} during your Developer's Kit installation. When the @sc{ansi x3j11} committee finished developing a standard for the C language, a few things that had worked one way in many traditional C compilers ended up working differently in @sc{ansi} C. Most of these changes are improvements. But some Unix header files still rely on the old C meanings, in cases where the Unix vendor has not yet converted to using an @sc{ansi} C compiler for the operating system itself. The @samp{fixincludes} portion of installation is a mechanical translation that writes @sc{ansi} C versions of some system header files into a new, @sc{gcc}-specific include directory---@emph{your system's original header files are not affected.} The particular problems fixed include: @itemize @bullet @item @code{_IOR}, @code{_IOW}, and @code{_IORW} macros use obsolete preprocessor facilities @item @code{#endif} no longer ignores its argument @end itemize If you don't run @code{fixincludes}, the GNU C compiler can only use the original system header files when you compile new C programs. @emph{In some cases, the resulting programs will fail at run-time}. @node Link, , Why-fixincludes, Installing @unnumbered Easy Access and Updating Once you've extracted them from the ||MEDIUM||, the Developer's Kit tools are installed under a directory named @file{progressive-||RELNO||}. We put the release number in the directory name so that you can keep several releases installed at the same time, if you wish. In order to simplify administrative procedures (such as upgrades to future Cygnus Progressive releases), we recommend that you establish a symbolic link @file{/opt/gnu/progressive} to this directory. For example, assuming you've used the default installation path: @cartouche @example eg# @b{cd /opt/gnu} eg# @b{ln -s progressive-||RELNO|| progressive} @end example @end cartouche We recommend building this link as the very last step in the installation process. That way, users at your site will only see software in @file{/opt/gnu/progressive} when you're satisfied that the installation is complete and successful. @node Running, Paths, Installing, Top @unnumbered Running the Programs Any users who wish to run the Cygnus development tools will need to make sure the @code{PATH} environment variable will find them. If you create the symbolic link we recommend above, users who want to run the Developer's Kit---regardless of whether they need binaries for a ||HOST||, or for some other platform---can use settings like one of the following in their initialization files. @example @exdent For shells compatible with Bourne shell (e.g. @code{/bin/sh}, @code{bash}, or Korn shell): @cartouche @b{PATH=/opt/gnu/progressive/bin:$PATH} @b{export PATH} @end cartouche @end example @example @exdent For C shell: @cartouche @b{set path=(/opt/gnu/progressive/bin $path)} @end cartouche @end example @noindent You should also ensure that your @code{man} command can pick up the manual pages for these tools. Some @code{man} programs recognize a @code{MANPATH} environment variable. If your @code{man} program is one of these, users at your site can also include in their initialization file lines like @example @exdent For Bourne-compatible shells: @cartouche @b{MANPATH=/opt/gnu/progressive/man:$MANPATH:/opt/man} @b{export MANPATH} @end cartouche @end example @example @exdent For C shell: @cartouche @b{setenv MANPATH /opt/gnu/progressive/man:$MANPATH:/opt/man} @end cartouche @end example If your @code{man} program doesn't recognize @samp{MANPATH}, you may want to copy or link the files from @file{progressive/man/man1} into your system's @file{man/man1}. @refill @node Paths, Trouble, Running, Top @unnumbered Changing the Paths The binaries shipped by Cygnus are configured for installation under the directory @file{/opt/gnu}. If you wish to run the tools in another location, the best solution---and, to date, the only complete one---is to rebuild them from source. @xref{Rebuilding,,Rebuilding from Source}. In particular, @code{gcc} and the documentation browser @code{info} need to know the location of the distribution. @subheading GCC Paths @ifset FIXMES @quotation @emph{FIXME!} Add something about specs file? @end quotation @end ifset You can run the compiler @sc{gcc} without recompiling, even if you install the distribution in an alternate location, by first setting the environment variable @samp{GCC_EXEC_PREFIX}. This variable specifies where to find the executables, libraries, and data files used by the compiler. Its value will be different depending on which set of binaries you need to run. For example, if you install the Developer's Kit binaries under @file{/local} (instead of the default @file{/opt/gnu}), and you wish to run @sc{gcc} from there, you could set @samp{GCC_EXEC_PREFIX} as follows. (You can type the first two lines as a single line, if you like; the example is split using the line continuation character @samp{\} only to make it fit on the printed page.) @cartouche @example @b{GCC@t{_}EXEC@t{_}PREFIX=/local/progressive-||RELNO||/@t{\} lib/gcc/||TARGET||/||GCCvn||/} @b{export GCC@t{_}EXEC@t{_}PREFIX} @end example @end cartouche @noindent The example assumes you use a shell compatible with the Bourne shell; if you run the C shell, use the following instead. (Again, the line continuation character @samp{\} is only used for convenience in the example; feel free to use a single line.) @cartouche @example @b{setenv GCC@t{_}EXEC@t{_}PREFIX /local/progressive-||RELNO||/@t{\} lib/gcc/||TARGET||/||GCCvn||/} @end example @end cartouche @quotation @emph{Warning: The trailing slash @samp{/} is important}. The @code{gcc} program uses @samp{GCC_EXEC_PREFIX} simply as a prefix. If you omit the slash (or make any other mistakes in specifying the prefix), @code{gcc} will fail with a message beginning @samp{installation problem, cannot exec@dots{}}. @end quotation @subheading @code{info} Paths You can use the @w{@samp{--directory}} option, each time you run @code{info}, to specify a non-default location for the documentation files. For example, if you read the distribution ||MEDIUM||s into @file{/local}, you could run @code{info} as follows: @cartouche @example @b{info --directory /local/progressive-||RELNO||/info} @end example @end cartouche @quotation @emph{Warning:} the directory you specify with @code{--directory} @emph{must} contain at least the structured file called @code{dir}, which specifies the menu structure that leads to the other documentation files. @end quotation You can also run @code{info} on a specific documentation file, regardless of its location, by giving the option @code{-file} followed by a pathname to the desired file; or you can use the command @code{g(@var{filename})} to the same effect, after entering the @code{info} program. @node Trouble, Rebuilding, Paths, Top @unnumbered Some Things that Might go Wrong We've tried to make the installation of your Developer's Kit as painless as possible. Still, some complications may arise. Here are suggestions for dealing with some of them. @menu * No Drive:: No Local ||MEDIUM|| Drive * Limited Space:: Not Enough Space * Install errors:: Error Messages from @code{Install} @end menu @node No Drive, Limited Space, Trouble, Trouble @unnumberedsec No Local ||MEDIUM|| Drive If your ||HOST|| doesn't have an appropriate ||MEDIUM|| drive, you may still be able to install your software. Check with your system administrator to see if another machine that runs Unix SVr4 at your site has a ||MEDIUM|| drive you can use. If so: @emph{If a shared filesystem is available} between the two machines, and it has enough space, see @ref{cross-install,,Installing with another machine's ||MEDIUM|| drive}. @node Limited Space, Install errors, No Drive, Trouble @unnumberedsec Not Enough Space If you don't have enough space to install all of the ||MEDIUM|| distribution, you can instead extract only the compiled code, or only the source. The following table summarizes the approximate space (rounded up to the next megabyte) needed for source and binaries. There is a little overlap between the partial installations: the documentation, and documentation tools, are always installed. @table @r @item ||BD|| MB ||HOST|| binaries @item ||SD|| MB source code for all programs @item ||DF|| MB total @end table You can easily extract these components independently of one another, by using the @samp{GNUDEVTsrc} or @samp{GNUDEVTbin} arguments to @code{pkgadd}. @node Install errors, , Limited Space, Trouble @unnumberedsec Error Messages from @code{Install} The @code{Install} script checks for many errors and inconsistencies in the way its arguments are used. The messages are meant to be self-explanatory. Here is a list of a few messages where further information might be useful: @ifset FIXMES @quotation @emph{FIXME!} These are probably bogus, they're basically from Cygnus @code{Install}. @end quotation @end ifset @table @code @item Cannot read from device @var{||MEDstr||} The error message ends with the ||MEDIUM|| device or directory that @code{pkgadd} was trying to use. Please check that it is the device you intended; possible causes of trouble might include leaving off the @samp{/dev/} prefix at the front of a device name. A typo in the device name might also cause this problem. If the problem is neither of these things, perhaps your ||MEDIUM|| device can't read our ||MEDIUM||; @pxref{No Drive,,No Local ||MEDIUM|| Drive}, for a discussion of how to use another machine's ||MEDIUM|| drive. @item @dots{} This is a problem. @itemx Cannot cd to @var{installdir} @itemx I do not know why I cannot create @var{installdir} @itemx hello.c fails to run @itemx test-ioctl.c fails to run @itemx I do not know how to remove an arch called @dots{} These errors (the first covers anything that ends in @samp{This is a problem}) are from paranoia checks; they are issued for situations that other checks should have covered, or for unlikely situations that require further diagnosis. If you get one of these messages, please @itemize @bullet @item @strong{call the Cygnus hotline, +1 415 322 7836}, or @item send electronic mail to @samp{help@@cygnus.com}. @end itemize @end table @node Rebuilding, Removing, Trouble, Top @unnumbered Rebuilding From Source All Cygnus products are free software; your Developer's Kit includes complete source code for all programs. Cygnus Support has implemented an automatic configuration scheme to adapt the programs to different environments. Rebuilding the programs from source requires these steps: @enumerate @item configuration @item compilation @item installation @end enumerate For example, executing the following commands in sequence will rebuild and install a native version of all the tools in a nonstandard directory: @cartouche @example @b{cd progressive/src} @b{./configure ||HOSTstr|| -prefix=/local/gnu} @b{make clean all install} @end example @end cartouche @noindent We discuss each step in detail in the following sections. @menu * Configuration:: Configuration * Config Names:: Specifying Names for Hosts and Targets * configure Options:: @code{configure} Options * Compilation:: Compilation * Installation:: Installation @end menu @node Configuration, Config Names, Rebuilding, Rebuilding @unnumberedsec Configuration You can configure the software in this release by using the shell script called @code{configure}. The shell script requires one argument: the host type. There are also several possible options, including a @w{@samp{-target=}} option to configure for cross-system development. @node Config Names, configure Options, Configuration, Rebuilding @section Specifying Names for Hosts and Targets The specifications used for hosts and targets in the @code{configure} script are based on a three-part naming scheme, but some short predefined aliases are also supported. The full naming scheme encodes three pieces of information in the following pattern: @example @var{architecture}-@var{vendor}-@var{os} @end example @ifset FIXMES @quotation @emph{FIXME!} What is real alias for Solaris/SPARC? @end quotation @end ifset For example, you can use the alias @code{solar} as a @var{host} argument or in a @w{@samp{-target=@var{target}}} option, but the equivalent full name is @samp{sparc-sun-solaris2}. @quotation @emph{Warning:} @code{configure} can represent a very large number of combinations of architecture, vendor, and OS. There is by no means support for all possible combinations! @end quotation @node configure Options, Compilation, Config Names, Rebuilding @section @code{configure} Options This section summarizes the @code{configure} options and arguments. Your Developer's Kit contains full online documentation for the Cygnus configure system. @inforef{Using Configure,,configure.info}, to read about @code{configure} in more detail, including information on how the @code{configure} options relate to @file{Makefile} variables. @example configure @r{[}-prefix=@var{dest}@r{]} @r{[}-exec-prefix=@var{bindest}@r{]} @r{[}-srcdir=@var{path}@r{]} @r{[}-norecursion@r{]} @r{[}-target=@var{target}@r{]} @var{host} @end example @ifset FIXMES @quotation @emph{FIXME!} Show complete configure option list used for release? @end quotation @end ifset @table @code @item -prefix=@var{dest} @var{dest} is an installation directory @emph{path prefix}, the root for the directories where @code{make install} will place things. After you configure with this option, @code{make install} will install info files in @file{@var{dest}/info}, man pages in @file{@var{dest}/man}, and---unless you also use @w{@samp{-exec-prefix}}---compiled programs in @file{@var{dest}/bin}, and libraries in @file{@var{dest}/lib}. If you specify @w{@samp{-prefix=/local}}, for example, @code{make install} puts the development tools in @file{/local/bin}. @emph{WARNING:} the default @var{dest} path prefix in the source is not the same as the prefix for the preconfigured binaries distributed by Cygnus. @w{@samp{-prefix=/opt/gnu/progressive-||RELNO||}} was used to build this Cygnus Progressive Release. If you do not use @w{@samp{-prefix}}, the installation directory is @file{/usr/local}. @item -exec-prefix=@var{bindest} @w{@samp{-exec-prefix}} serves the same purpose as @w{@samp{-prefix}}, but affects only machine-dependent targets (compiled programs and libraries). Specifying both @w{@samp{-prefix}} and @w{@samp{-exec-prefix}} allows you to segregate machine-dependent files, so that machine-independent files can be shared. @emph{WARNING:} the default @var{bindest} path prefix in the source is not the same as the prefix for the preconfigured binaries distributed by Cygnus. @w{@samp{-exec-prefix=/opt/gnu/progressive-||RELNO||}} was used to build this Cygnus Progressive Release. If you do not use @w{@samp{-exec-prefix}}, the default directory for machine-dependent targets is whatever was specified with @file{-prefix} (by default, @file{/usr/local}). @item -srcdir=@var{path} @emph{Warning: This option is only supported if you use @sc{gnu} @code{make}} (which is included in this Cygnus Progressive--||RELNO|| release). Use this option to make configurations in directories separate from the source directories. @code{configure} writes configuration specific files in the current directory, but arranges for them to use the source in the directory @var{path}. @code{configure} will create directories under the working directory in parallel to the source directories below @var{path}. Among other things, you can use this to build (or maintain) several configurations simultaneously, in separate directories. @item -norecursion Configure only the directory level where @code{configure} is executed; do not propagate configuration to subdirectories. @item -target=@var{target} Configure the development tools for cross-development (compiling, debugging, or other processing) of programs running on the specified @var{target}. Without this option, programs are configured ``native'', that is, for managing programs that run on the same machine (@var{host}) as the development tools themselves. There is no convenient way to generate a list of all available targets. @item @var{host} @dots{} Configure the development tools to run on the specified @var{host}. There is no convenient way to generate a list of all available hosts. @end table The @w{@samp{-prefix=@var{dest}}} and @w{@samp{-exec-prefix=@var{bindest}}} options are particularly important. If you don't specify a @var{dest} or @var{bindest} directory, the @file{Makefile} installs binaries in subdirectories of @file{/usr/local}. These options are important because the @var{dest} and @var{bindest} directories are used for several purposes: @enumerate @item @var{bindest} is the directory where binaries are installed. @item @var{bindest} is built into the compiler itself for the locations of @sc{gcc} specific include files, the locations of @sc{gcc} subprograms, and the location of the @sc{gcc} specific library @file{libgcc.a}. @item @var{dest} is compiled into @code{info} as the default directory for the documentation. @end enumerate @node Compilation, Installation, configure Options, Rebuilding @unnumberedsec Compilation After you've run @code{configure} (which writes the final @file{Makefile} in each directory), compilation is straightforward. To compile all the programs in the Developer's Kit, run: @cartouche @example @b{make} @end example @end cartouche The overall @file{Makefile} propagates the value of the @code{CC} variable explicitly, so that you can easily control the compiler used in this step. @code{CFLAGS} is treated the same way. For instance, to build the compiler a second time, using @sc{gcc} to compile itself (after building and installing it in the alternate directory @file{/local/gnu}), you might use @cartouche @example @b{make CC=/local/gnu/H-sun4/bin/gcc CFLAGS=-O} @end example @end cartouche The conventional targets @samp{all}, @samp{install}, and @samp{clean} are supported at all levels of @file{Makefile}. Other targets are supported as well, as appropriate in each directory; please read the individual @file{Makefile} for details. Each @file{Makefile} in the source directories includes ample comments to help you read it. If you are not familiar with @code{make}, refer to @ref{Overview,,Overview of @code{make}, make.info, GNU Make: A Program for Directing Recompilation}. @node Installation, , Compilation, Rebuilding @unnumberedsec Installation Whether you configure an alternative path using @code{-prefix}, or you use the default installation path @file{/usr/local}, you can install the software by executing: @cartouche @example @b{make install} @end example @end cartouche @node Removing, Cygnus-FSF, Rebuilding, Top @unnumbered Removing Parts of the Developer's Kit You can use the @code{pkgrm} command to remove either part of this release from where @code{pkgadd} installed it. To do this, call @code{pkgrm} with either or both of the arguments @samp{GNUDEVTkit} (to remove binaries) or @samp{GNUDEVTsrc} (to remove source). For example, suppose you never look at the source, and are running short of disk space; you can remove the source, while leaving the rest of the Progressive Release undisturbed, as follows: @cartouche @example eg# @b{/usr/sbin/pkgrm GNUDEVTsrc} @end example @end cartouche To remove the complete Progressive Release of the Developer's Kit from your system (if, eventually, you no longer want it), specify both package names as arguments to @code{pkgrm} @node Cygnus-FSF, Cygnus-Support, Removing, Top @unnumbered Cygnus Releases and the FSF Most of the tools in this Developer's Kit are originally from the Free Software Foundation (FSF). You can get versions of all these tools from the FSF as well as from Cygnus. In general, Cygnus Progressive Releases add to FSF software in the following ways: @c UPDATE! more differences bet Cygnus/FSF releases? @itemize @bullet @item Commercial support is available. Cygnus adds value to FSF releases in large measure by offering outstanding support services. @item Coordination. The tools in your Developer's Kit are certified to work together; you need not worry about tools being out of step with each other. @item Bug fixes. A Progressive Release includes many fixes, already integrated into the programs. Cygnus repairs bugs discovered during testing, and also tracks and includes bug fixes developed for other Cygnus customers or distributed over the Internet. @item Bug reporting. Cygnus releases include the tool @code{send_pr}, which you can use to make sure your problem reports receive prompt attention, and are also incorporated in our future tests. @item Documentation. Cygnus revises and adds to available FSF documentation to give you better descriptions of all the software tools. @item Stability. Cygnus tests (and uses) all the programs it releases. @end itemize @c FIXME! If we can say something about this, remove @ignore/@end ignore @c and fill in below: @ignore This particular Cygnus Progressive release differs from the nearest corresponding FSF distributions in these important details: FILL IN HERE! @end ignore @node Cygnus-Support, , Cygnus-FSF, Top @unnumbered About Cygnus Support Cygnus Support was founded in 1989 to provide commercial support for free software. Cygnus supplies products and services that benefit advanced development groups by allowing them to use state-of-the-art tools without having to maintain them. With Cygnus Support, sites that once were forced to do their own tool support can recover that valuable staff time. Former users of proprietary software now may choose supported free software, combining the advantages of both worlds. Free software is faster, more powerful, and more portable than its proprietary counterparts. It evolves faster because users who want to make improvements are free to do so. Cygnus tracks these improvements and integrates them into tested, stable versions ready for commercial use, then backs this software with comprehensive support. With Cygnus Support as your partner, you will have the software and the support you need to meet your business objectives. Cygnus is intimately familiar with this software from extensive experience using, debugging, and implementing it. You get direct access to the most qualified support people: the authors of the software. We provide ``vintage'' releases---the most stable versions, which have been though even more extensive use and testing---or up-to-the minute ``progressive'' releases, for those who need the very latest version. Because all our improvements are also free software, you can distribute them widely within your organization, or to your customers, without extra cost. @sp 4 @display Cygnus Support 814 University Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94301, USA +1 415 322 3811 hotline: +1 415 322 7836 email: @code{info@@cygnus.com} fax: +1 415 322 3270 @end display @bye