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1 As of GC6.0alpha8, we attempt to support GNU-style builds based on automake,
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2 autoconf and libtool. This is based almost entirely on Tom Tromey's work
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3 with gcj.
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5 To build and install libraries use
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7 configure; make; make install
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9 The advantages of this process are:
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10
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11 1) It should eventually do a better job of automatically determining the
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12 right compiler to use, etc. It probably already does in some cases.
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13
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14 2) It tries to automatically set a good set of default GC parameters for
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15 the platform (e.g. thread support). It provides an easier way to configure
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16 some of the others.
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17
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18 3) It integrates better with other projects using a GNU-style build process.
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19
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20 4) It builds both dynamic and static libraries.
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22 The known disadvantages are:
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23
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24 1) The build scripts are much more complex and harder to debug (though largely
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25 standard). I don't understand them all, and there's probably lots of redundant
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26 stuff.
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27
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28 2) It probably doesn't work on all Un*x-like platforms yet. It probably will
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29 never work on the rest.
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31 3) The scripts are not yet complete. Some of the standard GNU targets don't
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32 yet work. (Corrections/additions are very welcome.)
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34 The distribution should contain all files needed to run "configure" and "make",
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35 as well as the sources needed to regenerate the derived files. (If I missed
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36 some, please let me know.)
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38 Note that the distribution comes with a "Makefile" which will be overwritten
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39 by "configure" with one that is not at all equiavelent to the original. The
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40 distribution contains a copy of the original "Makefile" in "Makefile.direct".
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42 Important options to configure:
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44 --prefix=PREFIX install architecture-independent files in PREFIX
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45 [/usr/local]
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46 --exec-prefix=EPREFIX install architecture-dependent files in EPREFIX
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47 [same as prefix]
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48 --enable-threads=TYPE choose threading package
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49 --enable-parallel-mark parallelize marking and free list construction
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50 --enable-full-debug include full support for pointer backtracing etc.
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52 Unless --prefix is set (or --exec-prefix or one of the more obscure options),
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53 make install will install libgc.a and libgc.so in /usr/local/bin, which
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54 would typically require the "make install" to be run as root.
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56 Most commonly --enable-threads=posix or will be needed. --enable-parallel-mark
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57 is recommended for multiprocessors if it is supported on the platform.
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