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-This file contains the instructions for building scm4e under Unix
-systems. Scm conforms to Revised^4 Report on the Algorithmic Language
-Scheme and the IEEE P1178 specification. Scm runs under VMS, MS-DOS,
-OS2, MacOS, Amiga, Atari-ST, NOS/VE, Unix and similar systems.
-
-The author of scm can be reached at <jaffer@ai.mit.edu> or
-Aubrey Jaffer, 84 Pleasant St., Wakefield MA 01880.
-
-The Unix installation support included in this scmconfig distribution
-has been written by myself, Bryan O'Sullivan <bosullvn@maths.tcd.ie>,
-and is maintained by me. Please direct any problems you have with
-either scm itself or this configuration software to <bug-scm@scrg.cs.tcd.ie>.
-
-NOTE: Before you get started, make sure that you have unpacked this
- scmconfig distribution into the whatever directory you have
- unpacked the same version of scm.
-
-Several chunks of this file have been lifted more or less verbatim
-from the standard INSTALL file which comes with most GNU utilities
-these days.
-
- MANIFEST
-
- `README.unix' is this file. It contains a MANIFEST, INSTALLATION
- INSTRUCTIONS, TROUBLESHOOTING, and various other information.
- `COPYING' details the LACK OF WARRANTY for scmconfig and scm and the
- conditions for distributing scm and scmconfig.
- `acconfig-1.5.h' is a temporary fix for a bug in version 1.5 of GNU
- autoconf. This file should not concern you unless you are
- familiar with autoconf (you don't need to be).
- `configure' is an executable shell script which generates
- `scmconfig.h' and `Makefile'.
- `configure.in' is a template file used by with autoconf (autoconf is
- not needed to build scm), which produces the `configure'
- script.
- `scmconfig.h.in' is an automatically-generated template file used by
- configure, which produces `scmconfig.h'.
- `Makefile.in' is a template file used by configure, which produces
- `Makefile'.
-
- INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
-
-To compile this package:
-
-1. In the directory that this file is in, type `./configure'. If
- you're using `csh' on an old version of System V, you might need
- to type `sh configure' instead to prevent `csh' from trying to
- execute `configure' itself.
-
- You may wish to edit the generated `Makefile' file in order to
- customise scm to your own preferences. The comments in there
- should be adequate to let you decide what you want to do.
- `Makefile' has a reasonable set of defaults for most Unix systems,
- so you may not have to edit it at all.
-
-[You can skip the rest of this section (down to point 2 below) the
- first time around.]
-
- The `configure' shell script attempts to guess correct values for
- various system-dependent variables used during compilation, and
- creates the Makefile.
-
- Running `configure' takes a minute or two. While it is running,
- it prints some messages that tell what it is doing. If you don't
- want to see the messages, run `configure' with its standard output
- redirected to `/dev/null'; for example, `./configure >/dev/null'.
-
- To compile the package in a different directory from the one
- containing the source code, you must use a version of `make' that
- supports the VPATH variable, such as GNU `make'. `cd' to the
- directory where you want the object files and executables to go
- and run `configure'. `configure' automatically checks for the
- source code in the directory that `configure' is in and in `..'.
- If for some reason `configure' is not in the source code directory
- that you are configuring, then it will report that it can't find
- the source code. In that case, run `configure' with the option
- `--srcdir=DIR', where DIR is the directory that contains the
- source code.
-
- See the section titled `INSTALL' below on building scm with
- different default search paths. By default, when you run `make',
- scm looks in the source directory for `Init.scm'. The binary
- which is built when you run `make install' looks in the correct
- places for files.
-
- Another `configure' option is useful mainly in `Makefile' rules
- for updating `config.status' and `Makefile'. The `--no-create'
- option figures out the configuration for your system and records
- it in `config.status', without actually configuring the package
- (creating `Makefile's and perhaps a configuration header file).
- Later, you can run `./config.status' to actually configure the
- package. You can also give `config.status' the `--recheck'
- option, which makes it re-run `configure' with the same arguments
- you used before. This option is useful if you change `configure'.
-
- `configure' ignores any other arguments that you give it.
-
- If your system requires unusual options for compilation or linking
- that `configure' doesn't know about, you can give `configure'
- initial values for some variables by setting them in the
- environment. In Bourne-compatible shells, you can do that on the
- command line like this:
- CC='gcc -traditional' DEFS=-D_POSIX_SOURCE ./configure
-
-2. Type `make' to compile the package. If you want, you can override
- the `make' variables CFLAGS and LDFLAGS like this:
- make CFLAGS=-O2 LDFLAGS=-s
-
-3. Test scm. This is done in the following way (user input comes
- after the `bash$' and `>' prompts):
- bash$ scm
- SCM version xxx, Copyright (C) 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993 Aubrey Jaffer.
- SCM comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type `(terms)'.
- This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
- under certain conditions; type `(terms)' for details.
- ;loading ".../Transcen.scm"
- ;done loading ".../Transcen.scm"
- ;Evaluation took 230 mSec (0 in gc) 8661 cons work
- > (load "test.scm")
- ...
- > (test-sc4)
- ...
- > (test-cont)
- ...
- > (test-inexact)
-
-4. You can remove the program binaries and object files from the
- source directory by typing `make clean'. To also remove the
- Makefile(s), the header file containing system-dependent definitions
- (if the package uses one), and `config.status' (all the files that
- `configure' created), type `make distclean'.
-
-[You can skip this next bit unless you are editing the `configure.in'
- file, which you should not do unless you are familiar with autoconf.]
-
- If you are using versions of autoconf before or including 1.5, you
- should rename `acconfig-1.5.h' to `acconfig.h' before running
- autoheader, since these distributions do not handle
- `TIME_WITH_SYS_TIME' correctly.
-
- INSTALL
-
-Type `make install' to install programs, data files, and
-documentation.
-
-By default, `make install' will install the package's files in
-/usr/local/bin, /usr/local/lib, /usr/local/man, etc. You can specify
-an installation prefix other than /usr/local by giving `configure' the
-option `--prefix=PATH'. Alternately, you can do so by consistently
-giving a value for the `prefix' variable when you run `make', e.g.,
- make prefix=/usr/gnu
- make prefix=/usr/gnu install
-
-You can specify separate installation prefixes for
-architecture-specific files and architecture-independent files. If
-you give `configure' the option `--exec-prefix=PATH' or set the `make'
-variable `exec_prefix' to PATH, the package will use PATH as the
-prefix for installing programs and libraries. Data files and
-documentation will still use the regular prefix. Normally, all files
-are installed using the regular prefix.
-
- TROUBLESHOOTING
-
-If you encounter any problems while building scm, please send
-electronic mail to <bug-scm@scrg.cs.tcd.ie> with a description of the
-problem, and any solution to it you may have found. Some mention of
-the version of Unix you are trying to build scm on, and the versions
-of scm and scmconfig you are using, would be helpful in diagnosing the
-problem.
-
-If you encounter any problems with system include files not being
-found, or attempts being made to read the wrong files, please contact
-<bug-scm@scrg.cs.tcd.ie> with a description of the include files that
-are not being handled correctly; the problem probably lies in the
-autoconf support, and can usually be quickly fixed by manually editing
-`scmconfig.h'.
-
-If you find that scm does not link because it cannot find a
-time-related function, please mail a description of the problem to
-<bug-scm@scrg.cs.tcd.ie>, stating which function(s) can't be found.
-In the mean time, editing the top of `time.c' should provide a fix for
-the problem.