=================================================================== RCS file: /home/cvs/OpenXM_contrib2/asir2000/gc/README.QUICK,v retrieving revision 1.3 retrieving revision 1.5 diff -u -p -r1.3 -r1.5 --- OpenXM_contrib2/asir2000/gc/README.QUICK 2001/04/20 07:39:18 1.3 +++ OpenXM_contrib2/asir2000/gc/README.QUICK 2002/07/24 08:00:06 1.5 @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ Copyright 1988, 1989 Hans-J. Boehm, Alan J. Demers Copyright (c) 1991-1995 by Xerox Corporation. All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 1996-1999 by Silicon Graphics. All rights reserved. -Copyright (c) 1999-2000 by Hewlett-Packard. All rights reserved. +Copyright (c) 1999-2001 by Hewlett-Packard. All rights reserved. THIS MATERIAL IS PROVIDED AS IS, WITH ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED. ANY USE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. @@ -12,6 +12,12 @@ Permission to modify the code and to distribute modifi provided the above notices are retained, and a notice that the code was modified is included with the above copyright notice. +A few files have other copyright holders. A few of the files needed +to use the GNU-style build procedure come with a modified GPL license +that appears not to significantly restrict use of the collector, though +use of those files for a purpose other than building the collector may +require the resulting code to be covered by the GPL. + For more details and the names of other contributors, see the doc/README* files and include/gc.h. This file describes typical use of the collector on a machine that is already supported. @@ -19,7 +25,16 @@ the collector on a machine that is already supported. For the version number, see doc/README or version.h. INSTALLATION: -Under UN*X, type "make test". Under OS/2 or Windows 95, 98, Me, NT, or 2000, +Under UN*X, Linux: +Alternative 1 (the old way): type "make test" in this directory. + Link against gc.a. + +Alternative 2 (the new way): type + "./configure --prefix=; make; make check; make install". + Link against /lib/libgc.a or /lib/libgc.so. + See README.autoconf for details + +Under OS/2 or Windows 95, 98, Me, NT, or 2000: copy the appropriate makefile to MAKEFILE, read it, and type "nmake test". (Under Windows, this assumes you have Microsoft command-line tools installed, and have DOS configured with enough environment space to run them.)