Diff for /gforth/INSTALL between versions 1.18 and 1.29

version 1.18, 1996/01/07 17:22:06 version 1.29, 1999/12/03 18:25:52
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 ./configure  ./configure
   
   (see Section Configuration Options below for details).
   
   After configuration, type
   
   make
   
   Now you can check whether your shiny new Forth system works. Say
   
   make test
   
   You can run some benchmarks with
   
   make bench
   
   and compare them with the results in Benchres and in the manual.
   
   If everything is all right, you may want to install gforth. Type
   
   make install
   
   You have to make an entry in the info directory file manually (see
   Installing Info Files, below).
   
   For paper documentation, print gforth.ps (a Postscript file (300dpi
   fonts, i.e., it works, but does not produce best quality on better
   printers)), or say
   
   make gforth.dvi
   
   and print the resulting file gforth.dvi. You can also get the
   documentation in HTML format by typing
   
   make html
   
   If you prefer plain ASCII documentation, you can 
   
   make doc/gforth.txt
   
   or just concatenate the files gforth.info-* ('cat gforth.info-*' under
   Unix); the result of the latter option is a little worse.
   
   You can find binary distributions, documentation in HTML and plain
   text format and information on known installation problems at
   http://www.complang.tuwien.ac.at/forth/gforth/.
   
   
                   Configuration Options
   
   If you use GNU make, you can build in a directory different from the
   source directory by changing to the build directory and invoking
   configure thus:
   
   $srcdir/configure
   
   where $srcdir is the source directory. (Note that we tested this only
   for installation; i.e., if you want to hack the Gforth sources, you
   should probably build in the source directory).
   
 configure has the following useful parameters:  configure has the following useful parameters:
   --prefix=PREFIX         install architecture-independent files in PREFIX    --prefix=PREFIX         install architecture-independent files in PREFIX
                           [default: /usr/local]                            [default: /usr/local]
Line 20  configure has the following useful param Line 78  configure has the following useful param
                                 slowdown on some machines.                                  slowdown on some machines.
                                 (default processor-dependent)                                  (default processor-dependent)
   --with-debug     specifies option -g to compile with debug info (default)    --with-debug     specifies option -g to compile with debug info (default)
    --without-debug  omits the -g switch and creates smaller images on    --without-debug  omits the -g switch and creates smaller images on
                     machines where strip has problems with gcc style                     machines where strip has problems with gcc style
                     debugging informations.                     debugging informations.
   --help: tells you about other parameters.    --help: tells you about other parameters.
   
   The file Benchres shows which combination of the -enable options we
   tried gave the best results for various machines.
   
 If you don't like the defaults for the installation directories, you  If you don't like the defaults for the installation directories, you
 should override them already during configure.  E.g., if you want to  should override them already during configure.  E.g., if you want to
 install in the /gnu hierarchy instead of in the default /usr/local  install in the /gnu hierarchy instead of in the default /usr/local
Line 42  want to generate an a.out executable und Line 103  want to generate an a.out executable und
   
 env "CC=gcc -b i486-linuxaout -V 2.7.0" ./configure  env "CC=gcc -b i486-linuxaout -V 2.7.0" ./configure
   
 After, configuration, type  You can change the sizes of the various areas used in the default
   image `gforth.fi' by passing the appropriate Gforth command line
 make  options in the FORTHSIZES environment variable:
   
 Now you can check whether your shiny new Forth system works. Say  
   
 make test  
   
 You can run some benchmarks with  
   
 make bench  env "FORTHSIZES=--dictionary-size=256k --data-stack-size=16k --fp-stack-size=15872b --return-stack-size=15k --locals-stack-size=14848b" ./configure
   
 and compare them with the results in Benchres and in the manual.  The line above reaffirms the default sizes. Note that the locals
   stack area is also used as input buffer stack.
   
 If everything is all right, you may want to install gforth. Type  If C's "long long" do not work properly on your machine (i.e., if the
   tests involving double-cell numbers fail), you can build Gforth such
   that it does not use "long long":
   
 make install  env ac_cv_sizeof_long_long=0 ./configure
   
 You have to make an entry in the info directory file manually.  
   
 For paper documentation, print gforth.ps (a Postscript file (300dpi                          Cross-Configuration
 fonts, i.e., it works, but does not produce best quality on better  
 printers)), or say  
   
 make gforth.dvi  A few tests made by the configure script do not work in a
   cross-compilation situation. You have to provide the results of these
   tests by hand. E.g., if you compile for a 386 architecture processor:
   
 and print the resulting file gforth.dvi. You can also get the  env ac_cv_sizeof_char_p=4 ac_cv_sizeof_short=2 ac_cv_sizeof_int=4 ac_cv_sizeof_long=4 ac_cv_sizeof_long_long=8 ac_cv_c_bigendian=no ./configure
 documentation in HTML format by typing  
   
 make html  The ac_cv_sizeof_... variables give the sizes of various C types;
   ac_cv_sizeof_char_p is the same as "sizeof(char*)" in C code. The
   ac_cv_c_bigendian variable gives the byte order.
   
 If you prefer plain ASCII documentation, just concatenate the files  
 gforth.info-* ('cat gforth.info-*' under Unix).  
   
                 Preloading installation-specific code                  Preloading installation-specific code
   
 If you want to have some installation-specific files loaded when  If you want to have some installation-specific files loaded when
 Gforth starts (e.g., an assembler for your processor), put commands  Gforth starts (e.g., an assembler for your processor), put commands
 for loading them into /usr/local/share/gforth/site-forth/site-init.fs  for loading them into /usr/local/share/gforth/site-forth/siteinit.fs
 (if the commands work for all architectures) or  (if the commands work for all architectures) or
 /usr/local/lib/gforth/site-forth/site-init.fs (for  /usr/local/lib/gforth/site-forth/siteinit.fs (for
 architecture-specific commands);  architecture-specific commands);
 /usr/local/lib/gforth/site-forth/site-init.fs takes precedence if both  /usr/local/lib/gforth/site-forth/siteinit.fs takes precedence if both
 files are present (unless you change the search path). The file names  files are present (unless you change the search path). The file names
 given above are the defaults; if you have changed the prefix, you have  given above are the defaults; if you have changed the prefix, you have
 to replace "/usr/local" in these names with your prefix.  to replace "/usr/local" in these names with your prefix.
   
 By default, the installation procedure creates an empty  By default, the installation procedure creates an empty
 /usr/local/share/gforth/site-forth/site-init.fs if there is no such  /usr/local/share/gforth/site-forth/siteinit.fs if there is no such
 file.  file.
   
 If you change the site-init.fs file, you should run "make install"  If you change the siteinit.fs file, you should run "make install"
 again for the changes to take effect (Actually, the part of "make  again for the changes to take effect (Actually, the part of "make
 install" starting with "rm gforth.fi" is sufficient).  install" starting with "rm gforth.fi" is sufficient).
   
Line 109  version foo with 'make uninstall VERSION Line 165  version foo with 'make uninstall VERSION
 tells you how to uninstall Gforth completely.  tells you how to uninstall Gforth completely.
   
   
                         A Possible Problem                  Installing Info Files
   
   Info is the GNU project on-line documentation format. You can read
   info files either from within Emacs (Ctrl-h i) or using the
   stand-alone Info reader, 'info'.
   
   If you use the default install root of '/usr/local' then the info
   files will be installed in '/usr/local/info'.
   
 You need to read this only if you see a message like  Many GNU/Linux distributions are set up to put all of their
   documentation in '/usr/info', in which case you might have to do a
   couple of things to get your environment set up to accommodate files
   in both areas:
   
 "gforth: Cannot load nonrelocatable image (compiled for address 0x1234) at address 0x5678  1. Add an INFOPATH environment variable. The easiest place to do
 The Gforth installer should look into the INSTALL file"  this is '/etc/profile', right next to PATH and MANPATH:
   
 Gforth supports both relocatable and fixed-address images. If you load  INFOPATH=/usr/local/info:/usr/info
 normal Forth code and save the image, you get a fixed-address  
 image. Producing a relocatable image is more difficult.  
   
 Therefore, Gforth has only a relocatable image of the kernel  
 (kernal.fi), which is powerful enough to load the rest of  
 Gforth. However, loading the rest takes a noticable amount of time. To  
 avoid this delay (which would occur on every startup), the  
 installation procedure produces an image fixed at an address  
 determined at the Gforth run that produced the image. This  
 fixed-address image is loaded by default. On most OSs this works,  
 because the first chunk of memory is always allocated at the same  
 address. If the address changes, you get the message above.  
   
 An image address change can be caused by a change of the gforth  
 executable, or by a change (upgrade) of the OS; in these cases you  
 just have to rebuild and reinstall the fixed address image with  
   
 rm gforth.fi; make gforth.fi; make install  
   
 If you get such a message with a different address in place of the  
 0x5678 each time you try to start gforth, you cannot use fixed-address  
 images on your OS. In this case, send us a message so that we start  
 searching for a comfortable solution to this problem. In the  
 meantime, start gforth with  
   
 gforth -i kernal.fi startup.fs  2. Create a file called 'dir' in 'usr/local/info'. Use the file
   '/usr/info/dir' as a template. You can add the line for gforth
   manually, or use '/sbin/install-info' (man install-info for details).
   

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