Changeset b7ef56 in git

Timestamp:

Dec 8, 1997, 6:58:35 PM (26 years ago)

Author:

Jens Schmidt <schmidt@…>

Branches:

(u'spielwiese', 'fe61d9c35bf7c61f2b6cbf1b56e25e2f08d536cc')

Children:

9c9e2a40e423d2fb002c477b6295b6526e2fb95d

Parents:

a916f50bdd917bfd6b4e008b65556972b6d31199

Message:

	* INSTALL, README: doc fixes for the Windows NT port


git-svn-id: file:///usr/local/Singular/svn/trunk@950 2c84dea3-7e68-4137-9b89-c4e89433aadc

Location:

factory

Files:

• INSTALL (modified) (4 diffs)
• README (modified) (3 diffs)

factory/INSTALL

@@ -86 +86 @@
 installing the libraries.  The other data files will still use the regular
 prefix.
-
 
 Configuring and building Factory for different configurations
@@ -109 +108 @@
                           in process, be graceful when there is no `gmp.h'
 
+
   For more detailed information, see the `README' file.  Note that not all
 possible combinations of the `--with's and `--enable's are meaningful.  The
@@ -140 +140 @@
   
 
+Configuring for Microsoft Windows NT
+------------------------------------
+  Factory compiles on Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 with the Microsoft Visual
+C++ 5.0 compiler.  There is a preconfigured environment contained in the
+folder `winnt/' which includes `config.h', `factoryconf.h', `factory.h' and
+a Makefile `nt.mak', suitable for use under MS VC++ 5.0.  There is also a
+file called `INSTALL.nt' which contains information about how to build
+under Windows NT.
+
 Configuring for Macintosh or other non-Unix platforms
 -----------------------------------------------------
@@ -146 +155 @@
 either have to configure `config.h' and `GNUmakefile' by hand or you have
 to create a suitable `config.cache' file and run `configure' on a machine
-that supports it.
-
-  Factory compiles on Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 with the Microsoft Visual C++
-5.0 compiler. There is a preconfigured environment contained in the folder
-winnt which includes config.h, factoryconf.h, factory.h and a Makefile nt.mak,
-suitable for use under MS VC++ 5.0. There is also a file called INSTALL.nt
-which contains information about how to build under Windows NT.
+that supports it.  Furthermore, you have to create the files `factory.h'
+and `factoryconf.h'.
 
 

factory/README

@@ -88 +88 @@
 
   See the `INSTALL' file for instructions on how to install Factory.  The
-installation procedure conforms more or less to the GNU standard:
+installation procedure on UNIX platforms conforms more or less to the GNU
+standard:
 
   ./configure; make; make gftables; make install; make installgftables
@@ -94 +95 @@
 However, I recommend to read the instructions since there are a lot of
 non-standard options to configure.
+
+  On platforms other than UNIX, where there is no `configure', you have to
+configure and install Factory by hand.  In particular, you have to
+create/edit the files `config.h', `factory.h', `factoryconf.h', and
+`GNUmakefile'.  For Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 with the Microsoft Visual C++
+5.0 compiler there is a preconfigured environment in the `winnt/' directory
+which you may use as an example.  For more information, confer to
+corresponding section in the `INSTALL' file and to the `INSTALL.nt' file in
+the `winnt/' directory.
+
+  In general, this `README' as well as the `INSTALL' file are written for
+UNIX platforms.  However, you may find less specific information on the
+configuration and installation process which is useful for other platforms,
+too.
 
 
@@ -320 +335 @@
   To give an example, look at the following one-shot solution to the
 problem "linking Factory with your application" where the "application" is
-a small test program (`applocation.cc') from the subdirectory `examples/'
+a small test program (`application.cc') from the subdirectory `examples/'
 of the Factory source directory ('\' at the end of a line denotes line
 continuation):