X-Git-Url: http://drtracing.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=readline%2FREADME;h=bc89f460711d2ee7bb797a071ffab74d9b99dcc7;hb=4186eb54dd4d57b59d58f470ec0fa9b19b9c9d5e;hp=7aa939452fbc983a1f777478899066f7a8e8f7aa;hpb=01f0fe5e0450edf168c1f612feb93cf588e4e7ea;p=deliverable%2Fbinutils-gdb.git diff --git a/readline/README b/readline/README index 7aa939452f..bc89f46071 100644 --- a/readline/README +++ b/readline/README @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ Introduction ============ -This is the Gnu Readline library, version 4.3. +This is the Gnu Readline library, version 6.2. The Readline library provides a set of functions for use by applications that allow users to edit command lines as they are typed in. Both @@ -16,8 +16,9 @@ may be used without Readline in applications which desire its capabilities. The Readline library is free software, distributed under the terms of -the [GNU] General Public License, version 2. For more information, see -the file COPYING. +the [GNU] General Public License as published by the Free Software +Foundation, version 3 of the License. For more information, see the +file COPYING. To build the library, try typing `./configure', then `make'. The configuration process is automated, so no further intervention should @@ -102,6 +103,9 @@ SHLIB_XLDFLAGS Additional flags to pass to SHOBJ_LD for shared library SHLIB_LIBS Any additional libraries that shared libraries should be linked against when they are created. +SHLIB_LIBPREF The prefix to use when generating the filename of the shared + library. The default is `lib'; Cygwin uses `cyg'. + SHLIB_LIBSUFF The suffix to add to `libreadline' and `libhistory' when generating the filename of the shared library. Many systems use `so'; HP-UX uses `sl'. @@ -118,6 +122,17 @@ SHLIB_LIBVERSION The string to append to the filename to indicate the version numbers; use `$(SHLIB_LIBSUFF).$(SHLIB_MAJOR)' on those systems. Other Unix versions use different schemes. +SHLIB_DLLVERSION The version number for shared libraries that determines API + compatibility between readline versions and the underlying + system. Used only on Cygwin. Defaults to $SHLIB_MAJOR, but + can be overridden at configuration time by defining DLLVERSION + in the environment. + +SHLIB_DOT The character used to separate the name of the shared library + from the suffix and version information. The default is `.'; + systems like Cygwin which don't separate version information + from the library name should set this to the empty string. + SHLIB_STATUS Set this to `supported' when you have defined the other necessary variables. Make uses this to determine whether or not shared library creation should be attempted. @@ -169,4 +184,4 @@ list (mirrored to the Usenet newsgroup gnu.bash.bug) often contains Readline bug reports and fixes. Chet Ramey -chet@po.cwru.edu +chet.ramey@case.edu