self-documenting thanks john -- "Please let's not resume the argument with the usual whining about how this feature will wipe out humanity or bring us to the promised land." - Charles Campbell on magic words in Subject: headers
Index: ChangeLog =================================================================== RCS file: /usr/local/lyx/cvsroot/lyx-devel/ChangeLog,v retrieving revision 1.783 diff -u -r1.783 ChangeLog --- ChangeLog 2001/06/04 23:57:25 1.783 +++ ChangeLog 2001/06/12 22:56:11 @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2001-06-12 John Levon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> + + * INSTALL: remove mention of kde frontend, mention gcc 2.96 + bugs, mention required GNU m4 + 2001-06-01 Lars Gullik Bjønnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * acconfig.h: add BOOST_NO_LIMITS hack to help boost lib. Index: INSTALL =================================================================== RCS file: /usr/local/lyx/cvsroot/lyx-devel/INSTALL,v retrieving revision 1.28 diff -u -r1.28 INSTALL --- INSTALL 2001/03/16 14:47:48 1.28 +++ INSTALL 2001/06/12 22:56:11 @@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ In addition, you must have libXpm version 4.7 (or newer; 4.8 rumoured to work). +You will also probably need GNU m4 (perhaps installed as gm4). + libXpm can be found at: http://www.funet.fi/pub/Linux/sunsite/X11/libs/!INDEX.html (or similar locations at other sunsites like sunsite.unc.edu) @@ -306,6 +308,15 @@ are needed for compilation). A 'make symlinks' in linux kernel sources fixes that. + o if you are using the standard compiler that comes with RedHat Linux 7.0 + (rpm versions 69 or below), it is known to miscompile LyX under some + circumstances. Compiling without optimisation seems to work : + + CXXFLAGS="-g" + ./configure ... + + You must use at least gcc 2.96-69 to compile LyX (check "rpm -q gcc"). + o if you get an error message when compiling LyX that looks like this : ../../src/minibuffer.h:17: using directive `Object' introduced @@ -313,17 +324,6 @@ then you need to upgrade the version of the xforms library you have installed. - - o If you are using RedHat 7.0 and the option --with-frontend=kde, you - will need to configure LyX as follows : - - export QTDIR=/usr/lib/qt-1.45 - export CC="egcs -L/usr/lib" - export CXX="egcs++ -L/usr/lib" - ./configure --with-frontend=kde - - If you your version of gcc-c++ is > 2.96-69, you may not need to do - this. o It is possible to compile lyx with Tru64 Unix cxx compiler version 6.2, provided one uses