X-Git-Url: http://wien.tomnetworks.com/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=src%2Fmm%2Fboehm-gc%2FREADME.QUICK;h=26204cee6ef1084ad8a14c0ff494c65533fa0e44;hb=c9ee016a64e925938f84fcb85521f82febcc4f63;hp=5ffa505c9e8ab0a7cf0d55ca12ce17c7fc6a1491;hpb=10ed66b9005e551f0d9af18b858a9259a3057e4c;p=cacao.git diff --git a/src/mm/boehm-gc/README.QUICK b/src/mm/boehm-gc/README.QUICK index 5ffa505c9..26204cee6 100644 --- a/src/mm/boehm-gc/README.QUICK +++ b/src/mm/boehm-gc/README.QUICK @@ -27,13 +27,14 @@ For the version number, see doc/README or version.h. INSTALLATION: Under UN*X, Linux: Alternative 1 (the old way): type "make test" in this directory. - Link against gc.a. With the most recent GC distributions - you may have to copy Makefile.direct to Makefile first. + Link against gc.a. With the most recent GC distributions + you may have to type "make -f Makefile.direct test" or + copy Makefile.direct to Makefile first. 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 + "./configure --prefix=; make; make check; make install". + Link against /lib/libgc.a or /lib/libgc.so. + See README.autoconf for details Under Windows 95, 98, Me, NT, or 2000: copy the appropriate makefile to MAKEFILE, read it, and type "nmake test". @@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ Read the machine specific README in the doc directory if one exists. If you need thread support, you will need to follow the special platform-dependent instructions (win32), or define GC_THREADS -as described in Makefile (Makefile.direct), or possibly use +as described in doc/README.macros, or possibly use --enable-threads=posix when running the configure script. If you wish to use the cord (structured string) library with the stand-alone @@ -55,8 +56,8 @@ package should still work.) If you wish to use the collector from C++, type "make c++", or use --enable-cplusplus with the configure script. With Makefile.direct, -hese add further files to gc.a and to the include subdirectory. With the -alternat build process,this generates libgccpp. +these ones add further files to gc.a and to the include subdirectory. +With the alternate build process,this generates libgccpp. See cord/cord.h and include/gc_cpp.h. TYPICAL USE: @@ -85,4 +86,3 @@ accessed with pthread_getspecific()). The collector does scan thread stacks though, so generally the best solution is to ensure that any pointers stored in thread-local storage are also stored on the thread's stack for the duration of their lifetime. -