Note that the distribution comes with a "Makefile" which will be overwritten
by "configure" with one that is not at all equiavelent to the original. The
-distribution contains a copy of the original "Makefile" in "Makefile.direct".
+distribution contains a copy of the original "Makefile" in "Makefile.direct".
Important options to configure:
--enable-threads=TYPE choose threading package
--enable-parallel-mark parallelize marking and free list construction
--enable-gc-debug (--enable-full-debug before about 7.0)
- include full support for pointer backtracing etc.
+ include full support for pointer backtracing etc.
Unless --prefix is set (or --exec-prefix or one of the more obscure options),
Most commonly --enable-threads=posix or will be needed. --enable-parallel-mark
is recommended for multiprocessors if it is supported on the platform.
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