Changes between Version 3 and Version 4 of RaveInstallation

Timestamp:

Jun 4, 2007, 10:07:53 AM (18 years ago)

Author:

anonymous

Comment:

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RaveInstallation

@@ -11 +11 @@
 
 Rave is fully autotooled. '''configure; make; make install''' are your friends.
-Package builders may want to use '''bootstrap'''.
+Package builders may want to call '''bootstrap''' before using
+''configure'' and ''make''.
 
 Also note that various packages exist, see the download section.
@@ -21 +22 @@
 the following applications need to be installed on the system:
 
- * ''javac'' (will add ''gcj'' as another option)
+ * ''javac'' (''gcj'' will soon be added as another option)
  * ''java''
  * ''jar'' or ''fastjar''
  * ''swig''
 
-It might be necessary to tell the configure where to look for the java 
+It might be necessary to tell ''configure'' where to look for the java 
 binaries and libraries:
 {{{
@@ -32 +33 @@
 }}}
 
-Note that with rave < 0.2.2 it is necessary to turn off optimisation, e.g.
+
+Note that with rave < 0.2.2, for java to work, it is necessary to turn off optimisation, e.g.
 {{{
 configure CXXFLAGS="-g" 
@@ -41 +43 @@
 == Cygwin ==
 
-Building under cygwin is tricky :-(
-
-
+Building under cygwin is tricky and currently quite yucky :-(
+Currently we've been able to compile a static version of rave only with
+a static version of clhep (compiled with cygwin, as well).
+This should be achievable without special tweaking and special configuration settings, though.
+Just an ordinary ''configure; make'' ...
+Using clhep libraries compiled with VC++ (the official way to build clhep under windows) 
+has not yet been tried.
+Improvements in this area can be expected in the near future.
 
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