[BUGFIX] Reclaiming the memory allocated for static objects *is* necessary.

[ginac.git] / INSTALL

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index b333c91247cc19c5253cb43ecbc6e8a324c9d5eb..1cad2773e5a3ec6ec9aeb4008b1cd94e396b891f 100644 (file)
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ Known not to work with:
    is missing there.
 
 If you install from CVS, you also need GNU autoconf (>=2.59), automake (>=1.7),
-libtool (>= 1.5), bison (>= 2.3), flex (>= 2.5.33) to be installed.
+libtool (>= 1.5), bison (>= 2.3), flex (>= 2.5.33), autogen (>= 5.6.0) to be
+installed.
 
 
 INSTALLATION
@@ -125,12 +126,21 @@ install CLN properly on your system before continuing with GiNaC.
 Problems building ginsh
 -----------------------
 
-The most common reason why this doesn't succeed is the absence of GNU
-libreadline and/or the corresponding header files. Depending on what your
-system/distribution is, you will have to install a package called
-libreadline and maybe libreadline-dev. If your system's vendor doesn't
-supply such packages, go to <ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/readline/> and compile
-it yourself. Note that non-GNU versions of libreadline (in particular
+The GiNaC interactive shell, ginsh, makes use of GNU readline to provide 
+command line editing and history. If readline library and/or headers are
+missing on your system, the configure script will issue a warning. In this
+case you have two options:
+
+1) (the easiest) If you don't intend to use ginsh (i.e. if you need GiNaC
+library to compile some piece of software), ignore it. ginsh builds just
+fine without readline (obviously, it won't support the command line history
+and editing).
+
+2) Install GNU readline and run the configure script once again. Depending on
+what your system/distribution is, you will have to install a package called
+libreadline and libreadline-dev (or readline-devel). If your system's vendor
+doesn't supply such packages, go to <ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/readline/> and
+compile it yourself. Note that non-GNU versions of libreadline (in particular
 one shipped with Mac OS X) are not supported at the moment.
 
 Problems with missing standard header files