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[ginac.git] / INSTALL

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index de7ba244a79f62496e6e3eb038590b622237aacb..d36c8e9d5c8f20f25babd151d67973ae413b2565 100644 (file)
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -18,20 +18,20 @@ To build the GiNaC tutorial and reference manual the doxygen utility
 TeX are necessary.
 
 Known to work with:
 TeX are necessary.
 
 Known to work with:

- - Linux on x86 and x86_64 using GCC 3.4, 4.0, 4.1, and 4.2.
- - Linux on Alpha using GCC 3.4.
- - Solaris on Sparc using GCC 3.4.
+ - Linux on x86 and x86_64 using 
+   - GCC 3.4, 4.0, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3.x (x >= 1), 4.4, 4.5, and 4.6
+   - Clang 2.8

  - Windows on x86 using GCC 3.4 (MinGW)
 
 Known not to work with:
  - Windows on x86 using GCC 3.4 (MinGW)
 
 Known not to work with:

+ - Clang 2.7 and earlier due to poor C++ support.

  - GCC 4.3.0 due to the compiler bug,
    see <http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=35548>.
  - GCC 2.96 or earlier because proper exception and standard library support
    is missing there.
 
 If you install from git, you also need GNU autoconf (>=2.59), automake (>=1.8),
  - GCC 4.3.0 due to the compiler bug,
    see <http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=35548>.
  - GCC 2.96 or earlier because proper exception and standard library support
    is missing there.
 
 If you install from git, you also need GNU autoconf (>=2.59), automake (>=1.8),

-libtool (>= 1.5), bison (>= 2.3), flex (>= 2.5.33), autogen (>= 5.6.0) to be
-installed.
+libtool (>= 1.5), python (>= 2.5), bison (>= 2.3), flex (>= 2.5.33) to be installed.

 
 
 INSTALLATION
 
 
 INSTALLATION


@@ -74,17 +74,16 @@ A few of the more important ones:
 More detailed installation instructions can be found in the documentation,
 in the doc/ directory.
 
 More detailed installation instructions can be found in the documentation,
 in the doc/ directory.
 

-The time the "make" step takes depends heavily on optimization levels. Large
-amounts of memory (>128MB) will be required by the compiler, also depending
-on optimization. To give you a rough idea of what you have to expect the
-following table may be helpful. It was measured on an Athlon/800MHz with
-"enough" memory:
+The time the "make" step takes depends on optimization levels. To give you
+a rough idea of what you have to expect the following table may be helpful.
+It was measured on an Athlon X2/3GHz with 4Gb of RAM.

 
 step          | GCC optimization  | comment
               |   -O1   |   -O2   |
 --------------+---------+---------+----------------------------------------
 
 step          | GCC optimization  | comment
               |   -O1   |   -O2   |
 --------------+---------+---------+----------------------------------------

-make          |   ~6m   |   ~8m   | shared and static library
-make check    |   ~8m   |  ~12m   | largely due to compilation
+make          |   ~1m   |   ~2m   | shared library only (--disable-static),
+              |         |         | parallel compilation (MAKEFLAGS=-j2)
+make check    |   ~6m   |   ~6m   | largely due to compilation

 
 
 To install from git 
 
 
 To install from git 


@@ -116,7 +115,7 @@ COMMON PROBLEMS
 Problems with CLN
 -----------------
 
 Problems with CLN
 -----------------
 

-You should use at least CLN-1.1, since during the development of GiNaC
+You should use at least CLN-1.2.2, since during the development of GiNaC

 various bugs have been discovered and fixed in earlier versions. Please
 install CLN properly on your system before continuing with GiNaC.
 
 various bugs have been discovered and fixed in earlier versions. Please
 install CLN properly on your system before continuing with GiNaC.