added something about functions with variable number of arguments

[ginac.git] / INSTALL

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
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--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -1,24 +1,14 @@
 PREREQUISITES
 =============
 
 PREREQUISITES
 =============
 

-GiNaC requires the CLN library by Bruno Haible, available at either
-one of the following FTP-sites:
-  * <ftp://ftp.santafe.edu/pub/gnu/>,
-  * <ftp://ftp.ilog.fr/pub/Users/haible/gnu/> or
-  * <ftp://ftpthep.physik.uni-mainz.de/pub/gnu/>.
-You will also need a decent ANSI-compliant C++-compiler.  We use
-`post-EGCS' GCC, i.e GCC >= 2.95 for development so if you have a
-different compiler you are on your own.  Note that you may have to use
-the same compiler you compiled CLN with because of differing
-name-mangling schemes.
-
-Optionally, GiNaC may work together with Masaharu Goto's C++
-interpreter cint (which requires that you register for commercial
-use).  You may obtain it from
-  * <ftp://root.cern.ch/root/>.
-Install it by following the instructions included in Cint's
-distribution before trying to compile GiNaC-cint.  (See section
-`Working with the Cint C++ interpreter' below.)
+GiNaC requires the CLN library by Bruno Haible installed on your system.
+It is available from <ftp://ftpthep.physik.uni-mainz.de/pub/gnu/>.
+
+You will also need a decent ANSI-compliant C++-compiler.  We recommend
+the C++ compiler from the GNU compiler collection, GCC >= 3.0.  If you
+have a different or older compiler you are on your own.  Note that you
+may have to use the same compiler you compiled CLN with because of
+differing name-mangling schemes.

 
 
 INSTALLATION
 
 
 INSTALLATION


@@ -30,10 +20,13 @@ As with any autoconfiguring GNU software, installation is as easy as this:
  $ make
  $ make check
 [become root if necessary]
  $ make
  $ make check
 [become root if necessary]

- $ make install
+ # make install

 
 Known to work with:
 
 Known to work with:

-  - Linux/x86, EGCS-1.1.2 or GCC 2-95.1/2-95.2
+  - Linux on x86, Alpha and Sparc using GCC 3.0.x, 3.1 and 3.2.
+Known not to work with:
+  - GCC 2.96 or earlier because proper exception and standard library support
+    is missing there.

 
 The "configure" script can be given a number of options to enable and
 disable various features. For a complete list, type:
 
 The "configure" script can be given a number of options to enable and
 disable various features. For a complete list, type:


@@ -55,13 +48,13 @@ 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
 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

-a P-III/500MHz with "enough" memory:
+an Athlon/800MHz with "enough" memory:

 
 

-step:         | GCC optimization level:  | comment:
-              |  -O0   |  -O1   |  -O2   |
---------------+--------+--------+--------+-------------------------------
-make          |  ~4m   |  ~6m   |  ~10m  | building shared and static lib
-make check    |  ~2m   |  ~2m   |  ~7m   | mostly due to compilation
+step          | GCC optimization  | comment
+              |   -O1   |   -O2   |
+--------------+---------+---------+----------------------------------------
+make          |   ~6m   |   ~8m   | shared and static library
+make check    |   ~8m   |  ~12m   | largely due to compilation

 
 
 COMMON PROBLEMS
 
 
 COMMON PROBLEMS


@@ -70,10 +63,8 @@ COMMON PROBLEMS
 Problems with CLN
 -----------------
 
 Problems with CLN
 -----------------
 

-You should use at least CLN V1.0.3, since during the development of
+You should use at least CLN-1.1, since during the development of

 GiNaC various bugs have been discovered and fixed in earlier versions.
 GiNaC various bugs have been discovered and fixed in earlier versions.

-To protect you, the "configure" script checks for a feature that was
-added in V1.0.3 so it won't continue with earlier versions anyhow.

 Please install CLN properly on your system before continuing with
 GiNaC.
 
 Please install CLN properly on your system before continuing with
 GiNaC.
 


@@ -85,25 +76,12 @@ 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/>
 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.  After that it should work fine.
-
-
-Working with the Cint C++ interpreter
-=====================================
-
-The interface to the Cint C++ interpreter is currently in an alpha
-state.  Please see <http://root.cern.ch/root/Cint.html> to learn about
-Cint and install it before installing ginaccint.  For the tool
-makecint to work properly it must know where Cint has its system
-directory.  This is usually done by exporting $CINTSYSDIR to point to
-the proper place.  With GiNaC you may either try to export that
-variable and type
- $ ./configure --with-cint
-or specify it on the command line saying
- $ ./configure --with-cint=/my/path/to/cintsysdir
-Good luck!
-
-  Known to work with:  |  Known not to work with:
------------------------+----------------------------
-  Cint 5.14.25         |  Cint 5.14.24
-  Cint 5.14.26         |  Cint 5.14.29
+and compile it yourself.
+
+Problems with missing standard header files
+-------------------------------------------
+
+Building GiNaC requires many standard header files.  If you get a
+configure error complaining about such missing files your compiler and
+library are probably not up to date enough and it's no worth
+continuing.