- created AUTHORS and README files, updated INSTALL

diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391..aa9e3e7098404661e916128825fba0f990154f79 100644 (file)
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+The GiNaC Group
+---------------
+Christian Bauer    <Christian.Bauer@uni-mainz.de>
+Alexander Frink    <Alexander.Frink@uni-mainz.de>
+Richard B. Kreckel <Richard.Kreckel@uni-mainz.de>
+
+And others...

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 750d5164c0a134a983143513b0b0fd2d407750aa..5e300b5e0252fc67a3e59efdc6414e7fa32deccb 100644 (file)
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -1,12 +1,22 @@
-Installation:
+Prerequisites

 =============
 
 =============
 

+GiNaC requires the CLN library by Bruno Haible, available at
+<ftp://ftp.santafe.eu/pub/gnu/> or <ftp://ftp.ilog.fr/pub/Users/haible/gnu/>.
+You will also need a C++ compiler adhering to the ANSI standard (we used gcc
+for development so if you have a different compiler you are on your own).
+
+
+Installation
+============
+

 As with any autoconfiguring GNU software, installation is as easy as this:
 
 As with any autoconfiguring GNU software, installation is as easy as this:
 

-sysprompt> ./configure
-sysprompt> make
-sysprompt> make check
-sysprompt> make install
+ $ ./configure
+ $ make
+ $ make check
+[become root if necessary]
+ $ make install

 
 Known to work with:
   - Linux/x86, EGCS-1.1.2 or GCC 2-95.
 
 Known to work with:
   - Linux/x86, EGCS-1.1.2 or GCC 2-95.


@@ -14,12 +24,25 @@ Known to work with:
 The "make" step takes about 10 minutes, on a 586 DX / 133 MHz / 64 MB or
 about 2 minutes on a P-III /550 MHz / 512 MB.
 
 The "make" step takes about 10 minutes, on a 586 DX / 133 MHz / 64 MB or
 about 2 minutes on a P-III /550 MHz / 512 MB.
 

+The "configure" script can be given a number of options to enable and
+disable various features. For a complete list, type:
+
+ $ ./configure --help
+
+A few of the more important ones:
+
+ --prefix=PREFIX        install architecture-independent files in PREFIX
+                        [defaults to /usr/local]
+ --exec-prefix=EPREFIX  install architecture-dependent files in EPREFIX
+                        [defaults to the value given to --prefix]
+ --disable-shared       suppress the creation of a shared version of libginac
+

 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.
 
 

-Problems with CLN:
-==================
+Problems with CLN
+=================

 
 You should use at least CLN V1.0.2, since all earlier ones are
 somewhat buggy.  Even V1.0.1 has a few problems and GiNaC will not
 
 You should use at least CLN V1.0.2, since all earlier ones are
 somewhat buggy.  Even V1.0.1 has a few problems and GiNaC will not

diff --git a/README b/README
index e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391..11b2b0ac11ff3f91e13da86a8f9874f1e7107dec 100644 (file)
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+General Information
+===================
+
+GiNaC (which stands for "GiNaC is not a computer algebra system) is a
+C++ library for symbolic mathematical calculations. It is designed to
+allow the creation of integrated systems that embed symbolic manipulations
+together with more established areas of computer science (like computation-
+intense numeric applications, graphical interfaces, etc.) under one roof.
+
+The official web site it:
+  http://wwwthep.physik.uni-mainz.de/GiNaC/
+
+
+Installation
+============
+
+See the file "INSTALL".

diff --git a/stamp-h.in b/stamp-h.in
index e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391..9788f70238c91894045d22366fa941580826c3c1 100644 (file)
--- a/stamp-h.in
+++ b/stamp-h.in
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+timestamp