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authorChris Wilson <chris+github@qwirx.com>2010-02-26 06:50:55 +0000
committerChris Wilson <chris+github@qwirx.com>2010-02-26 06:50:55 +0000
commita4c9b9697bad7e709319e8b8200da6ff3eedfdb3 (patch)
tree6f6904ccb7c8694249a211c2c518304807ddd68c /docs
parent27ab8a2537deaff65a9bb68b2a03bb267361e91f (diff)
Add instructions and support for building with readline on Windows.
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-rw-r--r--docs/api-notes/win32_build_on_cygwin_using_mingw.txt15
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/docs/api-notes/win32_build_on_cygwin_using_mingw.txt b/docs/api-notes/win32_build_on_cygwin_using_mingw.txt
index 9c82cf76..0b31626f 100644
--- a/docs/api-notes/win32_build_on_cygwin_using_mingw.txt
+++ b/docs/api-notes/win32_build_on_cygwin_using_mingw.txt
@@ -68,6 +68,19 @@ Configure PCRE for MinGW compilation, and build and install it:
cp .libs/libpcre.a .libs/libpcreposix.a /lib/mingw
cp pcreposix.h /usr/include/mingw
+== Readline (Optional) ==
+
+If you want Readline support, download Readline version 6.1, unpack
+and install thus:
+
+ tar xzvf readline-6.1.tar.gz
+ ./configure --prefix=/usr/i686-pc-mingw32 \
+ CFLAGS="-mno-cygwin" \
+ CPPFLAGS="-mno-cygwin" \
+ LDFLAGS="-mno-cygwin"
+ make
+ make install
+
== Download Box Backup ==
Go back to the base directory, and download the latest Box Backup sources:
@@ -83,7 +96,7 @@ Note: If you have problems during the configure or make stage, please try to eli
Enter the source directory and configure like this:
cd trunk
- ./infrastructure/mingw/configure.sh
+ ./infrastructure/mingw/configure.sh [--enable-gnu-readline]
make
== Installation ==