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* configure.in: Enable large file support by default.
* NEWS: Mention it. * INSTALL: Document it. Minor fixes.
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2001-08-24 Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org>
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* configure.in: Enable large file support by default.
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* NEWS: Mention it.
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* INSTALL: Document it. Minor fixes.
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* FAQ: Remove information about GNOME edition. Minor fixes.
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* README: Likewise.
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* NEWS: Mention removing the GNOME edition.
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57
INSTALL
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INSTALL
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This file contains:
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- Installation instructions and notes for the Midnight Commander
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- Where to get more information on the Midnight Commander
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- Installation instructions and notes for GNU Midnight Commander
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- Where to get more information on GNU Midnight Commander
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- Common problems
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- Information on porting the program
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- Obtaining the missing pieces of the Midnight Commander
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- Obtaining the missing pieces of GNU Midnight Commander
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Installation instructions for the Midnight Commander
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Installation instructions for GNU Midnight Commander
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----------------------------------------------------
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The `configure' shell script attempts to guess correct values for
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@ -134,10 +134,11 @@ the directory base where you installed the gpm package.
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transparent tar File system manipulation as well nor the
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networked Midnight Commander file system.
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`--enable-largefile'
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This option enables support for large files (2 gigabytes and more)
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on the systems where file operation use 32-bit offsets by default,
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but support for 64-bit file operations is available.
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`--disable-largefile'
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This option disables support for large files (2 gigabytes and more)
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on the systems where file operations use 32-bit offsets by default,
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but support for 64-bit offsets is available. May be useful for
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slow processors and embedded systems.
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You may also tell configure which display library you want to use with the
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Midnight Commander. The configure script will use S-Lang as default, but
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@ -147,7 +148,7 @@ better than everything else),
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`--with-slang' (default)
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This is used to configure the program to use the S-Lang screen
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library. This is included as part of the Midnight Commander,
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library. This is included as part of GNU Midnight Commander,
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you don't need it installed on your system. If S-Lang is installed
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on your system it will be used if possible. You can force usage of
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the included S-Lang with the `--with-included-slang' option.
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@ -234,7 +235,7 @@ in the archive, issue `make distclean'. If you've run configure in a
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different directory than the source tree, distclean won't remove your *.o
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and linked programs in that directory.
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6. The Midnight Commander allows you to stay in the last current
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6. GNU Midnight Commander allows you to stay in the last current
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directory after exiting MC. This is done with a shell function, the man
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page has more information about this. If you want to let the install
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program make the change to your /etc/profile or your ~/.profile or
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configure --without-subshell --with-termcap
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Where to get more information on the Midnight Commander
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Where to get more information on GNU Midnight Commander
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-------------------------------------------------------
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There are two mailing lists for the program:
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mc: Discussion on the Midnight Commander file manager.
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mc: Discussion on GNU Midnight Commander file manager.
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mc-devel: For discussion between the developers of the program.
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to subscribe to the mailing lists, visit their respective pages:
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http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/mc-devel/
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Notes about the Midnight Commander installation
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Notes about GNU Midnight Commander installation
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------------------------------------------------
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The Midnight Commander has been run in the following configurations:
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GNU Midnight Commander has been run in the following configurations:
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i386-*-linux
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sparc-*-linux
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other operating systems.
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You will need GNU C (or an ANSI C Compiler) and glib library version
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1.2.x to compile the source. The Midnight Commander now comes with the
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1.2.x to compile the source. GNU Midnight Commander now comes with the
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S-Lang screen manager, a fast screen manager, so don't need to worry
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about screen libraries.
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GNU Midnight Commander comes with the mouse support on xterms and in the
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Linux console. In order to take advantage of the mouse support on the
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Linux console you will need the gpm mouse server (see the section
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"Obtaining the missing pieces of the Midnight Commander" in this file).
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"Obtaining the missing pieces of GNU Midnight Commander" in this file).
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Once you get the Mouse Server, compile it and install it, then you
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will have to specify the `--with-gpm-mouse' flag to the configure
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Random notes on porting to other architectures.
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The Midnight Commander uses now by default the S-Lang library for handling
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the display. You may want to download the latest version of S-Lang or use
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a slightly modified S-Lang version 0.99.38 included with the Midnight
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Commander. The later is very stable and has been used for years without
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problems. You shouldn't expect any problems porting S-Lang to your
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platform.
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GNU Midnight Commander uses by default the S-Lang library for handling
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the display. You may want to download the latest version of S-Lang
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or use a slightly modified S-Lang version 0.99.38 included with the
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Midnight Commander. The included library is very stable and has been
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used for years without problems. You shouldn't expect any problems
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porting S-Lang to your platform.
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Another possibility is to download and install ncurses on your OS. The
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Midnight Commander can use ncurses as well as the display engine. However,
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you may encounter minor differences, for instance, you will be unable to
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force the color mode by giving the "-c" switch to the Midnight Commander.
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force the color mode by giving the "-c" switch to GNU Midnight Commander.
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As the last resort, you may try to use the curses library supplied with
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your OS. Beware that some systems, e.g. SystemV Release 4, include the
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curses library with bugs critical to the Midnight Commander. You may try
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curses library with bugs critical to GNU Midnight Commander. You may try
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to recompile all your source code with the symbol BUGGY_CURSES defined,
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i.e.
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make clean; make CFLAGS="-g -O -DBUGGY_CURSES"
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Obtaining the missing pieces of the Midnight Commander
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Obtaining the missing pieces of GNU Midnight Commander
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------------------------------------------------------
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The Midnight Commander will build without requiring you to get any other
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GNU Midnight Commander will build without requiring you to get any other
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software packages, however, you may be interested in enhancing the
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Midnight Commander environment with some of these:
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even be detected. Newer versions won't be detected either - they use a
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new package system that is not supported yet by GNU Midnight Commander.
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o In the past the Midnight Commander required the ncurses library to
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o In the past GNU Midnight Commander required the ncurses library to
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build, now it's optional. You can get ncurses from
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ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/ncurses/
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Unsupported, deprecated and possibly broken options to configure:
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-----------------------------------------------------------------
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`--with-vcurses[=directory]'
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Use this flag to force the Midnight Commander to use a SystemV
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Use this flag to force GNU Midnight Commander to use a SystemV
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type curses, the optional directory specifies where the compiler
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should look for the include files.
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1
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Yet to be released version 4.6.
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- GNOME edition has been removed.
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- Large file support enabled by default.
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Version 4.5.55
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AC_C_CONST
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dnl AC_SYS_LARGEFILE is missing in Autoconf-2.13
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ifelse(AC_ACVERSION, [2.13], [],
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[dnl Only enable large file support if --enable-largefile was given
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if test "x$enable_largefile" = xyes; then
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AC_SYS_LARGEFILE
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fi
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])
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ifelse(AC_ACVERSION, [2.13], [], [AC_SYS_LARGEFILE])
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AC_CHECK_TOOL(AR, ar, ar)
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