merge patch in support of reproducible builds

[debian/gzip] / INSTALL

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index cbe97f5bbe3dd399e98c07d6879819643f4966a9..007e9396d0a2492cd2d6e17d42f359655dfe0b5e 100644 (file)
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 Installation Instructions
 *************************
 
-Copyright (C) 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005,
-2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright (C) 1994-1996, 1999-2002, 2004-2013 Free Software Foundation,
+Inc.
 
    Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,
 are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright
@@ -96,9 +96,9 @@ of `autoconf'.
 Compilers and Options
 =====================
 
-Some systems require unusual options for compilation or linking that the
-`configure' script does not know about.  Run `./configure --help' for
-details on some of the pertinent environment variables.
+   Some systems require unusual options for compilation or linking that
+the `configure' script does not know about.  Run `./configure --help'
+for details on some of the pertinent environment variables.
 
    You can give `configure' initial values for configuration parameters
 by setting variables in the command line or in the environment.  Here
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ is an example:
 Compiling For Multiple Architectures
 ====================================
 
-You can compile the package for more than one kind of computer at the
+   You can compile the package for more than one kind of computer at the
 same time, by placing the object files for each architecture in their
 own directory.  To do this, you can use GNU `make'.  `cd' to the
 directory where you want the object files and executables to go and run
@@ -226,6 +226,11 @@ order to use an ANSI C compiler:
 
 and if that doesn't work, install pre-built binaries of GCC for HP-UX.
 
+   HP-UX `make' updates targets which have the same time stamps as
+their prerequisites, which makes it generally unusable when shipped
+generated files such as `configure' are involved.  Use GNU `make'
+instead.
+
    On OSF/1 a.k.a. Tru64, some versions of the default C compiler cannot
 parse its `<wchar.h>' header file.  The option `-nodtk' can be used as
 a workaround.  If GNU CC is not installed, it is therefore recommended
@@ -262,7 +267,8 @@ type, such as `sun4', or a canonical name which has the form:
 
 where SYSTEM can have one of these forms:
 
-     OS KERNEL-OS
+     OS
+     KERNEL-OS
 
    See the file `config.sub' for the possible values of each field.  If
 `config.sub' isn't included in this package, then this package doesn't
@@ -280,9 +286,9 @@ eventually be run) with `--host=TYPE'.
 Sharing Defaults
 ================
 
-If you want to set default values for `configure' scripts to share, you
-can create a site shell script called `config.site' that gives default
-values for variables like `CC', `cache_file', and `prefix'.
+   If you want to set default values for `configure' scripts to share,
+you can create a site shell script called `config.site' that gives
+default values for variables like `CC', `cache_file', and `prefix'.
 `configure' looks for `PREFIX/share/config.site' if it exists, then
 `PREFIX/etc/config.site' if it exists.  Or, you can set the
 `CONFIG_SITE' environment variable to the location of the site script.
@@ -303,14 +309,16 @@ causes the specified `gcc' to be used as the C compiler (unless it is
 overridden in the site shell script).
 
 Unfortunately, this technique does not work for `CONFIG_SHELL' due to
-an Autoconf bug.  Until the bug is fixed you can use this workaround:
+an Autoconf limitation.  Until the limitation is lifted, you can use
+this workaround:
 
-     CONFIG_SHELL=/bin/bash /bin/bash ./configure CONFIG_SHELL=/bin/bash
+     CONFIG_SHELL=/bin/bash ./configure CONFIG_SHELL=/bin/bash
 
 `configure' Invocation
 ======================
 
-`configure' recognizes the following options to control how it operates.
+   `configure' recognizes the following options to control how it
+operates.
 
 `--help'
 `-h'
@@ -360,4 +368,3 @@ an Autoconf bug.  Until the bug is fixed you can use this workaround:
 
 `configure' also accepts some other, not widely useful, options.  Run
 `configure --help' for more details.
-