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- This directory contains GNU sed. Please report all bugs and comments
- to bug-gnu-utils@prep.ai.mit.edu.
-
- This sed may run slower than some UN*X seds. This is because it uses
- the regular-expression routines from Emacs, which are rather complete
- and powerful, but not as fast as they could be. If you really care
- about speed, use perl instead.
-
- To compile:
-
- 1. Type `sh configure'. This shell script attempts to guess correct
- values for various system-dependent variables used during compilation,
- and creates the file `Makefile'. This takes a minute or so.
-
- If you want to compile in a different directory from the one
- containing the source code, `cd' to that directory and run `configure'
- with the option `+srcdir=DIR', where DIR is the directory that
- contains the source code. The object files and executables will be
- put in the current directory. This option only works with versions of
- `make' that support the VPATH variable. `configure' ignores any other
- arguments you give it.
-
- If your system requires unusual options for compilation or linking
- that `configure' doesn't know about, you can give `configure' initial
- values for variables by setting them in the environment; in
- Bourne-compatible shells, you can do that on the command line like
- this:
- $ CC='gcc -traditional' LIBS=-lposix sh configure
-
- 2. If you want to change the directories where the program will be
- installed, or the optimization options, edit `Makefile' and change
- those values. If you have an unusual system that needs special
- compilation options that `configure' doesn't know about, and you
- didn't pass them in the environment when running `configure', you
- should add them to `Makefile' now. Alternately, teach `configure' how
- to figure out that it is being run on a system where they are needed,
- and mail the diffs to the address listed at the top of this file so we
- can include them in the next release.
-
- 3. Type `make'.
-
- 4. If the program compiles successfully, type `make install' to
- install it.
-
- 5. After you have installed the program, you can remove the binary
- from the source directory by typing `make clean'. Type `make
- distclean' if you also want to remove `Makefile', for instance if you
- are going to recompile sed next on another type of machine.
-