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diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 4b2dbc5..7c2f926 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
2001-12-19 Mo DeJong <mdejong@users.sourceforge.net>
+ * unix/README: Update to account for changes
+ in the unix/dltest directory, the way autoconf
+ is run, and the new "make shell" target.
+
+2001-12-19 Mo DeJong <mdejong@users.sourceforge.net>
+
* unix/Makefile.in: Rename dltest to dlpkgs to
fix problem where lib files were not getting
built because dltest/ directory already existed.
diff --git a/unix/README b/unix/README
index d3faf29..6e117cf 100644
--- a/unix/README
+++ b/unix/README
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
Tcl UNIX README
---------------
-RCS: @(#) $Id: README,v 1.17 2001/08/07 02:44:40 hobbs Exp $
+RCS: @(#) $Id: README,v 1.18 2001/12/19 21:26:50 mdejong Exp $
This is the directory where you configure, compile, test, and install
UNIX versions of Tcl. This directory also contains source files for Tcl
@@ -34,15 +34,13 @@ How To Compile And Install Tcl:
platform, or if you have applied patches, type "make distclean" to
discard all the configuration information computed previously.
-(c) If there is no "configure" script in this directory it is because you
- are working out of the source repository (i.e., CVS) instead of working
- from a source distribution. In this case you need to use "autoconf"
- to generate the configure script. It runs with no arguments.
- Remember to run it here and down in the dltest directory.
+(c) If you need to reconfigure because you changed any of the .in or
+ .m4 files, you will need to run autoconf to create a new
+ ./configure script. Most users will NOT need to do this since
+ a configure script is already provided.
(in the tcl/unix directory)
autoconf
- cd dltest ; autoconf ; cd ..
(d) Type "./configure". This runs a configuration script created by GNU
autoconf, which configures Tcl for your system and creates a
@@ -102,14 +100,8 @@ How To Compile And Install Tcl:
can override these choices by modifying the "prefix" and
"exec_prefix" variables in the Makefile.
-(h) At this point you can play with Tcl by invoking the "tclsh"
- program and typing Tcl commands. However, if you haven't installed
- Tcl then you'll first need to set your TCL_LIBRARY variable to
- hold the full path name of the "library" subdirectory. Note that
- the installed versions of tclsh, libtcl.a, and libtcl.so have a
- version number in their names, such as "tclsh8.4" or "libtcl8.4.so";
- to use the installed versions, either specify the version number
- or create a symbolic link (e.g. from "tclsh" to "tclsh8.4").
+(h) At this point you can play with Tcl by running "make shell"
+ and typing Tcl commands at the prompt.
If you have trouble compiling Tcl, see the URL noted above about working
platforms. It contains information that people have provided about changes