updates (--without-pthreads, --with-iconv[=DIR])

[silc.git] / INSTALL

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index ca34dbe7fbf0ea66d00df2eadb3c9d1e65dbf517..7fc09ca41363040325e9f5f3d420c81759116713 100644 (file)
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -19,12 +19,25 @@ give --help command to the `configure' to see all of them.  Here is listed
 few options that you might want to use.  Please refer to the rest of this
 file for more generic installation instructions.
 
 few options that you might want to use.  Please refer to the rest of this
 file for more generic installation instructions.
 

-`--with-gmp=PATH'
+`--with-gmp[=DIR]'

 
    If you wish to use GMP library for arbitrary precision arithmetic
 library instead of using the MPI library included in the package, you can
 
    If you wish to use GMP library for arbitrary precision arithmetic
 library instead of using the MPI library included in the package, you can

-give the --with-gmp=PATH option to the `configure'.  The PATH is the path
-to the GMP library in your system.
+give the --with-gmp[=DIR] option to the `configure'.  The DIR is the upper
+path in your system which contains lib/ and include/ for GMP library.
+
+'--with-iconv[=DIR]'
+
+   If your system doesn't provide iconv() function in its native libraries
+(usually libc) or if this function is broken (e.g. older Solaris systems),
+you may want to use libiconv instead.  The DIR is the upper path in your
+system which contains lib/ and include/ for libiconv (e.g. /usr/local).
+
+`--without-pthreads'
+
+   If you do not want to compile the programs with POSIX multi-threads
+support you can give --without-pthreads option.  In this case all compiled
+programs will work in single thread only.

 
 `--disable-asm'
 
 
 `--disable-asm'
 


@@ -38,12 +51,6 @@ optimized code is not compiled in.
    If you would like to enable the debugging for the compiled programs
 you can give this option to the `configure'.
 
    If you would like to enable the debugging for the compiled programs
 you can give this option to the `configure'.
 

-`--disable-threads'
-
-   If you do not want to compile the programs with multi threads support
-you can give --disable-threads option.  In this case all compiled programs
-will work in single thread only.
-

 `--enable-ipv6'
 
    The `configure' will attempt to check for IPv6 support in your system.
 `--enable-ipv6'
 
    The `configure' will attempt to check for IPv6 support in your system.