toolkit/crashreporter/google-breakpad/src/third_party/glog/INSTALL

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     1 Installation Instructions
     2 *************************
     4 Copyright (C) 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005,
     5 2006, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
     7 This file is free documentation; the Free Software Foundation gives
     8 unlimited permission to copy, distribute and modify it.
    10 Glog-Specific Install Notes
    11 ================================
    13 *** NOTE FOR 64-BIT LINUX SYSTEMS
    15 The glibc built-in stack-unwinder on 64-bit systems has some problems
    16 with the glog libraries.  (In particular, if you are using
    17 InstallFailureSignalHandler(), the signal may be raised in the middle
    18 of malloc, holding some malloc-related locks when they invoke the
    19 stack unwinder.  The built-in stack unwinder may call malloc
    20 recursively, which may require the thread to acquire a lock it already
    21 holds: deadlock.)
    23 For that reason, if you use a 64-bit system and you need
    24 InstallFailureSignalHandler(), we strongly recommend you install
    25 libunwind before trying to configure or install google glog.
    26 libunwind can be found at
    28    http://download.savannah.nongnu.org/releases/libunwind/libunwind-snap-070410.tar.gz
    30 Even if you already have libunwind installed, you will probably still
    31 need to install from the snapshot to get the latest version.
    33 CAUTION: if you install libunwind from the URL above, be aware that
    34 you may have trouble if you try to statically link your binary with
    35 glog: that is, if you link with 'gcc -static -lgcc_eh ...'.  This
    36 is because both libunwind and libgcc implement the same C++ exception
    37 handling APIs, but they implement them differently on some platforms.
    38 This is not likely to be a problem on ia64, but may be on x86-64.
    40 Also, if you link binaries statically, make sure that you add
    41 -Wl,--eh-frame-hdr to your linker options. This is required so that
    42 libunwind can find the information generated by the compiler required
    43 for stack unwinding.
    45 Using -static is rare, though, so unless you know this will affect you
    46 it probably won't.
    48 If you cannot or do not wish to install libunwind, you can still try
    49 to use two kinds of stack-unwinder: 1. glibc built-in stack-unwinder
    50 and 2. frame pointer based stack-unwinder.
    52 1. As we already mentioned, glibc's unwinder has a deadlock issue.
    53 However, if you don't use InstallFailureSignalHandler() or you don't
    54 worry about the rare possibilities of deadlocks, you can use this
    55 stack-unwinder.  If you specify no options and libunwind isn't
    56 detected on your system, the configure script chooses this unwinder by
    57 default.
    59 2. The frame pointer based stack unwinder requires that your
    60 application, the glog library, and system libraries like libc, all be
    61 compiled with a frame pointer.  This is *not* the default for x86-64.
    63 If you are on x86-64 system, know that you have a set of system
    64 libraries with frame-pointers enabled, and compile all your
    65 applications with -fno-omit-frame-pointer, then you can enable the
    66 frame pointer based stack unwinder by passing the
    67 --enable-frame-pointers flag to configure.
    70 Basic Installation
    71 ==================
    73 Briefly, the shell commands `./configure; make; make install' should
    74 configure, build, and install this package.  The following
    75 more-detailed instructions are generic; see the `README' file for
    76 instructions specific to this package.
    78    The `configure' shell script attempts to guess correct values for
    79 various system-dependent variables used during compilation.  It uses
    80 those values to create a `Makefile' in each directory of the package.
    81 It may also create one or more `.h' files containing system-dependent
    82 definitions.  Finally, it creates a shell script `config.status' that
    83 you can run in the future to recreate the current configuration, and a
    84 file `config.log' containing compiler output (useful mainly for
    85 debugging `configure').
    87    It can also use an optional file (typically called `config.cache'
    88 and enabled with `--cache-file=config.cache' or simply `-C') that saves
    89 the results of its tests to speed up reconfiguring.  Caching is
    90 disabled by default to prevent problems with accidental use of stale
    91 cache files.
    93    If you need to do unusual things to compile the package, please try
    94 to figure out how `configure' could check whether to do them, and mail
    95 diffs or instructions to the address given in the `README' so they can
    96 be considered for the next release.  If you are using the cache, and at
    97 some point `config.cache' contains results you don't want to keep, you
    98 may remove or edit it.
   100    The file `configure.ac' (or `configure.in') is used to create
   101 `configure' by a program called `autoconf'.  You need `configure.ac' if
   102 you want to change it or regenerate `configure' using a newer version
   103 of `autoconf'.
   105 The simplest way to compile this package is:
   107   1. `cd' to the directory containing the package's source code and type
   108      `./configure' to configure the package for your system.
   110      Running `configure' might take a while.  While running, it prints
   111      some messages telling which features it is checking for.
   113   2. Type `make' to compile the package.
   115   3. Optionally, type `make check' to run any self-tests that come with
   116      the package.
   118   4. Type `make install' to install the programs and any data files and
   119      documentation.
   121   5. You can remove the program binaries and object files from the
   122      source code directory by typing `make clean'.  To also remove the
   123      files that `configure' created (so you can compile the package for
   124      a different kind of computer), type `make distclean'.  There is
   125      also a `make maintainer-clean' target, but that is intended mainly
   126      for the package's developers.  If you use it, you may have to get
   127      all sorts of other programs in order to regenerate files that came
   128      with the distribution.
   130   6. Often, you can also type `make uninstall' to remove the installed
   131      files again.
   133 Compilers and Options
   134 =====================
   136 Some systems require unusual options for compilation or linking that the
   137 `configure' script does not know about.  Run `./configure --help' for
   138 details on some of the pertinent environment variables.
   140    You can give `configure' initial values for configuration parameters
   141 by setting variables in the command line or in the environment.  Here
   142 is an example:
   144      ./configure CC=c99 CFLAGS=-g LIBS=-lposix
   146    *Note Defining Variables::, for more details.
   148 Compiling For Multiple Architectures
   149 ====================================
   151 You can compile the package for more than one kind of computer at the
   152 same time, by placing the object files for each architecture in their
   153 own directory.  To do this, you can use GNU `make'.  `cd' to the
   154 directory where you want the object files and executables to go and run
   155 the `configure' script.  `configure' automatically checks for the
   156 source code in the directory that `configure' is in and in `..'.
   158    With a non-GNU `make', it is safer to compile the package for one
   159 architecture at a time in the source code directory.  After you have
   160 installed the package for one architecture, use `make distclean' before
   161 reconfiguring for another architecture.
   163 Installation Names
   164 ==================
   166 By default, `make install' installs the package's commands under
   167 `/usr/local/bin', include files under `/usr/local/include', etc.  You
   168 can specify an installation prefix other than `/usr/local' by giving
   169 `configure' the option `--prefix=PREFIX'.
   171    You can specify separate installation prefixes for
   172 architecture-specific files and architecture-independent files.  If you
   173 pass the option `--exec-prefix=PREFIX' to `configure', the package uses
   174 PREFIX as the prefix for installing programs and libraries.
   175 Documentation and other data files still use the regular prefix.
   177    In addition, if you use an unusual directory layout you can give
   178 options like `--bindir=DIR' to specify different values for particular
   179 kinds of files.  Run `configure --help' for a list of the directories
   180 you can set and what kinds of files go in them.
   182    If the package supports it, you can cause programs to be installed
   183 with an extra prefix or suffix on their names by giving `configure' the
   184 option `--program-prefix=PREFIX' or `--program-suffix=SUFFIX'.
   186 Optional Features
   187 =================
   189 Some packages pay attention to `--enable-FEATURE' options to
   190 `configure', where FEATURE indicates an optional part of the package.
   191 They may also pay attention to `--with-PACKAGE' options, where PACKAGE
   192 is something like `gnu-as' or `x' (for the X Window System).  The
   193 `README' should mention any `--enable-' and `--with-' options that the
   194 package recognizes.
   196    For packages that use the X Window System, `configure' can usually
   197 find the X include and library files automatically, but if it doesn't,
   198 you can use the `configure' options `--x-includes=DIR' and
   199 `--x-libraries=DIR' to specify their locations.
   201 Specifying the System Type
   202 ==========================
   204 There may be some features `configure' cannot figure out automatically,
   205 but needs to determine by the type of machine the package will run on.
   206 Usually, assuming the package is built to be run on the _same_
   207 architectures, `configure' can figure that out, but if it prints a
   208 message saying it cannot guess the machine type, give it the
   209 `--build=TYPE' option.  TYPE can either be a short name for the system
   210 type, such as `sun4', or a canonical name which has the form:
   212      CPU-COMPANY-SYSTEM
   214 where SYSTEM can have one of these forms:
   216      OS KERNEL-OS
   218    See the file `config.sub' for the possible values of each field.  If
   219 `config.sub' isn't included in this package, then this package doesn't
   220 need to know the machine type.
   222    If you are _building_ compiler tools for cross-compiling, you should
   223 use the option `--target=TYPE' to select the type of system they will
   224 produce code for.
   226    If you want to _use_ a cross compiler, that generates code for a
   227 platform different from the build platform, you should specify the
   228 "host" platform (i.e., that on which the generated programs will
   229 eventually be run) with `--host=TYPE'.
   231 Sharing Defaults
   232 ================
   234 If you want to set default values for `configure' scripts to share, you
   235 can create a site shell script called `config.site' that gives default
   236 values for variables like `CC', `cache_file', and `prefix'.
   237 `configure' looks for `PREFIX/share/config.site' if it exists, then
   238 `PREFIX/etc/config.site' if it exists.  Or, you can set the
   239 `CONFIG_SITE' environment variable to the location of the site script.
   240 A warning: not all `configure' scripts look for a site script.
   242 Defining Variables
   243 ==================
   245 Variables not defined in a site shell script can be set in the
   246 environment passed to `configure'.  However, some packages may run
   247 configure again during the build, and the customized values of these
   248 variables may be lost.  In order to avoid this problem, you should set
   249 them in the `configure' command line, using `VAR=value'.  For example:
   251      ./configure CC=/usr/local2/bin/gcc
   253 causes the specified `gcc' to be used as the C compiler (unless it is
   254 overridden in the site shell script).
   256 Unfortunately, this technique does not work for `CONFIG_SHELL' due to
   257 an Autoconf bug.  Until the bug is fixed you can use this workaround:
   259      CONFIG_SHELL=/bin/bash /bin/bash ./configure CONFIG_SHELL=/bin/bash
   261 `configure' Invocation
   262 ======================
   264 `configure' recognizes the following options to control how it operates.
   266 `--help'
   267 `-h'
   268      Print a summary of the options to `configure', and exit.
   270 `--version'
   271 `-V'
   272      Print the version of Autoconf used to generate the `configure'
   273      script, and exit.
   275 `--cache-file=FILE'
   276      Enable the cache: use and save the results of the tests in FILE,
   277      traditionally `config.cache'.  FILE defaults to `/dev/null' to
   278      disable caching.
   280 `--config-cache'
   281 `-C'
   282      Alias for `--cache-file=config.cache'.
   284 `--quiet'
   285 `--silent'
   286 `-q'
   287      Do not print messages saying which checks are being made.  To
   288      suppress all normal output, redirect it to `/dev/null' (any error
   289      messages will still be shown).
   291 `--srcdir=DIR'
   292      Look for the package's source code in directory DIR.  Usually
   293      `configure' can determine that directory automatically.
   295 `configure' also accepts some other, not widely useful, options.  Run
   296 `configure --help' for more details.

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