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    1: This is a port of GNU Libiconv 1.11 to MSDOS/DJGPP.
    2: 
    3: 1.:     DJGPP specific changes.
    4:         =======================
    5:         There are no DJGPP specific changes. This package should
    6:         configure and compile out-of-the-box.
    7:         Please read the documentation to become familiar with this
    8:         product.
    9: 
   10: 
   11: 2.:     Installing the binary package.
   12:         ==============================
   13: 
   14: 2.1.:   Copy the binary distribution into the top DJGPP installation
   15:         directory and unzip the binary distribution running *ONE* of
   16:         the following commands:
   17:           unzip32 licv111b.zip      or
   18:           djtarx licv111b.zip       or
   19:           pkunzip -d licv111b.zip
   20: 
   21: 
   22: 
   23: 3.:     Building the binaries from sources.
   24:         ===================================
   25: 
   26: 3.1.:   To build the binaries you will need the following binary packages:
   27:           djdev203.zip, bsh204b.zip, gcc2952b.zip,
   28:           bnu210b.zip, mak3791b.zip, fil316b.zip,
   29:           shl112b.zip, txt20b.zip, txi40b.zip,
   30:           grep24b.zip and sed302b.zip
   31: 
   32: 
   33:         All this packages can be found in the v2gnu directory of any
   34:         Simtel.NET mirror.
   35:         You will need bsh204b.zip and *NOT* a prior version or the build will fail.
   36:         The same applies to djdev203.zip. You *MUST* use the updated versions of
   37:         fil316b.zip (date: 2000-05-30) and shl112b.zip (date: 2000-08-11). This
   38:         updated versions have been recompiled with djdev203.zip and know about
   39:         the "/dev/env" functionality introduced with djdev203.zip. All the other
   40:         packages are the ones I have used to build the binaries from this sources.
   41:         Previuos and/or later versions of this packages may do the job as well but
   42:         I have not tested this.
   43: 
   44: 3.2.:   Create a temporary directory and copy the source package: licv111s.zip
   45:         into the temporary directory. If you download the source distribution
   46:         from one of the DJGPP archives, just unzip it preserving the directory
   47:         structure, runnig ONE of the following commands:
   48:           unzip32 licv111s.zip      or
   49:           djtarx licv111s.zip       or
   50:           pkunzip -d licv111s.zip
   51: 
   52:         Source distributions downloaded from one of the GNU FTP sites need
   53:         some more work to unpack.  First, you MUST use the `djtar' program to
   54:         unzip the package.  That's because some file names in the official
   55:         distributions need to be changed to avoid problems on the various
   56:         platforms supported by DJGPP.  `djtar' can rename files on the fly
   57:         given a file with name mappings.  The distribution includes a file
   58:         `djgpp/fnchange.lst' with the necessary mappings.  So you need first
   59:         to retrieve that file, and then invoke `djtar' to unpack the
   60:         distribution.  Here's how:
   61: 
   62:           djtar -x -p -o libiconv-1.7/djgpp/fnchange.lst libiconv-1.7.tar.gz > lst
   63:           djtar -x -n lst libiconv-1.7.tar.gz
   64: 
   65:         (The name of the distribution archive and the top-level directory will
   66:         be different for versions other than 1.7.)
   67: 
   68: 3.3.:   The package is preconfigured for djdev203. To build the products you
   69:         should run the following command:
   70:           make
   71: 
   72:         After the compilation has finished, you can check the products
   73:         running the command:
   74:           make check
   75: 
   76:         To install the products run the command:
   77:           make install
   78: 
   79:         This will install the products (iconv.exe iconv.h localcharset.h libconv.a
   80:         libcharset.a iconv.1 iconv.3 iconv_open.3 iconv_close.3) into your DJGPP
   81:         installation tree. As usual, prefix is defined as "/dev/env/DJDIR".
   82:         If you prefer to install into same other directory run the command:
   83:           make install prefix=z:/some/other/dir
   84: 
   85:         Of course, you should replace "z:/some/other/dir" by an appropriate path
   86:         that will meet your requeriments.
   87: 
   88: 3.4.:   If you need/want to reconfigure the package you will have to run the
   89:         following commands:
   90:           make distclean
   91:           djgpp\config
   92: 
   93:         Please note that you *MUST* use the "distclean" option or the config.cache
   94:         file will *NOT* be deleted. In this case you are *NOT* reconfiguring
   95:         because the configuration informations is read from the cache file instead
   96:         of being newly computed.
   97:         To build the programs in a directory other than where the sources are,
   98:         you must add the parameter that specifies the source directory,
   99:         e.g:
  100:           x:\src\gnu\libiconv.111\djgpp\config x:/src/gnu/libiconv.111
  101: 
  102:         Lets assume you want to build the binaries in a directory placed on a 
  103:         different drive (z:\build in this case) from where the sources are,
  104:         then you will run the following commands:
  105:           z:
  106:           md \build
  107:           cd \build
  108:           x:\src\gnu\libiconv.111\djgpp\config x:/src/gnu/libiconv.111
  109: 
  110:         You *MUST* use forward slashes to specify the source directory.
  111:         After having configured the package run the folowing commands to create
  112:         the binaries and docs and install them:
  113:           make
  114:           make check
  115:           make install
  116: 
  117:         Send suggestions and bug reports concerning the DJGPP port to
  118:         comp.os.msdos.djgpp or djgpp@delorie.com. Libiconv specific bugs
  119:         must be reported to Bruno Haible <haible@clisp.cons.org>.
  120: 
  121: 
  122:           Guerrero, Juan Manuel <st001906@hrz1.hrz.tu-darmstadt.de>