Author: andy
Date: 2012-06-13 06:23:48 -0600 (Wed, 13 Jun 2012)
New Revision: 10326
Modified:
trunk/BOOK/general/genlib/libatomic_ops.xml
trunk/BOOK/general/prog/gc.xml
trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
Log:
gc-7.2
Modified: trunk/BOOK/general/genlib/libatomic_ops.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/general/genlib/libatomic_ops.xml 2012-06-13 11:31:48 UTC (rev
10325)
+++ trunk/BOOK/general/genlib/libatomic_ops.xml 2012-06-13 12:23:48 UTC (rev
10326)
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@
<screen><userinput>sed -i
's#AC_PROG_RANLIB#AC_LIBTOOL_DLOPEN\nAC_PROG_LIBTOOL#' configure.ac &&
sed -i 's#b_L#b_LTL#;s#\.a#.la#g;s#_a_#_la_#' src/Makefile.am &&
sed -i 's#\.a#.so#g;s#\.\./src/#../src/.libs/#g' tests/Makefile.am &&
+sed -i 's#pkgdata#doc#' doc/Makefile.am &&
autoreconf -i &&
./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-static \
--docdir=/usr/share/doc/libatomic_ops-&libatomic_ops-version; &&
@@ -98,7 +99,8 @@
<para>
<command>sed -i 's#AC_PROG_RANLIB ...</command>: These seds massage the
- autotool files so that a shared library is built and the tests pass.
+ autotool files so that a shared library is built, the tests pass and the
+ docs are installed where we want.
</para>
<para>
Modified: trunk/BOOK/general/prog/gc.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/general/prog/gc.xml 2012-06-13 11:31:48 UTC (rev 10325)
+++ trunk/BOOK/general/prog/gc.xml 2012-06-13 12:23:48 UTC (rev 10326)
@@ -4,10 +4,11 @@
<!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
%general-entities;
- <!ENTITY gc-download-http
"http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Hans_Boehm/gc/gc_source/gc-&gc-version;.tar.gz";>
+ <!ENTITY gc-download-http
+
"http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Hans_Boehm/gc/gc_source/gc-&gc-version;.tar.gz";>
<!ENTITY gc-download-ftp "&gentoo-ftp-repo;/gc-&gc-version;.tar.gz">
- <!ENTITY gc-md5sum "2ff9924c7249ef7f736ecfe6f08f3f9b">
- <!ENTITY gc-size "1 MB">
+ <!ENTITY gc-md5sum "d17aecedef3d73e75387fb63558fa4eb">
+ <!ENTITY gc-size "1.3 MB">
<!ENTITY gc-buildsize "13 MB">
<!ENTITY gc-time "0.2 SBU">
]>
@@ -29,20 +30,21 @@
<sect2 role="package">
<title>Introduction to GC</title>
- <para>The <application>GC</application> package contains the
- Boehm-Demers-Weiser conservative garbage collector, which can be used as a
- garbage collecting replacement for the C malloc function or C++ new
- operator. It allows you to allocate memory basically as you normally would,
- without explicitly deallocating memory that is no longer useful. The
- collector automatically recycles memory when it determines that it can no
- longer be otherwise accessed. The collector is also used by a number of
- programming language implementations that either use C as intermediate
- code, want to facilitate easier interoperation with C libraries, or just
- prefer the simple collector interface. Alternatively, the garbage collector
- may be used as a leak detector for C or C++ programs, though that is not
- its primary goal.</para>
+ <para>
+ The <application>GC</application> package contains the
Boehm-Demers-Weiser
+ conservative garbage collector, which can be used as a garbage collecting
+ replacement for the C malloc function or C++ new operator. It allows you
+ to allocate memory basically as you normally would, without explicitly
+ deallocating memory that is no longer useful. The collector automatically
+ recycles memory when it determines that it can no longer be otherwise
+ accessed. The collector is also used by a number of programming language
+ implementations that either use C as intermediate code, want to
facilitate
+ easier interoperation with C libraries, or just prefer the simple
+ collector interface. Alternatively, the garbage collector may be used as
a
+ leak detector for C or C++ programs, though that is not its primary goal.
+ </para>
- &lfs70_checked;
+ &lfs71_checked;
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
<itemizedlist spacing="compact">
@@ -66,58 +68,77 @@
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
- <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
- <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/gc"/></para>
+ <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
+ <para role="optional">
+ <xref linkend="libatomic_ops"/> (Gc contains a copy of
+ Libatomic_ops-&gc-version; which it will compile and statically link if
+ configure doesn't find Libatomic_ops installed on your system).
+ </para>
+ <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
+ User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/gc"/>
+ </para>
</sect2>
<sect2 role="installation">
<title>Installation of GC</title>
- <para>Install <application>GC</application> by running the following
- commands:</para>
+ <para>
+ Install <application>GC</application> by running the following commands:
+ </para>
-<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr \
- --datadir=/usr/share/doc \
- --enable-cplusplus &&
+<screen><userinput>sed -i 's#pkgdata#doc#' doc/doc.am && autoreconf
&&
+./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-cplusplus \
+ --disable-static --docdir=/usr/share/doc/gc-&gc-version; &&
make</userinput></screen>
<para>To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.</para>
- <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
user:</para>
+ <para>
+ Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
+ </para>
<screen role="root"><userinput>make install &&
install -v -m644 doc/gc.man /usr/share/man/man3/gc_malloc.3 &&
-ln -v -s gc_malloc.3 /usr/share/man/man3/gc.3 </userinput></screen>
-
+ln -sfv gc_malloc.3 /usr/share/man/man3/gc.3 </userinput></screen>
</sect2>
<sect2 role="commands">
<title>Command Explanations</title>
- <para><parameter>--datadir=/usr/share/doc</parameter>: This parameter
- changes the installation path of the documentation to
- <filename class='directory'>/usr/share/doc/gc</filename> instead of
- <filename class='directory'>/usr/share/gc</filename>.</para>
+ <para>
+ <command>sed -i 's#pkgdata#doc#' doc/doc.am</command>,
+ <command>autoreconf</command> and
+ <option>--docdir=/usr/share/doc/gc-&gc-version;</option>: These commands
+ allow us to install the documentation in a versioned directory.
+ </para>
- <para><parameter>--enable-cplusplus</parameter>: This parameter forces
- the building and installation of the C++ library along with the standard
- C library.</para>
+ <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude";
+ href="../../xincludes/static-libraries.xml"/>
+ <para>
+ <parameter>--enable-cplusplus</parameter>: This parameter enables the
+ building and installing the C++ library along with the standard C
library.
+ </para>
</sect2>
<sect2 role="content">
<title>Contents</title>
<segmentedlist>
- <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
<segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
<segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
<seglistitem>
- <seg>None</seg>
- <seg>libcord.{a,so}, libgc.{so,a}, and libgccpp.{so,a}</seg>
- <seg>/usr/include/gc and /usr/share/doc/gc</seg>
+ <seg>
+ libcord.so,
+ libgc.so and
+ libgccpp.so
+ </seg>
+ <seg>
+ /usr/include/gc and
+ /usr/share/doc/gc
+ </seg>
</seglistitem>
</segmentedlist>
@@ -127,29 +148,29 @@
<?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
<varlistentry id="libgc">
- <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libgc.{so,a}</filename></term>
+ <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libgc.so</filename></term>
<listitem>
- <para>contains a C interface to the conservative garbage collector,
- primarily designed to replace the C malloc function.</para>
+ <para>
+ contains a C interface to the conservative garbage collector,
+ primarily designed to replace the C malloc function.
+ </para>
<indexterm zone="gc libgc">
- <primary sortas="c-libgc">libgc.{so,a}</primary>
+ <primary sortas="c-libgc">libgc.so</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="libgccpp">
- <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libgccpp.{so,a}</filename></term>
+ <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libgccpp.so</filename></term>
<listitem>
- <para>contains a C++ interface to the conservative garbage
- collector.</para>
+ <para>
+ contains a C++ interface to the conservative garbage collector.
+ </para>
<indexterm zone="gc libgccpp">
- <primary sortas="c-libgccpp">libgccpp.{so,a}</primary>
+ <primary sortas="c-libgccpp">libgccpp.so</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
-
</variablelist>
-
</sect2>
-
</sect1>
Modified: trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml 2012-06-13 11:31:48 UTC
(rev 10325)
+++ trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml 2012-06-13 12:23:48 UTC
(rev 10326)
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@
<listitem>
<para>[abenton] - Updated Libatomic_Ops to 7.2.</para>
</listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>[abenton] - Updated Gc to 7.2.</para>
+ </listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</listitem>
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