Module: wine Branch: master Commit: 4e4740346df5bccff744d0c389740cad62f2daa3 URL: http://source.winehq.org/git/?p=wine.git;a=commit;h=4e4740346df5bccff744d0c3...
Author: Alexandre Julliard julliard@winehq.org Date: Wed Aug 23 15:59:14 2006 +0200
Documentation updates.
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README | 56 +++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------------- loader/wine.man.in | 4 ++-- 2 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-)
diff --git a/README b/README index 029f592..2c4078f 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ be used for porting Win32 code into nati Wine is free software, released under the GNU LGPL; see the file LICENSE for the details.
+ 2. QUICK START
Whenever you compile from source, it is recommended to use the Wine @@ -18,10 +19,11 @@ of the Wine source (which contains this
./tools/wineinstall
-Run programs as "wine [options] program". For more information and -problem resolution, read the rest of this file, the Wine man page, and +Run programs as "wine program". For more information and problem +resolution, read the rest of this file, the Wine man page, and especially the wealth of information found at http://www.winehq.org.
+ 3. REQUIREMENTS
To compile and run Wine, you must have one of the following: @@ -30,6 +32,7 @@ To compile and run Wine, you must have o FreeBSD 5.3 or later Solaris x86 2.5 or later NetBSD-current + MacOS X 10.4 or later
As Wine requires kernel-level thread support to run, only the operating systems mentioned above are supported. @@ -58,6 +61,8 @@ NetBSD info: Make sure you have the USER_LDT, SYSVSHM, SYSVSEM, and SYSVMSG options turned on in your kernel.
+MacOS info: + You need Xcode 2.4 or later to build properly on x86.
Supported file systems: @@ -76,17 +81,16 @@ Build tool requirements: On x86 Systems gcc >= 2.7.2 is required. Versions earlier than 2.7.2.3 may have problems when certain files are compiled with optimization, often due to problems with header file - management. pgcc currently doesn't work with Wine. The cause of this problem - is unknown. + management.
Of course you also need "make" (most likely GNU make).
You also need flex version 2.5 or later and bison.
Optional support libraries: - If you want CUPS printing support, please install both cups and cups-devel - packages. - Install the libxml2 package to get a functional msxml implementation. + Run ./configure --verbose to see the optional libraries that could + be used but aren't found on your system. +
4. COMPILATION
@@ -108,12 +112,13 @@ To upgrade to a new release by using a p top-level directory of the release (the one containing this README file). Then do a "make clean", and patch the release with:
- gunzip -c patch-file | patch -p1 + bunzip2 -c patch-file | patch -p1
where "patch-file" is the name of the patch file (something like -Wine-yymmdd.diff.gz). You can then re-run "./configure", and then +wine-0.9.x.diff.bz2). You can then re-run "./configure", and then run "make depend && make".
+ 5. SETUP
Once Wine has been built correctly, you can do "make install"; this @@ -131,6 +136,7 @@ In case of library loading errors (e.g. "Error while loading shared libraries: libntdll.so"), make sure to add the library path to /etc/ld.so.conf and run ldconfig as root.
+ 6. RUNNING PROGRAMS
When invoking Wine, you may specify the entire path to the executable, @@ -148,23 +154,11 @@ For example: to run Solitaire: wine sol.exe /parameter1 -parameter2 parameter3 (calling program with parameters)
-Note: the path of the file will also be added to the path when - a full name is supplied on the commandline. - -Wine is not yet complete, so several programs may crash. Provided you set up -winedbg correctly according to documentation/debugger.sgml, you will be dropped -into a debugger so that you can investigate and fix the problem. -For more information on how to do this, please read the file -documentation/debugging.sgml. +Wine is not yet complete, so several programs may crash. In that crash +you will be dropped into the debugger so that you can investigate and +fix the problem. For more information on how to do this, please check +the debugging section of the Wine Developer's Guide.
-You should backup all your important files that you give Wine access -to, or use a special Wine copy of them, as there have been some cases -of users reporting file corruption. Do NOT run Explorer, for instance, -if you don't have a proper backup, as it renames/cripples several -directories sometimes. Not even other MS apps such as e.g. Messenger are safe, -as they launch Explorer somehow. This particular corruption (!$!$!$!$.pfr) -can at least partially be fixed by using -http://home.nexgo.de/andi.mohr/download/decorrupt_explorer
7. GETTING MORE INFORMATION
@@ -181,17 +175,17 @@ Bugs: Report bugs to Wine Bugzilla at ht Please search the bugzilla database to check whether your problem is already found before posting a bug report. You can also post bug reports to comp.emulators.ms-windows.wine. - Please read the file documentation/bugs.sgml to see what - information is required.
IRC: Online help is available at channel #WineHQ on irc.freenode.net.
-CVS: The current Wine development tree is available through CVS. - Go to http://www.winehq.org/cvs for more information. +GIT: The current Wine development tree is available through GIT. + Go to http://www.winehq.org/site/git for more information.
Mailing lists: - There are several mailing lists for Wine developers; see - http://www.winehq.org/forums for more information. + There are several mailing lists for Wine users and developers; + see http://www.winehq.org/forums for more information. + +Wiki: The Wine Wiki is located at http://wiki.winehq.org
If you add something, or fix a bug, please send a patch (in 'diff -u' format) to wine-patches@winehq.org list for inclusion in the next diff --git a/loader/wine.man.in b/loader/wine.man.in index 927bbe3..efc344b 100644 --- a/loader/wine.man.in +++ b/loader/wine.man.in @@ -280,10 +280,10 @@ The most recent public version of can be downloaded from .I http://www.winehq.org/download .PP -The latest snapshot of the code may be obtained via CVS. For information +The latest snapshot of the code may be obtained via GIT. For information on how to do this, please see .I -http://www.winehq.org/cvs +http://www.winehq.org/site/git .PP WineHQ, the .B wine
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Alexandre Julliard