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authorGravatar Samuel Mimram <samuel.mimram@ens-lyon.org>2005-01-31 14:34:14 +0000
committerGravatar Samuel Mimram <samuel.mimram@ens-lyon.org>2005-01-31 14:34:14 +0000
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New upstream release: 8.0pl2.debian/8.0pl2-1
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@@ -1,5 +1,28 @@
-Coq package for Debian
-----------------------
+--------------------------
++ Coq package for Debian +
+--------------------------
+
+Binary (in)compatibility
+------------------------
+The compiled libraries of Coq (the *.vo) are not expected to be backward or
+upward compatible between releases (including plX releases). In case of a new
+upstream release, your Coq files should be recompiled.
+
+
+Coq frontends
+-------------
+For interactive use of coqtop, we suggest
+- either the Debian cle package
+- or the Proof-General (x)emacs mode, which unfortunately can not be
+distributed by Debian for copyright reasons. However, a Debian package
+might become available at proof general home page in the future
+(http://zermelo.dcs.ed.ac.uk/~proofgen)
+
+However we recommand you to use the CoqIde gtk interface provided in coqide.
+
+
+Unstripped binaries
+-------------------
Note that all bytecode files in this package need to be left
'unstripped' after compiling. The reason is the following:
@@ -17,12 +40,3 @@ Note that all bytecode files in this package need to be left
Moreover the bytecode version is installed even on platforms having a
native version as the dynamic loading of tactics works only with the
bytecode version.
-
-For interactive use of coqtop, we suggest
-- either the Debian cle package
-- or the Proof-General (x)emacs mode, which unfortunately can not be
-distributed by Debian for copyright reasons. However, a Debian package
-might become available at proof general home page in the future
-(http://zermelo.dcs.ed.ac.uk/~proofgen)
-
-However we recommand you to use the CoqIde gtk interface provided in coqide.