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-rw-r--r--INSTALL15
-rw-r--r--README13
-rw-r--r--configure.ac9
3 files changed, 25 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index cc29059..0f9d653 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -53,7 +53,9 @@ The simplest way to compile this package is:
<http://tu-dresden.de/die_tu_dresden/zentrale_einrichtungen/zih/forschung/projekte/otf>.
2. `cd' to the directory containing the package's source code and type
- `./configure' to configure the package for your system.
+ `./configure' to configure the package for your system. If you're
+ building for Cygwin, you should pass `--disable-shared' to `configure';
+ ppamltracer will not build as a shared library for Cygwin.
Running `configure' might take a while. While running, it prints some
messages telling which features it is checking for.
@@ -79,6 +81,17 @@ The simplest way to compile this package is:
test that all other targets like `make install' and `make uninstall' work
correctly. This target is generally not run by end users.
+Platform Specific Compilation Notes
+===================================
+
+As mentioned above, ppamltracer will not build as a shared library for Cygwin.
+To build ppamltracer for Cygwin, you'll need to run `configure' with the
+`--disable-shared' option:
+
+ ./configure --disable-shared
+
+This is a known issue.
+
Compilers and Options
=====================
diff --git a/README b/README
index e04c6be..b6de939 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
ppamltracer, v0.1.0
-ppamltracer is a lightweight tracing library designed for explicit instrumentation
-of generated code. If you're writing a compiler and need hard data on your
-optimizer's efficacy, ppamltracer is the library for you.
+ppamltracer is a lightweight tracing library designed for explicit
+instrumentation of generated code. If you're writing a compiler and need hard
+data on your optimizer's efficacy, ppamltracer is the library for you.
ppamltracer writes trace logs in the Open Trace Format [1], a free and open
standard developed by the Zentrum für Informationsdienste und
@@ -19,6 +19,13 @@ For examples that use the C API, see the examples directory. For examples that
use the APIs presented by the various language bindings, see the READMEs
associated with those bindings.
+*******************************************************************************
+* ATTENTION WINDOWS USERS: *
+* *
+* ppamltracer cannot build shared libraries on Cygwin. If you are building *
+* on Cygwin, please pass the --disable-shared option to 'configure'. *
+*******************************************************************************
+
[1] http://tu-dresden.de/die_tu_dresden/zentrale_einrichtungen/zih/forschung/projekte/otf
[2] http://darpa.mil/Our_Work/I2O/Programs/Probabilistic_Programming_for_Advanced_Machine_Learning_(PPAML%29.aspx)
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 3933d8b..8b3ce7e 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
# Fire up Autoconf.
AC_PREREQ([2.69])
AC_INIT([ppamltracer], [0.1.0], [bbarenblat@galois.com])
-AC_CANONICAL_TARGET
# Fire up Automake. Use ustar format because we actually have file names
# longer than 99 characters (hooray, Java).
@@ -32,19 +31,13 @@ AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
# Build quietly.
m4_ifdef([AM_SILENT_RULES], [AM_SILENT_RULES([yes])])
-# Build C.
+# Build a C library.
AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([config.h.in])
AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
AC_PROG_CC
AC_PROG_CC_C99
# Automake 1.12 seems to require this, but automake 1.11 doesn't recognize it.
m4_ifdef([AM_PROG_AR], [AM_PROG_AR])
-
-# Build a library. On Cygwin, libotf does not build DLLs, so make ppamltracer
-# also not build DLLs.
-if test "$target_os" = "cygwin"; then
- AC_DISABLE_SHARED
-fi
LT_INIT
# Dependencies