diff --git a/expat/README b/expat/README index 9e4926ab..a9834fe8 100644 --- a/expat/README +++ b/expat/README @@ -1,41 +1,42 @@ - Expat, Release 1.95.1 + Expat, Release 1.95.2 -This is expat, the C library for parsing XML, written by James Clark. Expat -is a stream oriented XML parser. This means that you register handlers with -the parser prior to starting the parse. These handlers are called when -the parser discovers the associated structures in the document being parsed. -A start tag is an example of the kind of structures for which you may -register handlers. +This is expat, the C library for parsing XML, written by James Clark. +Expat is a stream oriented XML parser. This means that you register +handlers with the parser prior to starting the parse. These handlers +are called when the parser discovers the associated structures in the +document being parsed. A start tag is an example of the kind of +structures for which you may register handlers. -Expat is free software. You may copy, distribute, and modify it under the -terms of the License contained in the file, COPYING, distributed with this -package. This license is the same as the MIT/X Consortium license. +Expat is free software. You may copy, distribute, and modify it under +the terms of the License contained in the file, COPYING, distributed +with this package. This license is the same as the MIT/X Consortium +license. -Versions of expat that have an odd minor version (the middle number in the -release above), are development releases and should be considered as -beta software. Releases with even minor version numbers are intended to be -production grade software. +Versions of expat that have an odd minor version (the middle number in +the release above), are development releases and should be considered +as beta software. Releases with even minor version numbers are +intended to be production grade software. -To build expat, you first run the configuration shell script in the top -level distribution directory: +To build expat, you first run the configuration shell script in the +top level distribution directory: ./configure -There are many options which you may provide to configure (which you can -discover by running configure with the --help option.) But the one of most -interest is the one that sets the installation directory. By default, -the configure script will set things up to install libexpat into -/usr/local/lib and expat.h into /usr/local/include. If, for example, you'd -prefer to install into /home/me/mystuff/lib and /home/me/mystuff/include, -you can tell configure about that with: +There are many options which you may provide to configure (which you +can discover by running configure with the --help option). But the +one of most interest is the one that sets the installation directory. +By default, the configure script will set things up to install +libexpat into /usr/local/lib and expat.h into /usr/local/include. If, +for example, you'd prefer to install into /home/me/mystuff/lib and +/home/me/mystuff/include, you can tell configure about that with: ./configure --prefix=/home/me/mystuff -After running the configure script, the "make" command will build things and -"make install" will install things into their proper location. Note that -you need to have write permission into the directories into which things -will be installed. +After running the configure script, the "make" command will build +things and "make install" will install things into their proper +location. Note that you need to have write permission into the +directories into which things will be installed. Note for Solaris users: The "ar" command is usually located in "/usr/ccs/bin", which is not in the default PATH. You will need to @@ -44,21 +45,21 @@ bash, use this command to build: PATH=/usr/ccs/bin:$PATH make -Alternatively, on Win32 systems with Microsoft's Developer's Studio installed, -you can simply double-click on lib/expat.dsp from Windows Explorer and build -and install in the usual way from with DevStudio. +Alternatively, on Win32 systems with Microsoft's Developer's Studio +installed, you can simply double-click on lib/expat.dsw from Windows +Explorer and build and install in the usual way from with DevStudio. -As a third alternative you may choose to download expat_win32bin which has -a pre-compiled dll in it. +Another alternative you may choose to download expat_win32bin which +includes a pre-compiled DLL. -A reference manual is available in the doc/reference.html in this +A reference manual is available in the file doc/reference.html in this distribution. -The homepage for this project is http://expat.sourceforge.net. There are -links there to connect you to the bug reports page. If you need to report -a bug when you don't have access to a browser, you may also send a bug -report by email to expat-bugs@lists.sourceforge.net. +The homepage for this project is http://expat.sourceforge.net/. There +are links there to connect you to the bug reports page. If you need +to report a bug when you don't have access to a browser, you may also +send a bug report by email to expat-bugs@lists.sourceforge.net. -Discussion related to the direction of future expat development takes place -on expat-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net. Archives of this list may be found -at http://www.geocrawler.com/redir-sf.php3?list=expat-discuss. +Discussion related to the direction of future expat development takes +place on expat-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net. Archives of this list +may be found at http://www.geocrawler.com/redir-sf.php3?list=expat-discuss.