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| author | David Robillard <d@drobilla.net> | 2015-10-07 02:14:49 +0000 |
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| committer | David Robillard <d@drobilla.net> | 2015-10-07 02:14:49 +0000 |
| commit | 82080ce3b2b50390c7599f68d94ccad5eaf9a54d (patch) | |
| tree | 63b613d8214a951ea9db63a8f68e0a9ef25c6f01 /INSTALL | |
| parent | d220bb91039da4dcc45913bfcd860eef2135b073 (diff) | |
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Update INSTALL file
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@@ -8,11 +8,7 @@ Building this software requires only Python. To install with default options: ./waf configure ./waf - ./waf install - -You may need to become root for the install stage, for example: - - sudo ./waf install + ./waf install # or sudo ./waf install Configuration Options --------------------- @@ -40,12 +36,20 @@ invoked: * CPPFLAGS: C preprocessor options * LINKFLAGS: Linker options -Installation Directories ------------------------- +Library Versioning +------------------ + +This library uses semantic versioning <http://semver.org/>. + +Several major versions can be installed in parallel. The shared library name, +include directory, and pkg-config file are suffixed with the major version +number. For example, a library named "foo" at version 1.x.y might install: -The --prefix option (or the PREFIX environment variable) can be used to change -the prefix which all files are installed under. There are also several options -allowing for more fine-tuned control, see the --help output for details. + /usr/include/foo-1/foo/foo.h + /usr/lib/foo-1.so.1.x.y + /usr/lib/pkgconfig/foo-1.pc + +Dependencies can check for the package "foo-1" with pkg-config. Packaging --------- @@ -57,3 +61,6 @@ which adds a prefix to all install paths. For example: ./waf configure --prefix=/usr ./waf ./waf install --destdir=/tmp/package + +Packages should allow parallel installation of several major versions. For +example, the above would be packaged as "foo-1".
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