some new (not extensive) changes, some fixes, will probably reverto to .la libs later...

[features.git] / INSTALL

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 996e0c9483c45ca4f6f1b0b8ecb2a6cdcefa3eae..e5d95b98ee64975a5dab11c5992624a1d5cc2a58 100644 (file)
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -61,7 +61,13 @@ You will also need a recent C++ compiler, where recent means that the
 compilers knows a bit about the C++ standard. Compilers that are known
 to compile LyX are gcc 2.8.1 and 2.95.x, the various versions of egcs
 and Digital C++ version 6.1. Please tell us your experience with other
-compilers. 
+compilers. It is probably _not_ possible to compile LyX with gcc
+2.7.x, but this may change in the future. 
+
+Note that, contrary to LyX 1.0.x, LyX 1.1.x makes great use of C++
+Standard Template Library (STL); this means that gcc users will have
+to install the relevant libstdc++ library to be able to compile this
+version.
 
 If you make modifications to files in src/ (for example by applying a 
 patch), you will need to have the GNU gettext package installed, due to 
@@ -179,20 +185,23 @@ this file.
 In particular, the following options could be useful in some
 desperate cases:
 
-  o --with-debug that specifies whether you want to have debug information
-    by default on standard error.  Default is no. 
-
   o --with-warnings that make the compiler output more warnings during
     the compilation of LyX.  Opposite is --without-warnings.  By default,
     this flag is on for development versions only.
 
+  o --enable-assertions that make the compilier generater run-time
+    code which checks that some variables have sane values.  Opposite
+    is --disable-assertions.  By default, this flag is on for
+    development versions only. 
+
   o --with-broken-headers that provides prototypes to replace functions
     not correctly defined in SunOS4 and SCO header files.  Its only effect is
     to suppress a few warnings.  It is autodetected by default.
 
   o --without-latex-config that disables the automatic detection of your
-    latex.  This detection is automatically disabled if latex cannot be found. 
-    If you find that you have to use this flag, please report it as a bug.
+    latex configuration.  This detection is automatically disabled if
+    latex cannot be found.  If you find that you have to use this
+    flag, please report it as a bug. 
 
   o --without-liberty suppresses the detection of the -liberty library
     (see the section 'Problems').