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diff --git a/Build/source/utils/README b/Build/source/utils/README index e245b94893f..f132ae6fc32 100644 --- a/Build/source/utils/README +++ b/Build/source/utils/README @@ -35,3 +35,33 @@ vlna - only for Windows xindy 2.3 - ok 24mar08 (with numerous adaptations for TL by Vladimir) http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/indexing/xindy/ + + xindy requires GNU clisp and GNU libffcall. If you can find + prepackaged versions for your system, go ahead and use them; their + precise version shouldn't matter. + + If you need or want to compile them from source, here is what karl did + on i386-linux -- but install the latest GNU libtool first: + +wget http://www.haible.de/bruno/gnu/ffcall-1.10.tar.gz +tar xf ffcall-1.10.tar.gz && cd ffcall-1.10 +configure --prefix=/usr/local/gnu --enable-shared \ +&& make && make install # as usual + +wget ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/clisp/latest/clisp-2.44.1.tar.gz +tar xf clisp-2.44.1.tar.gz && cd clisp-2.44.1 +configure --prefix=/usr/local/gnu --ignore-absence-of-libsigsegv \ + --with-libffcall-prefix=/usr/local/gnu \ +&& cd src && make && make install + + Of course, adjust paths as desired. + + clisp complains about my stack size being too small and I should run + ulimit, but I ignored that. (If you actually care about clisp per se, + you should probably also install GNU libsigsegv; I didn't.) + + Both tarballs are also available at ftp://tug.org/dist. + + (Failed variation: clisp failed to link against static libffcall, + apparently wanting a dynamic library. Not sure if configure + --without-dynamic-modules would have solved it.) |