diff --git a/README b/README index 0563819e09707e7debae73d32f41d649bb2728db..c97cdfbe771572d7f06b52e6f7de178e19e8c469 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ Pike by Fredrik H�binette 1994-2001 -Permission to copy, modify, and distribute this sourcefor any legal +Permission to copy, modify, and distribute this source for any legal purpose granted as long as my name is still attached to it. More -specifically the GPL licence applies to this software. +specifically the GPL license applies to this software. Read src/README for details on installation. New releases can be found on ftp://ftp.roxen.com/pub/pike/ Report bugs at @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ subscribe to it mail: pike-request@roxen.com HOW TO BUILD PIKE -The toplevel makefile (in this directory, not the src directory) has +The top-level makefile (in this directory, not the src directory) has all the magic you need to build pike directly from CVS. Just type 'make'. @@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ yourself, try the Old instructions: 5) If needed, edit config.h and Makefile to suit your purposes. I've tried to make it so that you don't have to change config.h or - Makefile at all. If you need to do what you consider 'unnessecary - changes' then mail me and I'll try to fit it into configure. If + Makefile at all. If you need to do what you consider 'unnecessary + changes' then mail us and we'll try to fit it into configure. If possible, use gnu make, gcc, gnu sed and bison 6) Run 'make' @@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ yourself, try the Old instructions: 7) Optionally, run 'make verify' to check that the compiled driver works as it should (might be a good idea). This will take a little - time and use quite a lot of memory, because the testprogram is + time and use quite a lot of memory, because the test program is quite large. If everything works out fine no extra messages are written. @@ -113,19 +113,19 @@ IF IT DOESN'T WORK: than using a separate build dir. o ./configure relies heavily on sed, if you have several sed in your - path try another sed. (preferably gnu sed) + path try another sed (preferably gnu sed). o configure might have done something wrong, check machine.h and - report any errors back to me. + report any errors back to us. o Your gmp/gdbm libraries might not be working or incorrectly - installed, start over by running configure with the approperiate + installed; start over by running configure with the appropriate --without-xxx arguments. Also note that threads might give problems with I/O and signals. If so you need to run configure --without-threads. - o Try a different compiler, malloc, compiler-compiler and/or make. - (if you have any other) + o Try a different compiler, malloc, compiler-compiler and/or make + (if you have any other). THREADS SUPPORT @@ -155,8 +155,9 @@ BUGS If you find a bug in the interpreter, the first thing to do is to make sure the interpreter is compiled with PIKE_DEBUG defined. If not, recompile with PIKE_DEBUG and see if you get another error. When -you've done this, please report the bug to hubbe@hubbe.net and include -as much as you can muster of the following: +you've done this, please report the bug to us at +http://community.roxen.com/crunch/ and include as much as you can +muster of the following: o The version of the driver. (Try pike --version or look in src/version.h) @@ -165,7 +166,7 @@ as much as you can muster of the following: small pike-script with the bug isolated. Please send a complete running example of something that makes the interpreter bug. o A description of what it is that bugs and when. - o If you know how, then also give me a backtrace and dump of vital + o If you know how, then also give us a backtrace and dump of vital variables at the point of crash. - o Or, if you found the error and corrected it, just send me the + o Or, if you found the error and corrected it, just send us the bugfix along with a description of what you did and why.