Structure README file in a better way, some doc fixes.
diff --git a/README b/README
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@@ -28,19 +28,20 @@
To compile and run Wine, you must have one of the following:
- Linux version 2.0.36 or above
- FreeBSD 4.x or FreeBSD 5-CURRENT
- Solaris x86 2.5 or later
- NetBSD-current
+ Linux version 2.0.36 or above
+ FreeBSD 4.x or FreeBSD 5-CURRENT or later
+ Solaris x86 2.5 or later
+ NetBSD-current
+
+As Wine requires kernel-level thread support to run, only the operating
+systems mentioned above are supported.
+Other operating systems which support kernel threads may be supported
+in the future.
Linux info:
- Although Linux version 2.0.x will mostly work, certain features
- (specifically LDT sharing) required for properly supporting Win32
- threads were not implemented until kernel version 2.2. If you get
- consistent thread-related crashes, you may want to upgrade to at least 2.2.
- Also, some bugs were fixed and additional features were added
- late in the Linux 2.0.x series, so if you have a very old Linux kernel,
- you may want to upgrade to at least the latest 2.0.x release.
+ While Linux 2.2.x should still work and Linux 2.0.x may still work
+ (older 2.0.x versions had thread-related crashes),
+ it's best to have a current kernel such as 2.4.x.
FreeBSD info:
Make sure you have the USER_LDT, SYSVSHM, SYSVSEM, and SYSVMSG
@@ -57,7 +58,9 @@
Make sure you have the USER_LDT, SYSVSHM, SYSVSEM, and SYSVMSG options
turned on in your kernel.
-File systems info:
+
+
+Supported file systems:
Wine should run on most file systems. However, Wine will fail to start
if umsdos is used for the /tmp directory. A few compatibility problems have
also been reported using files accessed through Samba. Also, as NTFS
@@ -65,33 +68,29 @@
using NTFS, as Windows programs need write access almost everywhere.
In case of NTFS files, copy over to a writable location.
-Wine requires kernel-level threads to run. Currently, only Linux
-version 2.0 or later, FreeBSD 4.x or later, Solaris x86 version 2.5
-or later, and NetBSD-current are supported.
-Other operating systems which support kernel threads may be supported
-in the future.
+Basic requirements:
+ You need to have the X11 development include files installed
+ (called xlib6g-dev in Debian and XFree86-devel in RedHat).
-You need to have the X11 development include files installed
-(called xlib6g-dev in Debian and XFree86-devel in RedHat).
-To use Wine's support for multi-threaded applications, your X libraries
-must be reentrant, which is probably the default by now.
-If you have libc6 (glibc2), or you compiled the X libraries yourself,
-they were probably compiled with the reentrant option enabled.
+Build tool requirements:
+ On x86 Systems gcc >= 2.7.2 is required.
+ Versions earlier than 2.7.2.3 may have problems when certain files
+ are compiled with optimization, often due to problems with header file
+ management. pgcc currently doesn't work with Wine. The cause of this problem
+ is unknown.
-On x86 Systems gcc >= 2.7.2 is required.
-Versions earlier than 2.7.2.3 may have problems when certain files
-are compiled with optimization, often due to problems with header file
-management. pgcc currently doesn't work with Wine. The cause of this problem
-is unknown.
+ Of course you also need "make" (most likely GNU make).
-Of course you also need "make" (most likely GNU make).
+ You also need flex version 2.5 or later and yacc.
+ Bison will work as a replacement for yacc. If you are
+ using RedHat or Debian, install the flex and bison packages.
-You also need flex version 2.5 or later and yacc.
-Bison will work as a replacement for yacc. If you are
-using RedHat or Debian, install the flex and bison packages.
+Optional support libraries:
+ If you want CUPS printing support, please install both cups and cups-devel
+ packages.
-For the automatic processing of the test suite scripts, you also need
-libperl development header support (libperl-dev package on Debian).
+ For the automatic processing of the test suite scripts, you also need
+ libperl development header support (libperl-dev package on Debian).
For requirements in case you intend to build the documentation yourself,
see "DOCUMENTATION" section.
@@ -144,7 +143,8 @@
Don't forget to add vital registry entries by applying winedefault.reg
with programs/regedit/. See documentation/ directory for details.
-See http://www.winehq.com/support/ for further configuration hints.
+See the Support area at http://www.winehq.com/ for further
+configuration hints.
In case of library loading errors
(e.g. "Error while loading shared libraries: libntdll.so"), make sure
@@ -165,12 +165,15 @@
For example: to run Solitaire:
- wine sol (using the searchpath to locate the file)
- wine sol.exe
+ wine sol (using the search Path as specified in
+ wine sol.exe the config file to locate the file)
- wine c:\\windows\\sol.exe (using a DOS filename)
+ wine c:\\windows\\sol.exe (using DOS filename syntax)
- wine /usr/windows/sol.exe (using a Unix filename)
+ wine /usr/windows/sol.exe (using Unix filename syntax)
+
+ wine -- sol.exe /parameter1 -parameter2 parameter3
+ (calling program with parameters)
Note: the path of the file will also be added to the path when
a full name is supplied on the commandline.
@@ -213,7 +216,7 @@
Usenet: You can discuss Wine-related issues and get help
on comp.emulators.ms-windows.wine.
-Bugs: Report bugs to Wine Bugzilla at http://bugs.winehq.com/.
+Bugs: Report bugs to Wine Bugzilla at http://bugs.winehq.com
Please search the bugzilla database to check whether your
problem is already found before posting a bug report. You can
also post bug reports to comp.emulators.ms-windows.wine.
