X-Git-Url: http://git.pond.sub.org/?p=empserver;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=39a52d84b7dd11f84e589562efff5f48966aec24;hp=7c410f9e674b05303725b76062a36c7fc3eab0e2;hb=HEAD;hpb=b14f5276ab7274b9b6ebb04d48b31e9a0daa5dd2 diff --git a/README b/README index 7c410f9e6..39a52d84b 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ Welcome to Empire 4, code-named Wolfpack. Empire is a multi-player, client/server Internet based war game. -Copyright (C) 1986-2015, Dave Pare, Jeff Bailey, Thomas Ruschak, +Copyright (C) 1986-2021, Dave Pare, Jeff Bailey, Thomas Ruschak, Ken Stevens, Steve McClure, Markus Armbruster This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify @@ -26,14 +26,20 @@ To build the server and set up a game, follow the steps below. (2) Building a server - Prerequisites: IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 (POSIX.1-2001), GNU make, a - curses library, Perl, and either nroff or GNU troff (`groff'). + Prerequisites: IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 (POSIX.1-2001) with the X/Open + System Interfaces Extension, GNU make, Perl, and either nroff or + GNU troff (`groff'). See file `INSTALL' for detailed compilation and installation instructions. Quick guide for the impatient: run configure; make; make install. The last step is optional; everything runs fine right from the build tree. + If configure reports "readline: no" in its configuration summary, + fancy line editing doesn't work in the client. Commonly caused by + not having development libraries installed. On Linux, try + installing readline-devel. + If configure reports "terminfo: no" in its configuration summary, highlighting doesn't work in the client. Commonly caused by not having development libraries installed. On Linux, try installing @@ -43,9 +49,14 @@ To build the server and set up a game, follow the steps below. GNU make. Some systems have it installed as `gmake'. Solaris supports POSIX.1-2001, but you need to set up your - environment for that. Try passing - SHELL=/usr/xpg4/bin/sh PATH=/usr/xpg6/bin:/usr/xpg4/bin:$PATH - to make. See standards(5) for details. + environment for that. Try + + SHELL=/usr/xpg4/bin/sh + PATH=/usr/xpg6/bin:/usr/xpg4/bin:/usr/ccs/bin:$PATH + + See standards(5) for details. + + Likewise, AIX needs XPG_SUS_ENV=ON. (3) Creating a game