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<A NAME="sources">Sources</A>
</H1>
<P>
- <SPAN CLASS="nm">mdocml</SPAN> is in plain-old ANSI C and should build and run on any UNIX system, although <A
+ <SPAN CLASS="nm">mdocml</SPAN> is in plain-old ANSI C and should build and run on any modern system (<A
HREF="mandocdb.8.html">mandocdb</A> requires <A CLASS="external"
- HREF="http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/berkeleydb/overview/index.html">Berkeley Database</A> (this is
- installed by default on all BSD operating systems).
+ HREF="http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/berkeleydb/overview/index.html">Berkeley Database</A>, installed by
+ default on all BSD UNIX operating systems).
+ </P>
+ <P>
To compile <SPAN CLASS="nm">mdocml</SPAN>, run <CODE>make</CODE>, then <CODE>make install</CODE> to install into
- <I>/usr/local</I>.
- Be aware: if you have an existing <A HREF="http://www.gnu.org/software/groff/" CLASS="external">groff</A> installation,
- this may overwrite its <B>preconv</B> binary.
- The <A HREF="mandocdb.8.html">mandocdb</A> utility is not yet linked to the build. You must run <CODE>make
- mandocdb</CODE> to build it (it does not install).
+ <I>/usr/local</I>. Be aware: if you have an existing <A HREF="http://www.gnu.org/software/groff/"
+ CLASS="external">groff</A> installation, this may overwrite its <B>preconv</B> binary. The <A
+ HREF="mandocdb.8.html">mandocdb</A> utility is not yet linked to the build: you must run <CODE>make mandocdb</CODE> to
+ build it (it does not install).
+ </P>
+ <P>
+ Distributed Win32 binaries are compiled using <A CLASS="external" HREF="http://www.mingw.org/">mingw32</A>. They are
+ distributed in a ZIP archive consisting of binaries, manuals, and other installable media.
</P>
<P>
The most current version of <SPAN CLASS="nm">mdocml</SPAN> is <SPAN CLASS="attn">@VERSION@</SPAN>, dated <SPAN
@@ -74,6 +79,12 @@
<A HREF="http://mdocml.bsd.lv/cgi-bin/cvsweb/?cvsroot=mdocml">cvsweb</A>
</TD>
</TR>
+ <TR>
+ <TD>Win32 binary archive</TD>
+ <TD>
+ <A HREF="/binaries/mdocml.zip">/binaries/mdocml-win32.zip</A>
+ </TD>
+ </TR>
</TBODY>
</TABLE>
<H2>
@@ -126,6 +137,12 @@
<A HREF="/snapshots/">/snapshots/</A>
</TD>
</TR>
+ <TR>
+ <TD>Binary archive</TD>
+ <TD>
+ <A HREF="/binaries/">/binaries/</A>
+ </TD>
+ </TR>
</TBODY>
</TABLE>
<H1>
@@ -320,6 +337,10 @@
the language specified in the <A CLASS="external" HREF="http://www.kohala.com/start/troff/v7man/eqn/eqn2e.ps">Second
Edition User's Guide</A>.
</P>
+ <P>
+ This is also the first release featuring a distributed Windows binary, available at <A
+ HREF="/binaries/mdocml-win32.zip">/binaries/mdocml-win32.zip</A>.
+ </P>
<P CLASS="news">
12-07-2011: version 1.11.4
</P>