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== Prerequisites ==
Required to build:
- * Apache Portable Runtime 1.2.7: http://apr.apache.org/
- * CppUnit: http://cppunit.sourceforge.net
- * boost: http://www.boost.org
+ * Apache Portable Runtime 1.2.7: http://apr.apache.org
+ * CppUnit 1.11.4: http://cppunit.sourceforge.net
+ * boost 1.33.1: http://www.boost.org
Optional: to generate source code documentation you need:
- * doxygen: http://sourceforge.net/projects/doxygen/
- * graphviz - http://www.graphviz.org/
+ * doxygen 1.4.6: http://sourceforge.net/projects/doxygen/
+ * graphviz 2.8: http://www.graphviz.org/
-On Fedora: yum install apr apr-devel cppunit cppunit-devel boost boost-devel doxygen graphviz
+If you use yum to install packages:
+# yum install apr apr-devel cppunit cppunit-devel boost boost-devel doxygen graphviz
== Build and test ==
+For a debug build:
+> make
+For an optimized release build:
+> make BUILD=RELEASE
-make
-
-Default target builds and tests everything, see Makefile for other
-targets.
+The default target "test" builds everything and runs all tests. See
+the Makefile for more targets.
=== Unit tests ===
Unit tests are built as .so files containing CppUnit plugins.