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+++ b/MAINTENANCE
@@ -1,47 +1,48 @@
 MAINTENANCE DOCUMENTATION FOR ALBERTA PACKAGES
+
 Daniel Koester, April 2005
 koester@math.uni-augsburg.de
 
-Claus-Justus Heine, December 2003
+Claus-Justus Heine, December 2003, May 2007
 claus@mathematik.uni-freiburg.de
 
 I) Introduction and Maintenance
 ===============================
 
-The alberta-2.0 package is currently distributed using GNU "autoconf 2.60",
-"automake 1.9.6", and "libtool 1.5.22". Since some unusual compilation was
-necessary, a few hints seemed like a good idea. Here is the general
-structure of the alberta2-2.0 packages:
-
-                  __________ alberta/ __________ src/ ______|--- 1d/
-                 /                         \                |--- 2d/ 
-                /                           -- doc/         |--- 3d/
-               /                                            |--- Nd/
-              /                                             |--- Common/
-             /_____________ demo/ __ src/ _______|--- 1d/   |--- alberta*/
-alberta-2.0 /                                    |--- 2d/  
-            \                                    |--- 3d/
-             \                                   |--- 4d/
-              \                                  |--- 5d/
-               \                                 |--- Common/
-                \                                   
-                 \                           
-                  \__________ alberta_util/ ___ src/
-                   \
+The alberta2-2.0 package is currently distributed using GNU "autoconf
+2.61", "automake 1.10", and "libtool 1.5.22". Since some unusual
+compilation was necessary, a few hints seemed like a good idea. Here
+is the general structure of the alberta2-2.0 packages:
+
+                   __________ alberta/ __________ src/ ______|--- 1d/
+                  /                         \                |--- 2d/ 
+                 /                           -- doc/         |--- 3d/
+                /                                            |--- Common/
+               /                                             |--- alberta2*/
+              /_____________ demo/ __ src/ _______|--- 1d/
+alberta2-2.0 /                                    |--- 2d/  
+             \                                    |--- 3d/
+              \                                   |--- 4d/
+               \                                  |--- 5d/
+                \                                 |--- Common/
+                 \                                   
+                  \                           
+                   \__________ alberta_util/ ___ src/
                     \
-                     \_______ add_ons/ ---- grape/ __ mesh/ ____|--- 2d/
-                      \               \                         |--- 3d/
-                       \               \                        |--- Common/
-                        \               \
-	                 \               - meshtv/ ___|--- 1d/
-		          \               \           |--- 2d/ 
-		           \               \          |--- 3d/
-		            \               \         |--- Common/
-                             \               \
-                              \               \- geomview/
-                               \
-                                \_ configure.ac and other distribution
-                                   files
+                     \
+                      \_______ add_ons/ ---- grape/ __ mesh/ ____|--- 2d/
+                       \               \                         |--- 3d/
+                        \               \                        |--- Common/
+                         \               \
+	                  \               - meshtv/ ___|--- 1d/
+		           \               \           |--- 2d/ 
+		            \               \          |--- 3d/
+		             \               \         |--- Common/
+                              \               \
+                               \               \- geomview/
+                                \
+                                 \_ configure.ac and other distribution
+                                    files
 
 We keep track of the "Makefile.am"s, which are processed by automake
 to create "Makefile.in"s. Two exceptions:
@@ -52,13 +53,16 @@ produced by automake.
 
 2) The "Makefile.alberta.in" in alberta/src/Common/, see below.
 
-The file "configure.ac" is processed by autoconf to create "configure". The
-script "configure" then processes "Makefile.in"s to create proper
-Makefiles. The created Makefiles can then be used by us to test compilation
-and the demo programs. All Makefiles can be called independently from any
-subdirectory. The "install"-target is used to install a package (default
-for maintenance: $installdir=./ ). There are also several variations of 
-"clean" targets.
+The file "configure.ac" is processed by autoconf to create
+"configure". The script "configure" then processes "Makefile.in"s to
+create proper Makefiles. The created Makefiles can then be used by us
+to test compilation and the demo programs. All Makefiles can be called
+independently from any subdirectory. The command "make install" is
+used to install a package. All files are installed below a common
+prefix path ("configure --prefix=PREFIX"). PREFIX defaults to `./' if
+`./configure' was run with the `--enable-maintainer-mode'
+switch. Otherwise it defaults to `/usr/local/'. There are also several
+variations of "clean" targets.
 
 For the portable building of shared libraries we use "libtool". This involves 
 special compilation, e.g.
@@ -70,25 +74,26 @@ and
 libtool --mode=link gcc ...
 
 By default we therefore install a configured version of "libtool",
-"libtool.alberta", in the $install_dir/libexec directory. This behaviour can be
-turned off.
+`PREFIX/libexec/alberta2/' directory. This behaviour can be turned off
+by running `configure' with the "--disable-install-libtool" switch.
 
 II) Package contents
 ====================
 
-The following subpackages are included in alberta-2.0:
+The following subpackages are included in alberta2-2.0:
 
-1) alberta
+1) alberta2
 The main package.
 
 2) demo
-A few demonstration programs meant to faciliate the first steps with ALBERTA.
-This package is not touched by automake and includes several small 
-Makefile.in's in which "configure" substitutes values like installation paths 
-for libraries and headers. This directory is installed as a tarball in 
-$installdir/share/alberta, but can be copied by users to other locations.
-The Makefiles in demo include "Makefile.alberta" which resides
-in $installdir/share/alberta.
+
+A few demonstration programs meant to facilitate the first steps with
+ALBERTA.  This package is not touched by automake and includes several
+small Makefile.in's in which "configure" substitutes values like
+installation paths for libraries and headers. This directory is
+installed as a tar-ball in `PREFIX/share/alberta2/', but can be copied
+by users to other locations.  The Makefiles in the demo package
+include "Makefile.alberta" which resides in `PREFIX/libexec/alberta2/'.
 
 3) alberta_util
 This package contains the old ALBERTA util.c file, now split into
@@ -98,11 +103,11 @@ contains the former "SOLVER" library.
 It is compiled to form a separate utility library (message macros, 
 ALBERTA memory allocation routines, BLAS solver routines and wrappers) and 
 should linked to any program using the ALBERTA package. It can also be used as 
-a standalone utility library.
+a stand-alone utility library.
 
 4) add_ons
 add_ons contains extra tools built on top of ALBERTA. At the moment it contains
-GRAPE and SILO/MESHTV data visualisation interfaces for ALBERTA.
+GRAPE and SILO/MESHTV data visualization interfaces for ALBERTA.
 
 III) External packages
 ======================
@@ -116,7 +121,7 @@ Same thing applies for Open DX which is used for online visualization
 via the alberta/src/Common/dxtools.c interface.
 
 IV) Checking into Subversion directory tree
-====================================
+===========================================
 
 Step 0)
   Become familiar with Subversion. A very good source of information is
@@ -138,7 +143,7 @@ Step 1)
 
 Step 2)
   svn update
-  This step will make sure that the changes made simulataneously by other 
+  This step will make sure that the changes made simultaneously by other 
   maintainers do not interfere with the new local changes.
 
   svn commit
@@ -168,13 +173,13 @@ Step 1)
   package with the directory structure described right at the
   beginning of this file.
 
-    svn checkout svn+ssh://marbella.math.uni-augsburg.de/homes/andere/alberta/ALBERTA_SVN/trunk albertadist
+    svn checkout svn+ssh://malaga.math.uni-augsburg.de/homes/proj/alberta/ALBERTA_SVN/trunk/albertadist
 
   also checks out administration directories in each module. This
   is ok, since Makefiles produced by "configure" have a fixed set of
   directories to be included in a distribution. Another possibility is
 
-  svn export svn+ssh://pizza.math.uni-augsburg.de/homes/andere/alberta/ALBERTA_SVN/trunk albertadist
+  svn export svn+ssh://malaga.math.uni-augsburg.de/homes/proj/alberta/ALBERTA_SVN/trunk/albertadist
 
   which is faster and strips the .svn directories.
 
@@ -208,6 +213,13 @@ Step 4)
 
   where you have to replace foobar by the proper name of the program.
 
+Step 3/4-alt)
+  Instead of step 3) and 4) run
+
+  fromsvnreconf.sh
+
+  This will execute the commands from step 3) and 4).
+
 Step 5)
   Reconfigure ALBERTA with the additional switch
   "--enable-maintainer-mode":
@@ -215,7 +227,7 @@ Step 5)
   ./configure BLABLABLA --enable-maintainer-mode
 
 Step 6)
-  Do "[g]make dist" at the top level.  This creates alberta-?.?.tar.gz
+  Do "[g]make dist" at the top level.  This creates alberta2-?.?.tar.gz
   in which all CVS-directories, ~-files, and other unnecessary
   components are stripped. To be a bit more precise:
 
@@ -256,7 +268,8 @@ script "config.guess"):
   b) The GNU Fortran compiler g77 distributed by SGI produced n32-style
      code, which was not default for the gcc. Recommended solutions:
 
-    i) Adding -n32 option to "CFLAGS" and "LDFLAGS", if $CC == gcc and %F77 = g77.
+    i) Adding -n32 option to "CFLAGS" and "LDFLAGS", if $CC == gcc and
+       %F77 = g77.
     ii) Using the system compilers cc and f77.
 
 2) i686-suse-linux:
@@ -325,7 +338,7 @@ script "config.guess"):
 VII) Making rpm packages
 ========================
 
-This is still an experimental feature. We habe included an alberta-2.0.spec 
+This is still an experimental feature. We have included an alberta-2.0.spec 
 file adapted for SUSE LINUX 9.2. Using "rpmbuild -ba alberta-2.0.spec" will 
 process an "alberta-2.0.tar.gz" bundle in "/usr/src/packages/SOURCES". After 
 unpacking, configuring, building, and installing you will (hopefully) have 
@@ -335,3 +348,9 @@ The first package will install the libraries in "/usr/local/lib", headers in
 "/usr/local/include", the programs in "usr/local/bin", and the demo package in
 "/usr/local/share/alberta". The installation directories can be changed by 
 passing options to "rpm" (we have tried to build "relocatable" rpms). 
+
+ LocalWords:  alberta meshtv geomview automake autoconf libtool FOOBAR util yum
+ LocalWords:  gltools albertadist automakefiles autoreconf foobar fromsvnreconf
+ LocalWords:  BLABLABLA LTLIBRARIES config MesaGL gfortran xorg devel gcc vxfz
+ LocalWords:  Ubuntu libc libx libxext sse sudo cd sparc SunOS xdr rpm SUSE usr
+ LocalWords:  rpmbuild