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diff --git a/BUILDING.txt b/BUILDING.txt index 043ad2a4..3048647e 100644 --- a/BUILDING.txt +++ b/BUILDING.txt @@ -12,21 +12,25 @@ Build Requirements -- libtool 1.4 or later -- NASM - * 0.98 or later is required for a 32-bit build - * NASM 2.05 or later is required for a 64-bit build + * 0.98, or 2.01 or later is required for a 32-bit build + * NASM 2.00 or later is required for a 64-bit build * NASM 2.07 or later is required for a 64-bit build on OS X. This can be obtained from MacPorts (http://www.macports.org/). - The NASM 2.05 RPMs do not work on older Linux systems, such as Red Hat - Enterprise Linux 4. On such systems, you can easily build and install NASM - 2.05 from the source RPM by executing the following as root: + The binary RPMs released by the NASM project do not work on older Linux + systems, such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. On such systems, you can + easily build and install NASM from a source RPM by downloading one of the + SRPMs from + + http://www.nasm.us/pub/nasm/releasebuilds + + and executing the following as root: ARCH=`uname -m` - wget http://www.nasm.us/pub/nasm/releasebuilds/2.05.01/nasm-2.05.01-1.src.rpm - rpmbuild --rebuild nasm-2.05.01-1.src.rpm - rpm -Uvh /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/$ARCH/nasm-2.05.01-1.$ARCH.rpm + rpmbuild --rebuild nasm-{version}.src.rpm + rpm -Uvh /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/$ARCH/nasm-{version}.$ARCH.rpm - NOTE: NASM build will fail if texinfo is not installed. + NOTE: the NASM build will fail if texinfo is not installed. -- GCC v4.1 or later recommended for best performance |