@chapter Gnustep Base Library

@c set the vars GNUSTEP_BASE_VERSION and GNUSTEP_BASE_GCC_VERSION
@include version.texi

The Gnustep Base Library, version @value{GNUSTEP_BASE_VERSION}, is now
available.

@section What is the Gnustep Base Library?

@include base-desc.texi

There is more information available at the Gnustep Base Library homepage
at @samp{http://www.cs.rochester.edu/u/mccallum/gnustep-base}.

@ignore
So that developers of non-free, commercial programs can use the library,
the library is released under the GNU Library GPL.

So that it can easily be included in non-free, comercial software, the
library is released under the GNU Library GPL.

For more details, see the @samp{README} file that comes with the
distribution.
@end ignore

@c @section What's new in this release?
@include news.texi

@section Where can you get it?  How can you compile it?

@ifset GNUSTEP_BASE_FTP_MACHINE
The libgnustep-base-@value{GNUSTEP_BASE_VERSION}.tar.gz distribution file has been
placed on @samp{@value{GNUSTEP_BASE_FTP_MACHINE}} in
@samp{@value{GNUSTEP_BASE_FTP_DIRECTORY}}.
@end ifset
@ifclear GNUSTEP_BASE_FTP_MACHINE
The libgnustep-base-@value{GNUSTEP_BASE_VERSION}.tar.gz distribution file has not
been made available by anonymous ftp.
@end ifclear

More information about the library, including a list of machines on
which it has been successfully compiled and used, can be found at
@samp{http://www.cs.rochester.edu/u/mccallum/libgnustep-base}.

The library requires gcc @value{GNUSTEP_BASE_GCC_VERSION} or higher.  The
library does not work with the NEXTSTEP 3.2 compiler because that
version of NeXT's cc cannot handle nested functions.  Until a later
release from NeXT, NEXTSTEP users will have to install gcc.  See the
@samp{INSTALL} file for more instructions about compiling and installing
the library.

The @samp{.tar} file is compressed with GNU gzip.  Gzip can be obtained by
anonymous ftp at any of the GNU archive sites.

For info about FTP via email, send email to
@samp{ftpmail@@decwrl.dec.com} with no subject line, and two-line body
with line one @samp{help} and line two @samp{quit}.

The most recent (not necessarily tested) snapshots of the library will
be placed in @samp{ftp://alpha.gnu.ai.mit.edu/gnu}.

@display
Happy Hacking!
       Andrew Kachites McCallum
       mccallum@@gnu.ai.mit.edu
@end display

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