This is the README file for the "deity" project. If you have a development
version of deity, please first read the file README.build.

This version of "deity" is experimental. It does not currently actually
manipulate the package files, and many other features are incomplete.
Generic instructions on how to install this package are found in the
file "INSTALL". There is no .deb packaging yet. This will not be done
until the actual program is a bit more complete.

For now, I suggest you install this in /usr/local or /opt (using the --prefix
option to the "configure" program). There are some special options you may
want to use when compiling this version.

Particularly, although there is internationalization support in the code (see
the ABOUT-NLS file), there are no translations yet, so you may want to use
"--disable-nls". Also, since there is only one binary, you may want to disable
shared libraries using "./configure --disable-shared". The configure program has
some useful additions to the standard GNU configure scripts, so if you want to
compile it against libc5, use "./configure i486-linuxlibc1". Cross-compiling
should be supported out of the box - just use "./configure --host=xyz", and
everything should work. "VPATH" builds are also fully supported in this
distribution.

Please report any problems to <deity@lists.debian.org>.
