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authorPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2011-06-06 21:16:37 -0700
committerPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2011-06-06 21:16:37 -0700
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[ChangeLog]
* configure.in: Add --with-wide-int. * INSTALL: Mention this. [etc/ChangeLog] * NEWS: Mention new configure option --with-wide-int.
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@@ -309,6 +309,10 @@ systems which support that.
Use --without-sound to disable sound support.
+Use --with-wide-int to implement Emacs values with the type 'long long',
+even on hosts where a narrower type would do. With this option, on a
+typical 32-bit host, Emacs integers have 62 bits instead of 30.
+
The `--prefix=PREFIXDIR' option specifies where the installation process
should put emacs and its data files. This defaults to `/usr/local'.
- Emacs (and the other utilities users run) go in PREFIXDIR/bin