- LCLint Version 3.0.0.19
+ Splint - annotation-assisted static program checker
+ http://www.splint.org
+
+ Copyright (C) 1994-2002
+ University of Virginia,
+ Massachusetts Institute of Technology
+
+ Version 3.0.0.20
Alpha Release
- 29 December 2001
+ 30 December 2001
-LCLint Documentation
+Splint Documentation
====================
-For documentation on LCLint, please see http://lclint.cs.virginia.edu.
+For documentation on Splint, please see http://www.splint.org
WARNING: this is an Alpha release - new features and changes are not
-reflected in the documentation. The file BUFFERCHECKING contains
-preliminary documentation on the array bounds checking.
+reflected in the documentation.
Build Instructions
==================
-To build LCLint you need:
+To build Splint you need:
o a (hopefully ANSI-conforming) C compiler. On most modern Unix systems,
cc will work fine. For older or less standard systems, gcc is
o flex
o bison version 1.28 or later - bison 1.27 and 1.25 are believed to
- have bugs that cause problems with lclint's parsers.
+ have bugs that cause problems with Splint's parsers.
-If these are unavailable, you may be able to build lclint anyway using
+If these are unavailable, you may be able to build Splint anyway using
the derived grammar files. This is not recommended however.
-1. Download the LCLint source package (lclint-<version>.src.tgz).
+1. Download the Splint source package (splint-<version>.src.tgz).
- Copy this package to the directory where you want to build LCLint. When
- the tar file is extracted, it will create an lclint-<version> subdirectory.
+ Copy this package to the directory where you want to build Splint. When
+ the tar file is extracted, it will create an splint-<version> subdirectory.
2. Extract files from the tar archive:
- tar xzf lclint-<version>.src.tgz
+ tar xzf splint-<version>.src.tgz
3. Run: ./configure
This will create a Makefile with settings for your system. If you
- want to install LCLint or associated libraries different
+ want to install Splint or associated libraries different
directories, edit the Makefile.
4. Run: gmake
6. Set environment variables
- LARCH_PATH - path to search for lclint libraries and
+ LARCH_PATH - path to search for splint libraries and
initializations files. If you are using the standard directories, this
- should be .:<base-directory>/lclint-3.0.0.9/lib.
+ should be .:<base-directory>/splint-3.0.0.20/lib.
LCLIMPORTDIR - directory containing lcl imports files. If you are using
- the standard directories, this is <base-directory>/lclint-3.0.0.9/imports.
+ the standard directories, this is <base-directory>/splint-3.0.0.20/imports.
Put the commands to set these variables (the actual commands will depend
on the shell you are using) in one of your initialization dotfiles
(usually ~/.environment).
Set up your PATH to include the directory containing
- lclint-<version>/bin/lclint, or move the binary to a directory on
+ splint-<version>/bin/splint, or move the binary to a directory on
your command path.
7. Run: gmake test
Examine the test output. If there are errors, send a bug
- report to lclint-bug@cs.virginia.edu
+ report to splint-bug@cs.virginia.edu
-To subscribe to announcements of new lclint releases, send a message to
+To subscribe to announcements of new Splint releases, send a message to
majordomo@virginia.edu containing the body:
subscribe lclint-announce
-To participate in discussions related to lclint, send a message to
+To participate in discussions related to Splint, send a message to
majordomo@virginia.edu containing the body:
subscribe lclint-interest