Updates to README and configure.in

[James LewisMoss]

Here's some changes to the top level README.  If no one has objections
to them I'll check them in.  Thought I'd ask here just to make sure.

Index: README
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RCS file: /home/cvs/cvsroot/gnucash/README,v
retrieving revision 1.163
diff -u -b -r1.163 README
--- README	2001/06/01 08:48:39	1.163
+++ README	2001/06/05 20:53:17
@@ -131,31 +131,57 @@
 
   guile: provides main extension language infrastructure, used
     extensively in GnuCash for initialization & startup. Requires
-    version 1.3.4 or later.
+    version 1.3.4 or later.  Version 1.4 is noticeably speedier and is
+    reccommended if possible.  You can obtain source from
+    ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/guile/guile-1.4.tar.gz
 
   slib: scheme libraries for guile. Need version slib2c4 or later.
+  You can find source at
+  http://swissnet.ai.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/slib2d1.zip
 
-  libpng: portable network graphics library. Any version.
+  libpng: portable network graphics library. Any version.  You can
+  find the source at
+  ftp://swrinde.nde.swri.edu/pub/png/src/libpng-1.0.9.tar.gz.
+
+  libjpeg: JPEG image handling library. Any version.  Sources can be
+  found at ftp://ftp.uu.net/graphics/jpeg/jpegsrc.v6b.tar.gz.
+
+  libz: compression library. Any version.  You can find source at
+  http://www.gzip.org/zlib.tar.gz.
+
+  xpm: X Pixmap extension. Any version.  Normally distributed with an
+   X installation.  By default this is part of XFree86 4.0 or better.
+   You can also find this at
+   ftp://ftp.x.org/contrib/libraries/xpm-3.4k.tar.gz.
 
-  libjpeg: JPEG image handling library. Any version.
-
-  libz: compression library. Any version.
-
-  xpm: X Pixmap extension. Any version.
-
   gnome-libs: version 1.0.40 or higher should work. These libraries
     require numerous other supporting libraries, such as gtk and glib.
+    All of these can be found at ftp.gnome.org.
 
   gnome-print: any recent version should work, however problems have
-    been reported with 0.28.
+    been reported with 0.28.  This is a part of GNOME as well. Sources
+    at ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/stable/sources/gnome-print
 
-  gdk-pixbuf: any recent version should work.
+  gdk-pixbuf: any recent version should work.  This is typically
+   distributed with GNOME.  Sources at
+   ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/stable/sources/gdk-pixbuf.
 
   gtkhtml: version 0.8 and later should work. You can obtain the latest
-    version of gtkhtml from Helix Code.  Note that this has changed since
-    1.4, which used the older gtkxmhtml library.
-
-  guppi: version 0.35.3 should work
+    version of gtkhtml from Helix Code.  Note that this has changed
+    since 1.4, which used the older gtkxmhtml library.  Sources can be
+    found at ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/unstable/sources/gtkhtml/.
+
+  guppi: version 0.35.3 should work.  Version 0.35.5 is required for
+   some advanced functionality.  This can be found at
+   ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/stable/sources/Guppi.
+
+  libgal: any recent version should work.  This is a GNOME related
+   library used by several different programs.  You can find it at
+   ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/unstable/sources/gal/.
+
+The above urls are frome June 5, 2001.  Source locations can change,
+but will likely be found near the same place (maybe moved from
+unstable to stable).
 
 To be able to use certain features of GnuCash, such as reports and
 network stock price downloads, you must have the following packages
Index: configure.in
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RCS file: /home/cvs/cvsroot/gnucash/configure.in,v
retrieving revision 1.193
diff -u -b -r1.193 configure.in
--- configure.in	2001/06/04 07:47:56	1.193
+++ configure.in	2001/06/05 20:53:44
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@
 GTKHTML_CFLAGS=`$GNOME_CONFIG --cflags gtkhtml`
 
 AC_CHECK_LIB(gal, main, true,
-  [AC_MSG_ERROR([gal library not found])],
+  [AC_MSG_ERROR([gal library not found.  See the README for more info.])],
   `$GNOME_CONFIG --libs gal`)
 
 # check for gtkhtml and enable it via HAVE_LIBGTKHTML


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