README.libevent2

#!/bin/sh
# you can build libevent2 (if you are not on a recent fedora or ubuntu system)
# with this script or one very like it. 
libname=libevent-2.0.21-stable
# replace wget here with curl if you prefer.
wget https://github.com/downloads/libevent/libevent/$libname.tar.gz

# edit the settings below to suit your tastes.
# under no circumstance should prefix be /usr on ubuntu/debian/redhat/centos
# as this will foul up the system-wide libevent.
iprefix=/opt/ovis

if tar xzf $libname.tar.gz ; then
	cd $libname && \
	./configure \
	CFLAGS="-O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -m64 -march=native" \
	--prefix=${iprefix} \
	--datadir=${iprefix}/share \
	--includedir=${iprefix}/include \
	--libdir=${iprefix}/lib \
	--libexecdir=${iprefix}/libexec \
	--mandir=${iprefix}/share/man \
	--infodir=${iprefix}/share/info \
	--disable-dependency-tracking \
	--disable-static

	# chekc something here, then

	sudo make install
fi