[m-dev.] For review: Change INSTALL_CVS to use/mention stage 2 directory
Fergus Henderson
fjh at cs.mu.OZ.AU
Tue Jul 14 19:14:47 AEST 1998
On 14-Jul-1998, Warwick Harvey <wharvey at cs.monash.edu.au> wrote:
>
> Some changes to the compiler require that a user trying to build and install
> a new version of the compiler from Mercury sources do the `mmake install'
> step from the stage 2 directory. This was not mentioned in the INSTALL_CVS;
> this change fixes that omission.
>
> INSTALL_CVS:
> Now runs a bootcheck by default and performs the `mmake install'
> from the stage 2 directory. Updated the instructions to tell the
> user how to install without the bootcheck, and the implications of
> doing this.
That looks great, thanks!
Just one small comment:
> touch Mmake.params &&
> mmake depend $parallel &&
> mmake MMAKEFLAGS=$parallel &&
> +tools/bootcheck $parallel && cd stage2 &&
> mmake install MMAKEFLAGS=$parallel &&
> true
I think it would be clearer for the `cd stage2 &&' to either
go on a line of its own, or to precede the `mmake install',
rather than following the `tools/bootcheck'.
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