[m-dev.] mention bugs in 0.9 on web page

Fergus Henderson fjh at cs.mu.OZ.AU
Sun Dec 26 21:05:52 AEDT 1999


Estimated hours taken: 0.25

w3/download/include/release-0.9-bugs.inc:
w3/download/include/release.inc:
	Mention the bugs in the binary distribution.

Workspace: /mnt/murlibobo/home/mercury0/fjh/mercury
Index: w3/download/include/release-0.9-bugs.inc
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/mercury1/repository/w3/download/include/release-0.9-bugs.inc,v
retrieving revision 1.1
diff -u -d -r1.1 release-0.9-bugs.inc
--- w3/download/include/release-0.9-bugs.inc	1999/12/18 08:00:36	1.1
+++ w3/download/include/release-0.9-bugs.inc	1999/12/26 09:58:15
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 <h2>Release 0.9 - Known Problems</h2>
 
+There are a couple of serious bugs in the binary distributions
+of Mercury 0.9.  One of them is that you need to type
+`make INSTALL_EMACS_SCRIPTS=scripts/mdb.el install'
+instead of `make install' to install it.
+The other is that installation of the binary distribution
+for Windows will fail.
+These bugs will be fixed in 0.9.1, which we plan to release
+sometime soon.
+
 The following is collected email of reported problems with release
 0.9 of the Mercury distribution.  Included, where possible, are
 patches or work-arounds.
Index: w3/download/include/release.inc
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/mercury1/repository/w3/download/include/release.inc,v
retrieving revision 1.13
diff -u -d -r1.13 release.inc
--- w3/download/include/release.inc	1999/12/18 08:17:47	1.13
+++ w3/download/include/release.inc	1999/12/26 10:00:36
@@ -2,6 +2,15 @@
 
 Mercury 0.9 was released on December 18, 1999.
 
+There are a couple of serious bugs in the binary distributions
+of Mercury 0.9.  One of them is that you need to type
+`make INSTALL_EMACS_SCRIPTS=scripts/mdb.el install'
+instead of `make install' to install it.
+The other is that installation of the binary distribution
+for Windows will fail.
+These bugs will be fixed in 0.9.1, which we plan to release
+sometime soon.
+
 The NEWS file, detailing differences since the release of 0.8.1,
 is available <a href="release-0.9.html">here</a>.
 Source distributions of release 0.9 

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