[m-dev.] Installation + re-installation

[Fergus Henderson]

On 07-Sep-2000, Ralph Becket <rbeck at microsoft.com> wrote:
> Two things.
> 
> First, I suggest adding something like the following to the INSTALL
> file:
> <<<
> If you have problems installing a new version of the compiler,
> you may find it helpful to either completely remove any existing
> versions of the compiler reachable on your PATH or, less drastically,
> alter your PATH variable so that any existing version of the mercury
> compiler is not accessible for the purposes of installing the new
> version.
> >>>
> I, for one, have never managed a successful install without first
> fixing my PATH.
> 
> I'd also add a clarification
> <<<
> If you use the `--prefix' option to configure, be aware that `mercury'
> is not automatically appended.  That is, `--prefix=/usr/local' will
> put files in /usr/local/bin, /usr/local/lib et cetera, *not*
> /usr/local/mercury/bin, /usr/local/mercury/lib.
> >>>

Both of those sound like good ideas.
Would you like to go ahead and add those snippets to the .INSTALL.in file?

> Second, and I know I've asked this one before and I've forgotten the
> answer *again*, what's the fastest, most painless way to test a
> change made to, say, list.m?

Just copy the modified version of list.m into the same directory as
the test program, and then do `mmc test.m list.m && ./test' or
`mmake test.depend && mmake test && ./test'.

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