[m-rev.] For review: New FAQ entries for installation.

Paul Bone pbone at csse.unimelb.edu.au
Thu Aug 21 21:04:22 AEST 2008


On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 08:05:49PM +1200, Keri Harris wrote:
> On Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:08:31 Paul Bone wrote:
> > Add a new FAQ section 'installation', and create two questions within it.
> >
> > The first question describes a work-around for bugs 66 and 77.
> >
> > The second question describes why the make install process takes a while
> > and directs the user to the Grades section in the User Guide.
> 
> I've always wondered why all the libgrades are compiled during a 'make 
> install' rather than a plain old 'make'. Is there a particular reason for 
> this?

Simply because the mercury compiler built during the 'make' phase is
installed and then used to compile the standard library in the other
grades.


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