[m-rev.] for review: Add a note about bootstrapping to the bottom of the downloads page.

Julien Fischer jfischer at opturion.com
Wed Apr 17 11:59:34 AEST 2013


On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 11:56 AM, Paul Bone <paul at bone.id.au> wrote:
> Add a note about bootstrapping to the bottom of the
>
> include/download.inc:
>     As above.
> ---
>  include/download.inc | 10 ++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/include/download.inc b/include/download.inc
> index a4c751a..a4d894d 100644
> --- a/include/download.inc
> +++ b/include/download.inc
> @@ -90,3 +90,13 @@ via github at
>  https://github.com/Mercury-Language</a>.
>  </p>
>
> +<p>
> +Note that you need Mercury installed in order to build Mercury from git.
> +In other words,
> +you must bootstrap using one of the source distributions above,
> +usually a recent release of the day is required for compatibility.

I would change the last bit to say that if you building the latest
revision from git
you should use the latest version of the source distribution; while
older unstable
rotds may work, there is no guarantee that they will.

Cheers,
Julien.



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