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diff --git a/manual/install.texi b/manual/install.texi index c62c3481f4..ec00c01489 100644 --- a/manual/install.texi +++ b/manual/install.texi @@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ at the top level of the source tree. In the scenario above, you'd type $ ../glibc-2.1.0/configure @var{args...} @end smallexample +Please note that even if you're building in a separate build directory, +the compiliation needs to modify a few files in the source +directory, especially some files in the manual subdirectory. + @noindent @code{configure} takes many options, but you can get away with knowing only two: @samp{--prefix} and @samp{--enable-add-ons}. The @@ -193,7 +197,11 @@ Instead, edit the generated @file{Makefile} and uncomment the line @noindent You can change the @samp{4} to some other number as appropriate for -your system. +your system. Instead of changing the @file{Makefile}, you could give +this option directly to @code{make} and call it as, e.g. +@code{make PARALLELMFLAGS=-j4}. If you're building in the source +directory, you've got to use the latter approach since in this case no +new @file{Makefile} is generated which you can change. To build and run some test programs which exercise some of the library facilities, type @code{make check}. This should complete successfully; |