From f76d7052fa11a71939f658af7ac69bb8d0c732df Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ulrich Drepper Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1999 14:02:38 +0000 Subject: Update. 1999-04-03 Andreas Jaeger * manual/install.texi (Configuring and compiling): Explain that files are changed in the source directory. Closes PR libc/981. (Configuring and compiling): Explain situation with PARALLELMFLAGS in the source directory. 1999-04-24 Andreas Schwab * locale/programs/ld-ctype.c: Spelling fixes. (ctype_finish): Fix argument of error message format. * locale/programs/ld-messages.c: Spelling fixes. * locale/programs/ld-monetary.c: Spelling fixes. * locale/programs/ld-time.c (time_finish): Make sure that name and format of era_entries are adjacent. (time_output): Reduce the size of the io vector. 1999-04-25 Andreas Schwab * manual/filesys.texi (Attribute Meanings): Move a misplaced paragraph. 1999-04-23 Andreas Schwab * locale/programs/ld-collate.c (collate_output): Convert undefined_offset to an array index. Fix computation of other endian extra table. --- manual/install.texi | 10 +++++++++- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'manual/install.texi') 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; -- cgit 1.4.1