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| author | Christopher Faylor <me@cgf.cx> | 2002-06-02 10:18:53 +0400 |
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| committer | Christopher Faylor <me@cgf.cx> | 2002-06-02 10:18:53 +0400 |
| commit | afc15fdf4919767b85776b06cd4c0a629098d690 (patch) | |
| tree | bc8934cda45627a02135dfb47cb0201caa115aab /winsup/doc | |
| parent | 6b7cd251c7f03394208d65451ef1bed91905026f (diff) | |
* how-programming.texinfo: Add more words to the "how to build".
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| -rw-r--r-- | winsup/doc/ChangeLog | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | winsup/doc/how-programming.texinfo | 24 |
2 files changed, 21 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/winsup/doc/ChangeLog b/winsup/doc/ChangeLog index 003f3903d..2e76ede2f 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/winsup/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2002-06-02 Christopher Faylor <cgf@redhat.com> + + * how-programming.texinfo: Add more words to the "how to build". + 2002-03-01 Christopher Faylor <cgf@redhat.com> * overview.sgml: Fix 'more more' typo. diff --git a/winsup/doc/how-programming.texinfo b/winsup/doc/how-programming.texinfo index cd5f5c200..aa23b186f 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/how-programming.texinfo +++ b/winsup/doc/how-programming.texinfo @@ -233,11 +233,21 @@ rewriting the runtime library in question from specs... @subsection How do I rebuild the tools on my NT box? -@strong{Note:} You must build in a directory @emph{outside} the source -tree. +Install all required components in one directory (we'll call it /src). +Ideally, you should check out what you need from CVS (@file{http://cygwin.com/cvs.html}) but +otherwise, you can install the appropriate source packages from the +cygwin distribution. -Assuming that you have the src installed as /src, will build in -the directory /obj, and want to install the tools in /install: +As of this writing, you need to install at least the cygwin source +package and the w32api source package. + +It is possible that the cygwin source package may require a newer +version of the w32api package since the release of the packages is +not always in lock step (another reason to just use CVS). + +You @emph{must} build cygwin in a separate directory from the source. +So, create something like a /obj directory. You'll be performing +your build in that directory: @example bash @@ -247,9 +257,9 @@ make > make.log 2>&1 make install > install.log 2>&1 @end example -Normally, this will also attempt to build the documentation, which -additionally requires db2html, and possibly other tools, which are not -included in the Cygwin distribution. You can get db2html as part of +Normally, this procedure will also attempt to build the documentation, +which additionally requires db2html, and possibly other tools, which are +not included in the Cygwin distribution. You can get db2html as part of docbook, from @file{http://sources.redhat.com/docbook-tools/}. To check a cygwin1.dll, run "make check" in the winsup/cygwin directory. |