From 9aa7a17926ec853618575da1f2222d216e699767 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Boris Kolpackov Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2017 16:42:06 +0200 Subject: Update documentation --- INSTALL.cli | 11 ++++++----- bootstrap.gmake | 4 ++-- 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/INSTALL.cli b/INSTALL.cli index f4f2dfc..d117e28 100644 --- a/INSTALL.cli +++ b/INSTALL.cli @@ -21,9 +21,10 @@ system is self-hosted, which means that unless you have obtained a pre-built binary from somewhere else, you will need to bootstrap it. To accomplish this, we use the \c{bootstrap.sh} shell script (or equivalent batch files for Windows) found in the root directory of the \c{build2} distribution. On -UNIX-like operating systems a GNU \c{make} makefile called \c{bootstrap.gmake} -can also be used with the major advanage over the script being support for -parallel bootstrap (see comments inside the makefile for more information). +UNIX-like operating systems as well as MinGW a GNU \c{make} makefile called +\c{bootstrap.gmake} can also be used with the major advanage over the script +being support for parallel compilation and an out of tree build (see comments +inside the makefile for more information). The following is the recommended sequence of steps: @@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ Alternatively, we can use the \c{bootstrap.gmake} makefile: \ $ cd build2-X.Y.Z -$ make -f bootstrap.gmake CXX=g++ -j 8 +$ make -f bootstrap.gmake -j 8 CXX=g++ $ build2/b-boot --version \ @@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ makefile (but not the script): \ $ mkdir build2-boot -$ make -C build2-boot -f ../build2-X.Y.Z/bootstrap.gmake CXX=g++ -j 8 +$ make -C build2-boot -f ../build2-X.Y.Z/bootstrap.gmake -j 8 CXX=g++ $ build2-boot/build2/b-boot --version \ diff --git a/bootstrap.gmake b/bootstrap.gmake index 055504b..51c6f30 100644 --- a/bootstrap.gmake +++ b/bootstrap.gmake @@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ # license : MIT; see accompanying LICENSE file # This makefile requires GNU make 3.81 or later and can be used to bootstrap -# the build system similar to the bootstrap.sh script. Its main advantage over -# the script is support for parallel bootstrap. +# the build system similar to the bootstrap.sh script. Its main advantages over +# the script are support for parallel compilation and an out of tree build. # # Similar to the script, the makefile expects to find the libbutl/ or # libbutl-*/ directory either in the current directory (build2 root) or one -- cgit v1.1