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author | K. Richard Pixley <rich@cygnus> | 1991-05-04 00:57:57 +0000 |
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committer | K. Richard Pixley <rich@cygnus> | 1991-05-04 00:57:57 +0000 |
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John's suggestions.
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diff --git a/README.configure b/README.configure index 859aee0..b015966 100755 --- a/README.configure +++ b/README.configure @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ On Configuring Development Tools - Last Mod Mon Apr 15 10:25:59 PDT 1991, by rich@sendai + Last Mod Fri May 3 13:02:35 PDT 1991, by rich@sendai INTRO @@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ Host Environments: calculator to compile on a SparcStation, we might configure for host sun4. With our configuration system: - cd desk-calculator ; configure sun4 + cd desk-calculator ; ./configure sun4 does the trick. "configure" is a shell script that sets up Makefiles, subdirectories, and symbolic links appropriate for @@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ Host Environments: compiler on the sun4 to build a program intended to be run on a sun3, we would configure the source for sun3. - cd desk-calculator ; configure sun3 + cd desk-calculator ; ./configure sun3 The fact that we are actually building the program on a sun4 makes no difference if the sun3 cross compiler presents an environment @@ -101,18 +101,18 @@ Configuration Time Options: notation or postfix as a configuration option. For a sun3, chosing infix might be: - configure sun3 +notation=infix + ./configure sun3 +notation=infix while a sun4 with postfix might be: - configure sun4 +notation=postfix + ./configure sun4 +notation=postfix If we wanted to build both at the same time, in the same directory structure, the intermediate pieces used in the build process must be kept separate. - configure sun4 +forcesubdirs +notation=postfix - configure sun3 +forcesubdirs +notation=infix + ./configure sun4 +forcesubdirs +notation=postfix + ./configure sun3 +forcesubdirs +notation=infix will create subdirectories for the intermediate pieces of the sun4 and sun3 configurations. This is necessary as previous systems @@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ Configuration Time Options: You can elect to change $(destdir) only as a configuration time option. - configure sun4 +notation=postfix +destdir=/local + ./configure sun4 +notation=postfix +destdir=/local Will configure the source such that: @@ -164,8 +164,8 @@ SPECIFICS The GNU Development Tools can be built on a wide variety of hosts. So, of course, they must be configured. Like the last example, - configure sun4 +destdir=/local - configure sun3 +destdir=/local + ./configure sun4 +destdir=/local + ./configure sun3 +destdir=/local will configure the source to be built in subdirectories, in order to keep the intermediate pieces separate, and to be installed in @@ -211,14 +211,14 @@ BUILDING DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENTS The development environment produced, is a configuration time option, just like $(destdir). - configure sun4 +destdir=/local +target=sun3 - configure sun3 +destdir=/local +target=sun4 + ./configure sun4 +destdir=/local +target=sun3 + ./configure sun3 +destdir=/local +target=sun4 In this example, like before, we create two configurations. The first is intended to be built in a sun4 environment, in - subdirectories, to be installed in /local. The second is also - intended to be build in a sun4 environment, in subdirectories, to - be installed in /local. + subdirectories, to be installed in /local. The second is intended + to be build in a sun3 environment, in subdirectories, to be + installed in /local. Unlike the previous example, the first configuration will produce a sun3 development environment, perhaps even suitable for building @@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ Native Development Environments: machine. The process of using a native development environment to build native programs is called a "native" build. - configure sun4 + ./configure sun4 Will configure this source such that when built in a sun4 development environment, with a development environment that @@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ Emulation Environments: The Cygnus Support Release of the GNU Development Tools can be configured for one such emulation at this time. - configure sun4 +ansi + ./configure sun4 +ansi will configure the source such that when built in a sun4 development environment the resulting development environment is @@ -378,11 +378,11 @@ Emulation Environments: Simple Cross Environments: - configure sun4 +target=a29k + ./configure sun4 +target=a29k will configure the tools such that when compiled in a sun4 development environment the resulting development environment can - be used to create programs intended for a sun3. Again, this does + be used to create programs intended for an a29k. Again, this does not necessarily mean that the new development environment can be run on a sun4. That would depend on the development environment used to build these tools. @@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ Simple Cross Environments: Crossing Into Targets: - configure a29k +target=a29k + ./configure a29k +target=a29k will configure the tools such that when compiled in an a29k development environment, the resulting development environment can @@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ Crossing Into Targets: sun4 environment. If you happen to have an a29k lying around, you could now use - this fresh development environment on the a29k to three stage + this fresh development environment on the a29k to three-stage these tools all over again. This process would look just like it did when we built the native sun4 development environment because we would be building another native development environment, this @@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ The Three Party Cross: Most of the other permutations do exist in some form, but only one more is interesting to the current discussion. - configure a29k +target=sun3 + ./configure a29k +target=sun3 will configure the tools such that when compiled in an a29k development environment, the resulting development environment can @@ -580,6 +580,6 @@ may not exist. If fragments This will configure the configure scripts themselves, recursively if appropriate. -* "configure -srcdir=foo" is not supported yet. At the moment, things +* "./configure -srcdir=foo" is not supported yet. At the moment, things will probably be configured correctly only for leaf directories, and even they will not have paths to libraries set properly. |