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| author | Rickard Green <rickard@erlang.org> | 2010-02-18 02:31:31 +0000 |
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| committer | Erlang/OTP <otp@erlang.org> | 2010-02-18 02:31:31 +0000 |
| commit | 40851255dcb18095b453ea175faacccbc7bed3e6 (patch) | |
| tree | d8f259f04ab542c071e4b5e28cdd5d3bc3a59399 /xcomp/README.md | |
| parent | 69e8c2539ae9232cbd017f4c50d7686d57c863e3 (diff) | |
| download | erlang-40851255dcb18095b453ea175faacccbc7bed3e6.tar.gz | |
OTP-8449 Documentation improvements.
The most important "readme" files now use Markdown notation. HTML
versions of these files are now also automatically generated and
included in the HTML documentation.
- Building and Installing Erlang/OTP - $ERL_TOP/INSTALL.md
(previously known as $ERL_TOP/README).
- Cross Compiling Erlang/OTP - $ERL_TOP/INSTALL-CROSS.md.
- How to Build Erlang/OTP on Windows - $ERL_TOP/INSTALL-WIN32.md
(previously known as $ERL_TOP/README.win32).
Diffstat (limited to 'xcomp/README.md')
| -rw-r--r-- | xcomp/README.md | 9 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/xcomp/README.md b/xcomp/README.md index bc2696c046..9f638f46d7 100644 --- a/xcomp/README.md +++ b/xcomp/README.md @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ compile Erlang/OTP. Before reading this document you should read the general. `$ERL_TOP` is the top directory in the source tree. `otp_build` Versus `configure`/`make` ------------------------------------- +------------------------------------- Building Erlang/OTP can be done either by using the `$ERL_TOP/otp_build` script, or by invoking `$ERL_TOP/configure` and `make` directly. Building using @@ -111,6 +111,13 @@ has to be provided in the `$PATH`. The Erlang/OTP for the target system will be built using this Erlang system, together with the cross compilation tools provided. +If you want to build the documentation out of the same source tree as you are +cross compiling in, you currently need a full Erlang/OTP system of the same +release as the one being built for the build machine. If this is the case, +build and install one for the build machine (or use one already built) and add +it to the `$PATH` before cross building, and building the documentation. See +[`$ERL_TOP/INSTALL.md`] [1] for information on building the documentation. + If you want to build using a compatible Erlang/OTP system in the `$PATH`, jump to (3). |