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diff --git a/manual/install.texi b/manual/install.texi index e1d20868a6..3313bf0f38 100644 --- a/manual/install.texi +++ b/manual/install.texi @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ @menu * Tools for Installation:: We recommend using these tools to build. * Supported Configurations:: What systems the GNU C library runs on. +* Tips for Installation:: Useful hints for the installation. * Reporting Bugs:: How to report bugs (if you want to get them fixed) and other troubles you may have with the GNU C library. @@ -325,6 +326,39 @@ sun4-solaris2.@var{n} sun4-sunos5.@var{n} sun4-sunos4.@var{n} sun4 @end smallexample +@node Tips for Installation +@appendixsec Useful hints for the installation + +There are a some more or less obvious methods one should know when +compiling GNU libc: + +@itemize @bullet +@item +Better never compile in the source directory. Create a new directory +and run the @file{configure} from there. Everything should happen +automagically. + +@item +You can use the @code{-j} option of GNU make by changing the line +specifying @code{PARALLELMAKE} in the Makefile generated during the +configuration. + +It is not useful to start the @code{make} process using the @code{-j} +option since this option is not propagated down to the sub-@code{make}s. + +@item +If you made some changes after a complete build and only want to check +these changes run @code{make} while specifying the list of subdirs it +has to visit. + +@smallexample +make subdirs="nss elf" +@end smallexample + +The above build run will only visit the subdirectories @file{nss} and +@file{elf}. Beside this it updates the @file{libc} files itself. +@end itemize + @node Reporting Bugs @appendixsec Reporting Bugs @cindex reporting bugs |