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Author SHA1 Message Date
Zoltan Somogyi
a4e38f8aed Change version number to 0.6 alpha
Estimated hours taken: 0.1

INSTALL, README, configure.in:
	Change version number to 0.6 alpha

configure.in:
	Fix a bug with respect to the number of registers on alphas.

NEWS:
	Add a few more notes, bout getopt and new options.
1996-03-25 04:15:28 +00:00
Fergus Henderson
c153f8431a Following Zoltan's suggestion, name the --split-c-files version of things
Estimated hours taken: 0.25

Following Zoltan's suggestion, name the --split-c-files version of things
`foo.split' not `foo.opt'.

mercury/Mmake:
	Rename rule install_opt_library as install_split_library.

mercury/INSTALL:
	Update the instructions to use "split", not "opt(imized)".
1996-03-16 15:05:27 +00:00
Fergus Henderson
af0464fe60 Add documentation on how to install a version of the libraries
Estimated hours taken: 0.25

INSTALL:
	Add documentation on how to install a version of the libraries
	compiled with `--split-c-files'.
1996-03-11 15:02:27 +00:00
Fergus Henderson
9b2e10329e Update the documentation to reflect the fact that the output
Estimated hours taken: 0.5

INSTALL:
	Update the documentation to reflect the fact that the output
	of each installation step is saved in log files.
1996-03-03 22:25:22 +00:00
Fergus Henderson
16e01dafea Update the version number from 0.5-beta to 0.5 in preparation for the
Estimated hours taken: 0.25

Update the version number from 0.5-beta to 0.5 in preparation for the
release.
1996-02-04 12:48:38 +00:00
Fergus Henderson
078c568646 Add instructions for uninstalling.
INSTALL:
	Add instructions for uninstalling.
1995-10-07 15:05:48 +00:00
Fergus Henderson
2871e0effe We require GNU Make 3.69 or greater.
INSTALL, RELEASE_NOTES:
	We require GNU Make 3.69 or greater.
	(I got a report from one of our users that he had
	trouble using 3.68.)
1995-10-06 07:14:33 +00:00
Fergus Henderson
6cc893160b Add a few more comments on the time it takes to install,
INSTALL:
	Add a few more comments on the time it takes to install,
	and on finding the documentation.
1995-10-02 10:53:18 +00:00
Fergus Henderson
0a2b5bae23 Remove the advice suggesting people try to get shared libraries
INSTALL:
	Remove the advice suggesting people try to get shared libraries
	working by themselves.  This won't work if the GC doesn't
	support shared libraries on the system.
1995-09-11 04:49:29 +00:00
Fergus Henderson
b866ba07f2 Fix the documentation to reflect the fact that the default
mercury/INSTALL:
	Fix the documentation to reflect the fact that the default
	installation directory is now /usr/local/mercury-<version>,
	not /usr/local.
1995-09-09 00:22:50 +00:00
Fergus Henderson
457639eb00 Don't do make install' if make' fails.
INSTALL:
	Don't do `make install' if `make' fails.
1995-09-09 00:09:44 +00:00
Fergus Henderson
d19b760cac Update obsolete comment. 1995-08-04 01:07:20 +00:00
Fergus Henderson
83f485a2e0 Embed the `hello world' Mercury program in the configure
configure.in:
	Embed the `hello world' Mercury program in the configure
	script rather than compiling the one in the samples directory.
	Add support for shared libraries on i386-*-freebsd*.

Makefile:
	Add a Makefile which basically just forwards the work to Mmake.
	This is just to make the installation sequence more standard.

INSTALL:
	Modify the instructions so that they use `make' rather than `mmake'.

Mmake:
	Make the `mmake clean' rule remove `config.log' and `config.status'.
	Pass MMAKE_DIR rather than passing both MMAKE_VARS and MMAKE_RULES.
1995-07-30 16:30:07 +00:00
Fergus Henderson
6fba4eaa81 Mention that we require GCC >= 2.6.3.
INSTALL:
	Mention that we require GCC >= 2.6.3.
1995-07-18 06:52:03 +00:00
Fergus Henderson
8b11d86183 Add some notes on fine-tuning the installation.
mercury/INSTALL:
	Add some notes on fine-tuning the installation.
1995-07-10 15:09:58 +00:00
Fergus Henderson
f9763cfda5 Minor changes to the installation instructions.
INSTALL:
	Minor changes to the installation instructions.
1995-05-30 16:30:47 +00:00
Fergus Henderson
54b6f99624 Update the installation instructions now that we're using autoconf. 1995-05-12 21:26:43 +00:00
Fergus Henderson
de9a8c4b35 Fix bug found by one of the beta-testers.
INSTALL:
	Fix bug found by one of the beta-testers.
1995-04-22 13:12:40 +00:00
Fergus Henderson
0bc2bbbbb0 Touch Mmake.params, as suggested by Wojtek.
INSTALL, INSTALL_CVS:
	Touch Mmake.params, as suggested by Wojtek.
1995-04-12 08:45:54 +00:00
Fergus Henderson
cf7bbe7191 Improve the instructions. Say how to do a parallel make.
INSTALL:
	Improve the instructions.  Say how to do a parallel make.

INSTALL_CVS:
	Add a version of INSTALL for people installing from the CVS
	archive rather than the distribution.  (Bug reports for this
	are welcome.)
1995-03-28 14:48:54 +00:00
Fergus Henderson
0b4c8ca736 Minor changes.
INSTALL, README:
	Minor changes.
1995-03-26 14:27:56 +00:00
Fergus Henderson
00d760a688 Revise the installation instructions (again).
mercury/INSTALL
	Revise the installation instructions (again).
1995-03-18 17:41:16 +00:00
Fergus Henderson
a72bdc5f65 Revise the installation instructions.
mercury/INSTALL:
	Revise the installation instructions.
1995-03-18 12:25:38 +00:00
Fergus Henderson
70dcfadc0c A couple of fixes to get bootstrapping to work.
INSTALL, Makefile.common:
	A couple of fixes to get bootstrapping to work.

Makefile.common:
	Ensure that the installation directories are created if they don't
	exist.
1994-08-19 09:24:41 +00:00
Fergus Henderson
036d450dd5 Add a short comment saying that you need to run make install_scripts.
INSTALL:
	Add a short comment saying that you need to run make install_scripts.
	Renumber the sections.
1994-08-18 06:07:53 +00:00
Fergus Henderson
495be754d2 Change the installation instructions from a verbal list
INSTALL:
	Change the installation instructions from a verbal list
	of commands to a shell script.
1994-06-29 16:34:48 +00:00
Fergus Henderson
1f16fbdebd Add some more explanations to the INSTALL file.
INSTALL:
	Add some more explanations to the INSTALL file.
	(Please read that file, folks.)
1994-06-24 18:37:32 +00:00
Fergus Henderson
e7fe374ef0 A minor modification to the installation instructions:
INSTALL:
	A minor modification to the installation instructions:
	we assume that the system gets distributed with a `Makefile',
	otherwise users of ordinary make will get stuck.
1994-06-21 18:34:35 +00:00
Fergus Henderson
0199a698f3 Added some simple installation instructions.
INSTALL:
	Added some simple installation instructions.
1994-06-21 18:12:39 +00:00