From e2403327e9913bbcbd515f9c38b8f4e26fb9b0d9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Smith Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1998 20:54:47 +0000 Subject: GNU make release 3.77. --- README.DOS.template | 25 ++++++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) (limited to 'README.DOS.template') diff --git a/README.DOS.template b/README.DOS.template index 065c239..6372437 100644 --- a/README.DOS.template +++ b/README.DOS.template @@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ To build: if you use PKUNZIP). If you build Make on Windows 95, use an unzip program that supports long filenames in zip files. + If you are unpacking an official GNU source distribution, use + either DJTAR (which is part of the DJGPP development + environment), or the DJGPP port of GNU Tar. + 2. Invoke the `configure.bat' batch file. If you are building Make in-place, i.e. in the same directory @@ -44,7 +48,7 @@ To build: [Enter]. Otherwise, you need to supply the path to the source directory as an argument to the batch file, like this: - configure.bat c:/djgpp/gnu/make-3.76 + configure.bat c:/djgpp/gnu/make-%VERSION% Note the forward slashes: you MUST use them here. @@ -65,7 +69,7 @@ To build: If you are building from outside of the source directory, you need to tell Make where the sources are, like this: - make srcdir=c:/djgpp/gnu/make-3.76 + make srcdir=c:/djgpp/gnu/make-%VERSION% (configure.bat will tell you this when it finishes). You MUST use a full, not relative, name of the source directory here, or @@ -73,8 +77,8 @@ To build: 6. After Make finishes, if you have a Unix-style shell installed, you can use the `install' target to install the package. You - will also need GNU Fileutils and GNU Sh-utils for this (they - should be available from the DJGPP sites). + will also need GNU Fileutils and GNU Sed for this (they should + be available from the DJGPP sites). Without a Unix-style shell, you will have to install programs and the docs manually. Copy make.exe to a directory on your @@ -82,7 +86,7 @@ To build: file `dir' in your Info directory by adding the following item to the main menu: - * GNU make: (make.info). The GNU make utility. + * Make: (make.info). The GNU make utility. If you have the `install-info' program (from the GNU Texinfo package), it will do that for you if you invoke it like this: @@ -92,8 +96,8 @@ To build: (If your Info directory is other than C:\DJGPP\INFO, change this command accordingly.) - 7. The `clean' targets also require Unix-style shell and `test' and - `rm' programs (from Fileutils and Sh-utils, accordingly). + 7. The `clean' targets also require Unix-style shell, and GNU Sed + and `rm' programs (the latter from Fileutils). @@ -240,8 +244,7 @@ Notes: doesn't include characters illegal on MSDOS FAT filesystems, will be automatically down-cased.) User reports that I have indicate that this default behavior is generally what you'd - expect; however, since support for long filenames in the DJGPP - port of GNU Make is relatively new, your input is most welcome. + expect; however, your input is most welcome. In any case, if you hit a situation where you must force Make to get the 8+3 DOS filenames in upper case, set FNCASE=y in the @@ -283,8 +286,8 @@ Bug reports: reported first on the comp.os.msdos.djgpp news group (if you cannot post to Usenet groups, write to the DJGPP mailing list, , which is an email gateway into the above news - group). For other bugs, please follow the the procedure explained - in the "Bugs" chapter of the Info docs. If you don't have an Info + group). For other bugs, please follow the procedure explained in + the "Bugs" chapter of the Info docs. If you don't have an Info reader, look up that chapter in the `make.i1' file with any text browser/editor. -- cgit v1.2.3