2004-01-09 Atsushi Enomoto <atsushi@ximian.com>

[mono.git] / mcs / INSTALL.txt

diff --git a/mcs/INSTALL.txt b/mcs/INSTALL.txt
index 0f663e82cc7c555996adca1ed63c8f6f04ff6498..4a096cba703c1c96af314a1e7102c418e824729d 100644 (file)
--- a/mcs/INSTALL.txt
+++ b/mcs/INSTALL.txt
@@ -14,13 +14,14 @@ Build Process for Users.
 
 If you only want to build a snapshot or a fresh CVS checkout of the
 sources, you should go into the `mono' sibling directory and issue the
-following command:
+make fullbuild command, like this:
 
+         cd ../mono
          ./autogen --prefix=/usr/local
          make fullbuild
 
 That will build and install the code in a single pass.  The
-compilation is bundled with the build due to depedencies on the class
+compilation is bundled with the build due to dependencies on the class
 libraries on the runtime.
 
 Build Features for Developers.
@@ -34,6 +35,13 @@ www.go-mono.com/daily. On Windows, you can just use the
 Microsoft compiler. You also need GNU make to build the software (on
 Windows, you will need for example the Cygwin environment setup).
 
+You can customize your MCS configuration by using:
+
+    ./configure [--prefix=PREFIX] [--profile=PROFILE] 
+
+If you do not run the above, the defaults are /usr/local for the
+prefix, and `default' for the profile.
+
 To build the compiler and class libraries, run:
 
     make
@@ -45,16 +53,27 @@ To install them, run the following:
 
     make install
 
-The default prefix is /usr/local. To change this configuration option type:
-
-    echo prefix=/your-prefix >> build/config.make
-
 If you get "corlib out of sync" errors, try
 
     make PROFILE="atomic"
 
 The difference between the two modes is explained farther down.
 
+Troubleshooting
+===============
+
+Occasionally, something in the compiler or runtime changes enough that
+an existing installation cannot complete a full build from cvs.  In this case,
+go to http://go-mono.com/daily and download a monocharge or monolite tarball.
+Unpack and copy the .dlls to $prefix/lib and .exes to $prefix/bin/.  Then
+you should be able to complete the build normally (i.e. using make fullbuild).
+
+       wget http://go-mono.com/daily/monolite-20031028.tar.gz
+       tar -zxvf monolite-20031028.tar.gz
+       cd monolite-20031028
+       cp *.exe /usr/local/bin/.
+       cp *.dll /usr/local/lib/.
+
 Monocharges
 ===========
 
@@ -97,7 +116,7 @@ rest of your build can proceed.
 
 If you want to always use the atomic profile, run this command:
 
-       echo PROFILE=atomic >> build/config.make
+       ./configure --profile=atomic
 
 More About the Build System
 ===========================