Updated Changelog (Removed old file- TlsSessionState.cs)

[mono.git] / mcs / INSTALL.txt

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+++ b/mcs/INSTALL.txt
@@ -1,26 +1,56 @@
 Basic Installation
 ==================
 
-The Mono project has developed mono, an x86-specific CL JIT compiler and
-mint, a portable CLI interpreter. The build process of each of these
-depends on nothing more than a C compiler, glib2 and libgc.
+The Mono project has developed mono, a CLI runtime. The build process
+of each of these depends on nothing more than a C compiler and glib2.
 
 However, to provide a working runtime environment, these programs must
-be supplemented by corlib, a CLR assembly to which they are closely
-tied. This package provides the C# sources for corlib as well as some
-additional assemblies and mcs, the Mono C# compiler.
-
-Building MCS
-============
+be supplemented by the class libraries, which are written in C#.  This
+package contains the components written in C#: class libraries,
+compilers and tools.
+
+*********************************************************************
+*                                                                   *
+*                            NOTICE                                 *
+*                                                                   *
+*      Unless you are developing the class libraries, you should   *
+*      not need to do any build steps in this directory.           *
+*                                                                   *
+*       Go to ../mono and read the README file to compile and       *
+*       install.                                                    *
+*                                                                   *
+*********************************************************************
+
+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
+make fullbuild command, like this:
+
+         cd ../mono
+         ./autogen.sh --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 dependencies on the class
+libraries on the runtime.
+
+Build Features for Developers of Mono.
+======================================
 
 These instructions apply to both Linux and Windows. To build this
 package, you must already have a C# compiler installed.  This means
 that to build on Linux, you need to get a distribution of the MCS
-binaries; these are called monocharges. See README.building for
-information on where to get them. On Windows, you can just use the
+binaries; these are called monocharges. They can be found at
+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
@@ -32,16 +62,27 @@ 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
 ===========
 
@@ -84,7 +125,7 @@ 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
 ===========================