From dbb20365198bd171aec9035c9108b310c5f0d82d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Klaus Aehlig Date: Mon, 15 May 2023 10:23:32 +0200 Subject: Install instructions: describe package building of just-mr ... using the repository and build configuration written out by the bootstrap process. --- INSTALL.md | 11 +++++++++-- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'INSTALL.md') diff --git a/INSTALL.md b/INSTALL.md index d8f10593..e9da7f59 100644 --- a/INSTALL.md +++ b/INSTALL.md @@ -135,5 +135,12 @@ into an appropriate location in `PATH`. There is also a compiled version of `just-mr`, which is faster, works in parallel, and has additional features. It can be obtained -by building the target `["", "installed just-mr"]` using the -bootstrapped `just` and the Python3 script `bin/just-mr.py`. +by building the target `["", "installed just-mr"]`. That target +can be built using the bootstrapped `just` and the Python3 script +`bin/just-mr.py`. Alternatively, the bootstrapping process leaves +in its work directory a file `repo-conf.json` with the repository +configuration and a file `build-conf.json` with the build configuration +used. Those can be used to build `just-mr` using the bootstrapped +`just`. This approach is preferable for package building, as the +same dependencies (typically the ones provided by the system) are +used as for building `just. -- cgit v1.2.3