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1 | =================== |
2 | System requirements | |
3 | =================== | |
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dca24e57 | 5 | Compiling the mlt tool requires a "working version" of SML/NJ. It's |
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6 | best to use version 110.49 or later. Earlier versions have |
7 | incompatibilities, bugs, or both. You may have problems with any | |
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8 | version whatsoever, though, since this stuff uses some SML/NJ compiler |
9 | internals, and they may change often. | |
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12 | ============= | |
13 | Configuration | |
14 | ============= | |
15 | ||
16 | If it is possible for you to modify a file /etc/mlt.conf, then you | |
17 | can edit this file to set various options related to locations of | |
18 | important files on your file system. In particular, you may want to | |
19 | set the 'compiler', 'lib', and 'sml' options (documented in the | |
20 | manual) if you have SML/NJ installed somewhere besides /usr/local/sml | |
21 | or the mlt src directory somewhere besides /usr/local/share/mlt/src. | |
22 | If you can't modify /etc/mlt.conf, then you can change the first | |
23 | variable definition in src/config.sml to a different path, or you can | |
24 | leave it as is and provide all configuration in the local mlt.conf | |
25 | file for each project. | |
26 | ||
27 | You should also edit the paths in the simple install script in this | |
28 | directory if you want to install system-wide binaries and scripts to | |
29 | somewhere besides /usr/local/bin. | |
30 | ||
31 | These changes may be made for you by a fancy configuration program in | |
32 | a future release. | |
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34 | ||
35 | ======== | |
36 | Building | |
37 | ======== | |
38 | ||
39 | All sources may be built by running the build script in this | |
40 | directory. It does a clean re-build of all source files and stabilizes | |
41 | all libraries produced. The build script is not appropriate for use | |
42 | during development. Use the standard SML/NJ CM mechanisms if you are | |
43 | changing the code and don't want to recompile everything each time. | |
44 | ||
45 | [There is probably a better way to do this, but I haven't figured one | |
46 | out yet.] |