X-Git-Url: http://git.hcoop.net/hcoop/mlt.git/blobdiff_plain/400fbdd82bbe0a6a75184398f9c41aaf462c8d15..eb3c2c898389cd99030a60a95a421b5ab5db18ad:/BUILDING?pf=hcoop diff --git a/BUILDING b/BUILDING index 2c9a6a7..298ede8 100644 --- a/BUILDING +++ b/BUILDING @@ -15,29 +15,23 @@ Configuration Modify the parameters in settings as appropriate for your system. -If it is possible for you to modify a file /etc/mlt.conf, then you can -edit this file to set various options related to locations of -important files on your file system. In particular, you may want to -set the 'compiler', 'lib', and 'sml' options (documented in the -manual) if you have SML/NJ installed somewhere besides /usr/local/sml -or the mlt src directory somewhere besides /usr/local/share/mlt/src. -If you can't modify /etc/mlt.conf, then you can change the DEFAULT -option in settings to a different path, or you can leave it as is and -provide all configuration in the local mlt.conf file for each project. - -These changes may be made for you by a fancy configuration program in -a future release. +These settings may be determined for you autotmatically by a fancy +configuration program in a future release. ======== Building ======== -All sources may be built by running the build script in this +All sources may be built by running the 'build' script in this directory. It does a clean re-build of all source files and stabilizes all libraries produced. The build script is not appropriate for use during development. Use the standard SML/NJ CM mechanisms if you are changing the code and don't want to recompile everything each time. +The 'install' script installs the 'mlt' program to the BINDIR +specified in settings. You can also copy the generated mlt.conf file to +/etc or wherever else you specified for the DEFAULT setting. + [There is probably a better way to do this, but I haven't figured one out yet.]