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authorKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2014-05-01 16:21:16 +0000
committerKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2014-05-01 16:21:16 +0000
commitd70f477753c9fe3b147dcc8ec32676a2206aa277 (patch)
tree000c8cef7cc4f52426b2889d442daec45940924d /Build/source/README.5configure
parenta0f2f92d8061cd9861314b924f8caebe6d43f133 (diff)
split building chapter into sections
git-svn-id: svn://tug.org/texlive/trunk@33779 c570f23f-e606-0410-a88d-b1316a301751
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@@ -163,8 +163,17 @@ Do or do not build and install the program(s) of the module 'PROG'.
--------------------------
Do not build any program modules by default--only those explicitly
-enabled. Without this option, all modules are built except those that
-are explicitly disabled or specify 'disable' in their 'ac/withenable.ac'
+enabled. This is useful when one wants to work on only a single
+program, which is specified with an additional '--enable' option, e.g.,
+'--enable-dvipdfm-x'. It's still simplest to check out and configure
+the whole source tree, but at least only the program you are interested
+in, and its dependencies, are built. The 'configure' will generally
+take less than a minute with everything disabled. (It is a good idea to
+run 'make check' after doing this, and after making any changes, to
+ensure that whatever tests have been written still pass.)
+
+ Without this option, all modules are built except those that are
+explicitly disabled or specify 'disable' in their 'ac/withenable.ac'
fragment.
7.2.3 Configure options for 'texk/web2c'
@@ -251,10 +260,12 @@ libraries).
The former modules 'dvipdfmx' (extended DVI to PDF converter) and
'xdvipdfmx' (the same, as used by XeTeX) have been merged into
-'dvipdfm-x'.
+'dvipdfm-x' at the source level. Two separate binaries are still
+created by default. In addition, 'dvipdfm' is created as a symlink to
+'dvipdfmx', with backward-compatible (very slightly different) behavior.
'--disable-dvipdfmx'
-Do not build the 'dvipdfmx' program.
+Do not build the 'dvipdfmx' program or create the 'dvipdfm' symlink.
'--disable-xdvipdfmx'
Do not build the 'xdvipdfmx' program (building 'xdvipdfmx' requires the