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diff --git a/Build/source/README b/Build/source/README index 1f6ccff359b..a6ee005665f 100644 --- a/Build/source/README +++ b/Build/source/README @@ -4,18 +4,24 @@ Public domain. Originally written 2005 by Karl Berry. For a high-level overview of building TeX Live, see http://tug.org/texlive/build.html. In brief: -To configure and make the source tree, run ./Build. -To build (mostly) without optimization, run ./Build --debug. -To make without configuring, run TL_CONFIGURE=true ./Build. +- To configure and make the source tree, run ./Build. + This builds in subdirectory Work/, and installs into subdirectory inst/. + +- To build (mostly) without optimization, run ./Build --debug. + +- If the make fails and you want to rebuild without starting from scratch: + cd Work/whatever/subdir && make + Email tlbuild@tug.org if problems. (Nearly everything the Build script does can be overridden via environment variables; just take a look to see the names.) Many more details about the TL build system, such as configuring to work -on a single program, adding new programs or libraries, recompiling after -fixing problems, etc., are in the doc/tlbuild* document and the sibling -README* files here (which are generated from that document). +on a single program, adding new programs or libraries, documentation +about the many pieces of the system, etc., are in the doc/tlbuild* +document and the sibling README* files here (which are generated from +that document). Build information for some of the platforms. |