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authorKen Raeburn <raeburn@mit.edu>2005-01-03 20:29:58 +0000
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* build.texinfo (The util Directory): Add the new support library.
(Installing the Binaries): Discuss parallel builds under GNU make. git-svn-id: svn://anonsvn.mit.edu/krb5/trunk@16990 dc483132-0cff-0310-8789-dd5450dbe970
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2005-01-03 Ken Raeburn <raeburn@mit.edu>
+ * build.texinfo (The util Directory): Add the new support
+ library.
+ (Installing the Binaries): Discuss parallel builds under GNU
+ make.
+
* implementor.texinfo (Host Address Lookup): Document Mac OS X
issues.
diff --git a/doc/build.texinfo b/doc/build.texinfo
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--- a/doc/build.texinfo
+++ b/doc/build.texinfo
@@ -212,7 +212,8 @@ functions which parse the Kerberos configuration files (@code{krb5.conf}
and @code{kdc.conf}). Also in this directory are the Kerberos error table
library and utilities (@i{et}), the Sub-system library and utilities
(@i{ss}), database utilities (@i{db2}), pseudo-terminal utilities
-(@i{pty}), and bug-reporting program @code{send-pr}.
+(@i{pty}), bug-reporting program @code{send-pr}, and a generic
+support library @code{support} used by several of our other libraries.
@node Build Requirements, Unpacking the Sources, Organization of the Source Directory, Building Kerberos V5
@section Build Requirements
@@ -233,6 +234,8 @@ will need a @samp{make} program which supports @samp{VPATH}, or
you will need to use a tool such as @samp{lndir} to produce a symbolic
link tree for your build tree.
+@c Library support...
+
@node Unpacking the Sources, Doing the Build, Build Requirements, Building Kerberos V5
@section Unpacking the Sources
@@ -367,6 +370,11 @@ libraries into @code{DESTDIR/PREFIX/lib}, etc.
Note that if you want to test the build (see @ref{Testing the Build}),
you usually do not need to do a @code{make install} first.
+Some implementations of @samp{make} allow multiple commands to be run in
+parallel, for faster builds. We test our Makefiles in parallel builds with
+GNU @same{make} only; they may not be compatible with other parallel build
+implementations.
+
@node Testing the Build, Options to Configure, Installing the Binaries, Building Kerberos V5
@section Testing the Build