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authorRickard Green <[email protected]>2014-02-21 11:34:48 +0100
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Merge branch 'rickard/doc-build/OTP-11713'
* rickard/doc-build/OTP-11713: Build documentation with bootstrap system
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@@ -103,14 +103,6 @@ has to be provided in the `$PATH`. The Erlang/OTP for the target system will
be built using this Erlang system, together with the cross compilation tools
provided.
-If you want to build the documentation out of the same source tree as you are
-cross compiling in, you currently need a full Erlang/OTP system of the same
-release as the one being built for the build machine. If this is the case,
-build and install one for the build machine (or use one already built) and add
-it to the `$PATH` before cross building, and building the documentation. See
-the [How to Build the Documentation][] section in the [$ERL_TOP/HOWTO/INSTALL.md][]
-document for information on how to build the documentation.
-
If you want to build using a compatible Erlang/OTP system in the `$PATH`,
jump to (3).
@@ -284,6 +276,14 @@ and then do the cross build of the system.
`otp_build release -a` will do the same as (5), and you will after this have
to do a manual install either by doing (6), or (7).
+Building and Installing the Documentation
+-----------------------------------------
+
+After the system has been cross built you can build and install the
+documentation the same way as after a native build of the system. See the
+[How to Build the Documentation][] section in the [$ERL_TOP/HOWTO/INSTALL.md][]
+document for information on how to build the documentation.
+
Testing the cross compiled system
---------------------------------
Some of the tests that come with erlang use native code to test. This means