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diff --git a/INSTALL.md b/INSTALL.md index 1061c5187a..8a3b71e4ec 100644 --- a/INSTALL.md +++ b/INSTALL.md @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ on Unix. For detailed instructions on how to Binary releases for Windows can be found at <http://www.erlang.org/download.html>. -Before reading the above mensioned documents you are in any case advised to +Before reading the above mentioned documents you are in any case advised to read this document first, since it covers building Erlang/OTP in general as well as other important information. @@ -273,12 +273,6 @@ Some of the available `configure` options are: * `--with-ssl=PATH` - Specify location of OpenSSL include and lib * `--{with,without}-ssl` - OpenSSL (without implies that the `crypto`, `ssh`, and `ssl` won't be built) -* `--enable-ethread-pre-pentium4-compatibility` - Enable compatibility with - x86 processors before pentium 4 (back to 486) in the ethread library. If - not passed the ethread library (part of the runtime system) will use - instructions that first appeared on the pentium 4 processor when building - for x86. This option will be automatically enabled if required on the - build machine. * `--with-libatomic_ops=PATH` - Use the `libatomic_ops` library for atomic memory accesses. If `configure` should inform you about no native atomic implementation available, you typically want to try using the @@ -424,7 +418,7 @@ as before, but the build process will take a much longer time. ### Building in Git ### When building in a Git working directory you also have to have a GNU `autoconf` -of at least version 2.59 on your system. This since you need to generate the +of at least version 2.59 on your system, because you need to generate the `configure` scripts before you can start building. The `configure` scripts are generated by invoking `./otp_build autoconf` in @@ -436,7 +430,7 @@ when checking out a branch. Regenerated `configure` scripts imply that you have to run `configure` and build again. > *NOTE*: Running `./otp_build autoconf` is **not** needed when building -> an unmodified version the released source. +> an unmodified version of the released source. Other useful information can be found at our github wiki: <http://wiki.github.com/erlang/otp> @@ -726,7 +720,7 @@ Copyright and License %CopyrightBegin% -Copyright Ericsson AB 1998-2010. All Rights Reserved. +Copyright Ericsson AB 1998-2011. All Rights Reserved. The contents of this file are subject to the Erlang Public License, Version 1.1, (the "License"); you may not use this file except in |