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diff --git a/xcomp/README.md b/xcomp/README.md index bc2696c046..9f638f46d7 100644 --- a/xcomp/README.md +++ b/xcomp/README.md @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ compile Erlang/OTP. Before reading this document you should read the general. `$ERL_TOP` is the top directory in the source tree. `otp_build` Versus `configure`/`make` ------------------------------------- +------------------------------------- Building Erlang/OTP can be done either by using the `$ERL_TOP/otp_build` script, or by invoking `$ERL_TOP/configure` and `make` directly. Building using @@ -111,6 +111,13 @@ has to be provided in the `$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 `$PATH` before cross building, and building the documentation. See +[`$ERL_TOP/INSTALL.md`] [1] for information on building the documentation. + If you want to build using a compatible Erlang/OTP system in the `$PATH`, jump to (3). |