~ chicken-core (chicken-5) 4f125f7a6ed2f72218064876a5004831903974c5
commit 4f125f7a6ed2f72218064876a5004831903974c5
Author: felix <felix@call-with-current-continuation.org>
AuthorDate: Wed Mar 10 09:10:46 2010 +0100
Commit: felix <felix@call-with-current-continuation.org>
CommitDate: Wed Mar 10 09:10:46 2010 +0100
changed instructions for bootstrapping in README
diff --git a/README b/README
index ab1806ef..cef06cc4 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -76,16 +76,12 @@
"make" invocation to override this setting. "CHICKEN" defaults
to "$PREFIX/bin/chicken".
- If you do not have a "chicken" binary installed, enter
+ If you do not have a "chicken" binary installed, you will have
+ to obtain a "bootstrapping" compiler, which can either be
+ built from a release tarball or by using a precompiled and
+ statically linked compiler binary from here:
- make PLATFORM=<platform> PREFIX=<destination> bootstrap
-
- which will copy precompiled C sources into the build-directory
- that are recent enough to generate the current version. After
- building a statically linked compiler executable (named
- "chicken-boot") all *.scm files are marked for rebuild. By
- passing "CHICKEN=./chicken-boot" to "make", you can force
- using this bootstrapped compiler to build the system.
+ http://chicken.wiki.br/chicken-projects/bootstrap/
If CHICKEN is build successfully, you can install it on your
system by entering
Trap