From 2da6fa852d23c196c65bd24eacfe01f1f232e8df Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matthew Flatt Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2007 05:00:36 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] clarifications on changing the values of --prefix svn: r5898 --- src/README | 10 ++++++---- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/README b/src/README index 74b6ec9297..cf17222636 100644 --- a/src/README +++ b/src/README @@ -171,10 +171,12 @@ the Unix instructions below, but note the following: If the installation fails because the target directory cannot be created, or because the target directory is not the one you - wanted, then you can run `configure' again with a new --prefix - value, then try step 3 again. After changing the --prefix value, - it is sometimes not necessary to repeat steps 1 or 2. (Try it and - find out...) + wanted, then you can try repeating step 3 after runing `configure' + again with a new --prefix value. That is, sometimes it is not + necessary to repeat steps 1 or 2 (so try it and find out). On + other platforms and configurations, it is necessary to start with + a clean build directory when changing the --prefix value, because + the path gets wired into shared objects. If you build frequently from the Subversion-based sources, beware that you may accumulate user- and version-specific information in