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add info on building Racket to the "Inside" document

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Closes PR 13156
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Matthew Flatt 2012-10-02 14:35:33 -06:00
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@ -13,6 +13,23 @@ renamed to start @cpp{racket_}.
@; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
@section{Building Racket from Source}
The normal Racket distribution includes @filepath{.rkt} sources for
collection-based libraries. After modifying library files, run
@exec{raco setup} (see @secref[#:doc '(lib
"scribblings/raco/raco.scrbl") "setup"]) to rebuild installed
libraries.
The normal Racket distribution does not include the C sources for
Racket's run-time system. To build Racket from scratch, download a
source distribution, or get the latest from the @tt{git} repository at
@url{https://github.com/plt/racket}. Detailed build instructions are
in the @filepath{README} file in the top-level @filepath{src}
directory.
@; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
@section{CGC versus 3m}
Before mixing any C code with Racket, first decide whether to use the