note on catalogs and building from a tag

Closes #1058.
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Matthew Flatt 2015-09-19 09:40:43 -06:00
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@ -130,6 +130,12 @@ previously installed packages remain installed and are updated, while
new packages are added. To uninstall previously selected package, use
`raco pkg remove'.
To build anything other than the latest sources in the repository
(e.g., when building from the "v6.2.1" tag), you need a catalog
that's compatible with those sources. Note that a release distribution
is configured to use a catalog specific to that release, so you can
extract the catalog's URL from there.
Using `make' (or `make in-place') sets the installation's name to
"development", unless the installation has been previously configured
(i.e., unless the "racket/etc/config.rktd" file exists). The