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Diffstat (limited to 'README-alpha')
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1 files changed, 13 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/README-alpha b/README-alpha index 375ccc2..a5d2887 100644 --- a/README-alpha +++ b/README-alpha @@ -1,30 +1,28 @@ `mkid' README.alpha-test -Special instructions for testers: +Special instructions for alpha testers: -* The file-tree walking code is new. It passes purify tests, and seems to - work pretty well. So far, I've only compiled and built on Linux - (libc-5.2.4), SunOS 4.1.4 and BSDI 2.0.1. I expect some portability - problems on other systems. +* The code is pretty solid, so I expect most problems to be portability + issues. * At least do this: - ./configure --prefix=test; make all; make check; make install. + ./configure --prefix test; make all; make check; make install. - This is not a very rigorous test, but it at least ensures sanity for the - core tools. If all goes well and you want to start using it, reconfigure - to install in a normal place, e.g., + Make check should "echo OK" if it succeeded. This is not a very rigorous + test, but it at least ensures sanity for the core tools. + If all goes well and you want to start using it, reconfigure to install + in a normal place, e.g., # put things in /usr/local/{bin,lib,info} (the default) ./configure; make install -or- # put things in /usr/{bin,lib,info} - ./configure --prefix=/usr; make install + ./configure --prefix /usr; make install If you have the time, patience and software, please build using both your - vendor-supplied *ANSI* C compiler and gcc. (non-ANSI compilation is - broken for now...) By default, configure will use gcc if it is available. - You can override this by doing this: + vendor-supplied compiler and gcc. By default, configure will use gcc if + it is available. You can override this by doing this: make distclean CC=vendor-supplied-cc ./configure # bourne-shell syntax @@ -44,9 +42,8 @@ Special instructions for testers: * Be aware that this is still work in progress. See TODO for a list of things yet undone. -* Note that ID file format is incompatible with all previous versions of - mkid, so you'll have to rebuild your ID files. - +* Note that ID file format is incompatible with mkid2, so you'll have to + rebuild your ID files. You should notice that the new mkid is faster. Local Variables: mode: text |