...plus c'est la meme chose.

[deliverable/binutils-gdb.git] / cfg-paper.texi

diff --git a/cfg-paper.texi b/cfg-paper.texi
index 3f4d189af629924fc2934e4404bf8efda59f8f58..8c1d097ee9ca768cb5919fda747aa0ac1f019458 100644 (file)
--- a/cfg-paper.texi
+++ b/cfg-paper.texi
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ This document attempts to describe the general concepts behind
 configuration of the Cygnus Support release of the @sc{gnu} Development
 Tools.  It also discusses common usage..
 
-Copyright (C) 1991 Cygnus Support
+Copyright (C) 1991, 1992 Cygnus Support
 Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of
 this manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice
 are preserved on all copies.
@@ -36,12 +36,12 @@ by Cygnus Support.
 @titlepage
 @sp 10
 @title{On Configuring Development Tools}
-@author{K. Richard Pixley}
+@author{K. Richard Pixley, @code{rich@@cygnus.com}}
 @author{Cygnus Support}
-
 @page
+
 @vskip 0pt plus 1filll
-Copyright @copyright{} 1991 Cygnus Support
+Copyright @copyright{} 1991, 1992 Cygnus Support
 
 Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of
 this manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ by Cygnus Support.
 @ifinfo
 @format
 START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
-* configuration: (cfg-paper.info).     Some theory on configuring source.
+* configuration: (cfg-paper).  Some theory on configuring source.
 END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
 @end format
 @end ifinfo
@@ -185,8 +185,8 @@ emulation environment on a sun4 such that programs built in a sun3
 development environment actually run on the sun4.  This technique is
 often used within individual programs to remedy deficiencies in the host
 operating system.  For example, some operating systems do not provide
-the @code{bcopy()} function and so it is emulated using the
-@code{memset()} funtion.
+the @code{bcopy} function and so it is emulated using the
+@code{memcpy} funtion.
 
 Host environment simply refers to the environment in which the program
 will be built from the source.
@@ -214,13 +214,14 @@ while for a sun4 with postfix you might use:
 ./configure sun4 -notation=postfix
 @end example
 
-If we wanted to build both at the same time, in the same directory
-structure, the intermediate pieces used in the build process must be
-kept separate.
+If we wanted to build both at the same time, the intermediate pieces
+used in the build process must be kept separate.
 
 @example
-./configure sun4 -subdirs -notation=postfix
-./configure sun3 -subdirs -notation=infix
+mkdir ../objdir.sun4
+(cd ../objdir.sun4 ; ./configure sun4 -notation=postfix -srcdir=../src)
+mkdir ../objdir.sun3
+(cd ../objdir.sun3 ; ./configure sun3 -notation=infix -srcdir=../src)
 @end example
 
 @noindent
@@ -228,13 +229,14 @@ will create subdirectories for the intermediate pieces of the sun4 and
 sun3 configurations.  This is necessary as previous systems were only
 capable of one configuration at a time.  Otherwise, a second
 configuration would write over the first.  We've chosen to retain this
-behaviour so the @code{-subdirs} configuration option is necessary to
-get the new behaviour.  The order of the arguments doesn't matter.
-There should be exactly one argument without a leading '@minus{}' sign
-and that argument will be assumed to be the host name.
+behaviour so the obj directories and the @code{-srcdir} configuration
+option are necessary to get the new behaviour.  The order of the
+arguments doesn't matter.  There should be exactly one argument without
+a leading @samp{-} sign and that argument will be assumed to be the host
+name.
 
 From here on the examples will assume that you want to build the tools
-@emph{in place} and won't show the @code{-subdirs} option, but remember
+@emph{in place} and won't show the @code{-srcdir} option, but remember
 that it is available.
 
 In order to actually install the program, the configuration system needs
@@ -422,11 +424,11 @@ that you used the native development environment that came with your
 sun4 to bootstrap the Cygnus Support release and let's call the new
 development environment @emph{stage1}.
 
-Why bother?  Well, most people find that the Cygnus Support release
-builds programs that run faster and take up less space than the native
-development environments that came with their machines.  Some people
-didn't get development environments with their machines and some people
-just like using the @sc{gnu} tools better than using other tools.
+Why bother?  Well, most people find that the @sc{gnu} development
+environment builds programs that run faster and take up less space than
+the native development environments that came with their machines.  Some
+people didn't get development environments with their machines and some
+people just like using the @sc{gnu} tools better than using other tools.
 
 @cindex Stage2
 While you're at it, if the @sc{gnu} tools produce better programs, maybe you
@@ -687,10 +689,6 @@ configures this directory, perhaps recursively, for a single host+target
 pair where the host is @var{hostname} and target is @var{targetname}.
 If a previous configuration existed, it will be overwritten.
 
-@item ./configure -subdirs @var{hostname} -target=@var{targetname}
-creates a subdirectories @file{H-@var{hostname}} if @var{hostname} is @var{targetname} or
-@file{X-@var{hostname}-@var{targetname}} if it is not and configures the new directory.
-
 @end table
 
 @menu
@@ -709,7 +707,7 @@ The Makefile is created by prepending some variable definitions to a
 Makefile template called @file{Makefile.in} and then inserting host and
 target specific Makefile fragments.  The variables are set based on the
 chosen host+target pair and build style, that is, if you use
-subdirectories or not.  The host and target specific Makefile may or may
+@code{-srcdir} or not.  The host and target specific Makefile may or may
 not exist.
 
 @itemize @bullet