Changes between Version 40 and Version 41 of AdvancedInstall


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Timestamp:
2011-01-29T21:18:05Z (14 years ago)
Author:
davidsarah
Comment:

add caveat about 'make install'

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    v40 v41  
    175175The "{{{make install}}}" Makefile target is a wrapper around "{{{setup.py install}}}"
    176176that uses {{{--single-version-externally-managed}}} to bypass the extra
    177 checking that setuptools does. This allows "{{{make install}}}"  to work the same way as traditional unix
    178 software (via GNU autoconf, etc).
     177checking that setuptools does. This allows "{{{make install}}}"  to work
     178somewhat more like traditional Unix software. However, once Tahoe has been
     179installed this way, it may be difficult to get it to stop using the installed
     180version even when using {{{bin/tahoe}}} from a different build directory;
     181see #1258.
    179182
    180183("{{{make install PREFIX=/usr/local}}}" does not currently work -- see #703.)