0.7.4.21:

[sbcl.git] / INSTALL

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 67e0771..f987259 100644 (file)
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -48,11 +48,22 @@ This software has been built successfully on these systems:
                os = FreeBSD 3.4 or 4.0
                        host lisp = CMU CL
                        host lisp = SBCL itself
-               os = OpenBSD 2.6
+               os = OpenBSD 2.6, 2.7, 2.8, 2.9, and 3.0
                        host lisp = SBCL itself
-It is known not to build under CLISP, because CLISP doesn't support
-MAKE-LOAD-FORM. Reports of other systems that it works on, or help in
-making it run on more systems, would be appreciated.
+       cpu = sparc
+               os = Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 with libc >= 2.2
+                       host lisp = SBCL itself
+               os = Solaris 8
+                       host lisp = SBCL itself
+It is known not to build under CLISP because of (as of early June 2002)
+bugs in the CLISP garbage collector, and it is known not to build under
+other systems like OpenMCL because of (as of early June 2002) remaining
+dependencies of SBCL bootstrapping on CMUCLisms like the representation
+of BYTE. 
+
+Reports of other systems that it works on (or doesn't work on, for
+that matter), or help in making it run on more systems, would be
+appreciated.
 
                CAUTION CAUTION CAUTION CAUTION CAUTION
            SBCL, like CMU CL, overcommits memory. That is, it
@@ -94,9 +105,6 @@ To build the system binaries:
      per the CAUTION note above. (As of version 0.6.0, the most
      memory-intensive operation in make.sh is the second call to
      GENESIS, which makes the Lisp image grow to nearly 128 Mb RAM+swap.
-     This will probably be reduced somewhat in some later version
-     by allowing cold load of byte-compiled files, so that the cold
-     image can be smaller.)
   2. If the GNU make command is not available under the name "gmake",
      then define the environment variable GNUMAKE to a name where it can
      be found.