0.7.8.22:

[sbcl.git] / INSTALL

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 67e0771..fe184fb 100644 (file)
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ So: the standard installation procedure is
   2. Copy sbcl to /usr/bin or /usr/local/bin.
   3. Optionally copy sbcl.1 to /usr/man/man1 or /usr/local/man/man1.
 The script install.sh does these for you (choosing the /usr/local
-subdirectory) in each case.
+subdirectory in each case).
 
 
 IF YOU HAVE A SOURCE DISTRIBUTION:
@@ -48,11 +48,29 @@ 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 = alpha
+               os = Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 with libc >= 2.1
+                       host lisp = SBCL itself
+               os = Tru64 5.1
+                       host lisp = SBCL itself
+       cpu = sparc
+               os = Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 with libc >= 2.2
+                       host lisp = SBCL itself
+               os = Solaris 8
+                       host lisp = SBCL itself
+       cpu = powerpc
+               os = Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 with libc >= 2.1
+                       host lisp = OpenMCL 0.12
+                       host lisp = SBCL itself
+
+It is known not to build under CLISP (as of early June 2002) because
+of bugs in the CLISP garbage collector.
+
+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 +112,6 @@ 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.
@@ -125,9 +140,7 @@ To build the system binaries:
        13 hours on a 133MHz Pentium (P54C) with 48Mb RAM, running OpenBSD 2.6.
      Around the 48Mb mark, the build process is starved for RAM:
      on my 48Mb OpenBSD machine with nothing else running, it
-     spent about 2/3 of its wall clock time swapping. Anything which 
-     substantially increases memory use, like running X11, Emacs, or, 
-     God forbid, Netscape, can increase the build time substantially.
+     spent about 2/3 of its wall clock time swapping. 
 
 Now you should have the same src/runtime/sbcl and output/sbcl.core
 files that come with the binary distribution, and you can install