X-Git-Url: http://repo.macrolet.net/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=INSTALL;h=f5d7e7170afd30104fb13dfcd91650585412e501;hb=0834142e83d6a1ee99260baa3a8ca1d1557b3737;hp=796565e941f5db69a4631e4073ca6195a0ff2a3b;hpb=5580e3ea45f8e45d4da44ea160c72c54d0098717;p=sbcl.git diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index 796565e..f5d7e71 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ INSTALLING SBCL The SBCL runtime needs to be able to find the ancillary files associated with it: the "sbcl.core" file, and the contrib modules. - This can happen in three ways: + Finding core can happen in three ways: 1. By default, in a location configured when the system was built. For binary distributions this is in "/usr/local/lib/sbcl". @@ -57,15 +57,17 @@ INSTALLING SBCL $ sbcl --core /foo/bar/sbcl.core - When using this option contrib modules are looked for in the - directory where the designated core resides, and in "SBCL_HOME". - The usual, recommended approach is method #1. Method #2 is useful if you're installing SBCL on a system in a non-standard location (e.g. in your user account), instead of installing SBCL on an entire system. Method #3 is mostly useful for testing or other special cases. + Contributed modules are primarily looked for in "SBCL_HOME", or the + directory the core resides in if "SBCL_HOME" is not set. + ASDF:*CENTRAL-REGISTRY* serves as an additional fallback for + ASDF-based modules. + 1.3. Anatomy of SBCL The two files that SBCL needs to run, at minimum, are: @@ -232,7 +234,7 @@ INSTALLING SBCL x86 PPC Alpha Sparc HPPA MIPS MIPSel Linux 2.2, 2.4, 2.6 X X X X X X X FreeBSD X - OpenBSD 3.4, 3.5 X + OpenBSD 3.4, 3.5 X NetBSD X Solaris X Tru64 X