X-Git-Url: http://repo.macrolet.net/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=INSTALL;h=f5d7e7170afd30104fb13dfcd91650585412e501;hb=5cd0fc84df83d1b3321b7fc969843207721de429;hp=ae0f15251223127b24f12902e5f5bac6d28ab010;hpb=78cf7506e046bb561fae9913dde17cf972de6927;p=sbcl.git diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index ae0f152..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: