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* README.md (Installation and Portability): Reformat a paragraph about the build process based on Makefile.direct.
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@@ -217,17 +217,17 @@ with a single compiler invocation, like this:
gcc -I include -o gctest tests/test.c extra/gc.c && ./gctest
-Below we focus on the collector build using classic makefile.
-For the Makefile.direct-based process, typing `make check` instead of `make`
-will automatically build the collector and then run `setjmp_test` and `gctest`.
-`setjmp_test` will give you information about configuring the collector, which is
-useful primarily if you have a machine that's not already supported. gctest is
-a somewhat superficial test of collector functionality. Failure is indicated
-by a core dump or a message to the effect that the collector is broken. gctest
-takes about a second to two to run on reasonable 2007 vintage desktops. It may
-use up to about 30 MB of memory. (The multi-threaded version will use more.
-64-bit versions may use more.) `make check` will also, as its last step,
-attempt to build and test the "cord" string library.)
+Below we focus on the collector build using classic makefile. For the
+Makefile.direct-based process, typing `make check` instead of `make` will
+automatically build the collector and then run `setjmp_test` and `gctest`.
+`setjmp_test` will give you information about configuring the collector, which
+is useful primarily if you have a machine that's not already supported.
+gctest is a somewhat superficial test of collector functionality. Failure is
+indicated by a core dump or a message to the effect that the collector is
+broken. gctest takes about a second to two to run on reasonable 2007 vintage
+desktops. It may use up to about 30 MB of memory. (The multi-threaded
+version will use more. 64-bit versions may use more.) `make check` will also,
+as its last step, attempt to build and test the "cord" string library.)
Makefile.direct will generate a library libgc.a which you should link against.
Typing "make cords" will build the cord library (libcord.a).