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authorEric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>2011-05-25 18:04:17 -0400
committerEric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>2011-05-25 18:04:17 -0400
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Warning about old scons versions.
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@@ -128,6 +128,10 @@ at -O2 level, making it generate incorrect code.
from a binary package). The build requires scons. Simply calling
'scons' in a working-directory copy should do it.
+Note: If your scons fails with the complaint "No tool named 'textfile'",
+you need to upgrade it. This feature was introduced during the long
+interval after the 1.2.0 release; 1.2.1 and later versions will have it.
+
By giving command-line options to scons you can configure certain rarely-used
optional features in, or compile standard features out to reduce gpsd's
footprint. "scons --help" will tell the story; look under "Local Options"