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authorEric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>2011-10-26 07:50:05 -0400
committerEric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>2011-10-26 07:50:05 -0400
commit11c1410f13ffc6b9edae82d6e622058916e06589 (patch)
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Improvements to build and releae-procedure documentation.
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@@ -105,6 +105,10 @@ running "scons prefix=<installation_root>". The default value is
"/usr/local". The envoronment variable DESTDIR also works in the
usual way.
+If your link fails with a message like "/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lgps",
+you need to install chrpath. Note that after you have done so, you
+may need to run 'scons --config=force' to override the cached value.
+
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.