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authorTim Kientzle <kientzle@gmail.com>2009-03-10 00:29:31 -0400
committerTim Kientzle <kientzle@gmail.com>2009-03-10 00:29:31 -0400
commitd4682a2cd02b0c6015afdccd6264ff10ec096923 (patch)
treea2b41cfeffdea073f60bd5a85ba2c100ebacacc0 /INSTALL
parenta5eb1591c9811f28a7b0c4b27106239c8e33213c (diff)
downloadlibarchive-d4682a2cd02b0c6015afdccd6264ff10ec096923.tar.gz
Tweak the "other platforms" installation instructions; this
needs lots more help. SVN-Revision: 755
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@@ -13,7 +13,11 @@ If you are developing libarchive and need to update the
configure script and other build files:
/bin/sh build/autogen.sh
-On non-Unix-like systems, you should be able to create
-build files suitable for your system by using "cmake".
-You may need to first obtain a suitable version of cmake
-for your system from http://cmake.org/
+On non-Unix-like systems, use the "cmake" utility (available from
+http://cmake.org/) to generate suitable build files for your platform.
+Cmake requires the name of the directory containing CmakeLists.txt and
+the "generator" to use for your build environment. For example, to
+build with Xcode on Mac OS, you can use the following command:
+ cmake -G "Xcode" ~/libarchive-download-dir/
+
+