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@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ The "configure" script accepts the following options:
-as <assembler and options> (default: determined automatically)
The assembler to use for assembling ocamlopt-generated code.
--aspp <assembler and options> (default: determined automatically>
+-aspp <assembler and options> (default: determined automatically)
The assembler to use for assembling the parts of the
run-time system manually written in assembly language.
This assembler must preprocess its input with the C preprocessor.
@@ -126,10 +126,13 @@ Examples:
Installation in /usr, man pages in section "l":
./configure -bindir /usr/bin -libdir /usr/lib/ocaml -mandir /usr/man/manl
- On a MacOSX/Intel Core 2 or MacOSX/PowerPC host, to build a 64-bit version
- of OCaml:
+ On a MacOSX 10.5/Intel Core 2 or MacOSX 10.5/PowerPC host,
+ to build a 64-bit version of OCaml:
./configure -cc "gcc -m64"
+ On a MacOSX 10.6/Intel Core 2, to build a 32-bit version of OCaml:
+ ./configure -cc "gcc -m32" -as "as -arch i386" -aspp "gcc -m32 -c"
+
On a Linux x86/64 bits host, to build a 32-bit version of OCaml:
./configure -cc "gcc -m32" -as "as --32" -aspp "gcc -m32 -c"
@@ -188,9 +191,9 @@ or:
make opt > log.opt 2>&1 # in sh
make opt >& log.opt # in csh
-5- (Optional) If you want to compile fast versions of the Objective
-Caml compilers, you can compile them with the native-code compiler
-(they are compiled to bytecode by default). Just do:
+5- Compile fast versions of the Objective Caml compilers, by
+compiling them with the native-code compiler (you have only compiled
+them to bytecode so far). Just do:
make opt.opt