From a4e52740bb57cd048f2ebda7326fb52fe1ea25c1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: dtrg Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2007 22:09:15 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Added some OpenBSD-related comments. --- README | 14 +++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/README b/README index fb8078631..8781d39be 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ =================================== © 1987-2005 Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam + 2007-02-25 INTRODUCTION @@ -68,14 +69,15 @@ Instructions: ./pm ...from the command line. This will actually do the build. This takes - about two minutes on my 1.6GHz Athlon. + about two minutes on my 1.6GHz Athlon Linux machine and about 30 on my + 166MHz Pentium OpenBSD machine. - Run: ./pm install - ...from the command line. This will install the built ACK into whatever - directory you nominated in PREFIX. + ...from the command line (possibly with sudo). This will install the built + ACK into whatever directory you nominated in PREFIX. The ACK should now be ready to use. @@ -134,7 +136,13 @@ There are some things you should be aware of. first character of the file. If it's a #, then the file will be run through the C preprocessor anyway. +- BSD systems may need to up the number of file descriptors (e.g. + 'ulimit -n 200') before the ACK will compile. +- The ACK uses its own .o format. You won't be able to mix the ACK's object + files and another compiler's. + + DISCLAIMER ========== -- 2.34.1