2009/8/12 sebb <seb...@gmail.com>: > On 12/08/2009, Mark Thomas <ma...@apache.org> wrote: >> sebb wrote: >> > On 07/08/2009, Mark Thomas <ma...@apache.org> wrote: >> >> The svn re-organisation is complete. >> > >> > Is the file build/BUILDING.txt still accurate? >> >> >> Yes. It is the top-level build.xml that needs tweaking. >> >> >> > Presumably I would need to change "current.loc" but it's not clear to >> > me what this needs to be changed to. >> >> >> tomcat/tc5.5.x/trunk >> >> >> > Also, it would be useful to know how to build Tomcat 5.5 from a checkout. >> >> >> Checkout tomcat/tc5.5.x/trunk >> cd build >> ant download >> ant >> >> which is all the build script does. We could get rid of it but this is >> how 5.5.x has always been built. > > May I suggest that BUILDING.txt is updated with these details? > > Seems to me that the file BUILDING.txt is only likely to be available > to a developer if they have already checked out the source, or have > unpacked a source archive. In both cases, it's not necessary to > download the current trunk again. > > AFAICS, using http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-5.5-doc/build.xml is > only necessary if the user does not already have BUILDING.txt > > I can provide a patch. >
Note, that there is also http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-5.5-doc/building.html Best regards, Konstantin Kolinko --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@tomcat.apache.org
