On 12/08/2009, Konstantin Kolinko <knst.koli...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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
Thanks. That seems more recent than BUILDING.txt (e.g. Ant version), and specifically says that it is for building Tomcat from SVN, so I think it's OK as is, provided that BUILDING.txt is updated. > Best regards, > > Konstantin Kolinko > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@tomcat.apache.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@tomcat.apache.org
