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@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ Requirements
OpenAxiom currenly requires a Lisp system for its runtime support.
OpenAxiom is known to build with the GNU Common Lisp (GCL versions 2.6.7
or 2.6.8), Steel Bank Common Lisp (SBCL version 1.0.22 or higher),
-CLisp (version 2.44.x or higher), and ECL (version 8.9.0-CVS or higher).
-So, if you already have any of the above mentioned Lisp system, your
+CLisp (version 2.44.x or higher), and ECL (version 0.9l or higher).
+So, if you already have any of the above mentioned Lisp systems, your
are good to go. Otherwise, you would need to download a dependency
tarball from OpenAxiom's download web site. See instructions below.
@@ -27,12 +27,16 @@ Ah, one more note: OpenAxiom requires GNU Make.
1. Lisp and noweb prerequisites
----------------------------
-If any of GCL or noweb is missing from the environment environment
-where you're building, then you need to either separately install
-them, or download the dependency tarball
+If any of GCL or noweb is missing from your build environment, then
+you need to either separately install them, or download the dependency
+tarball
open-axiom-1.2.x-dep.tar.bz2
+from the SourceForge download site
+
+http://voxel.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/open-axiom/open-axiom-1.2.x-dep.tar.bz2
+
Please, notice that GCL and noweb are needed only to *build*
OpenAxiom. If you plan to build OpenAxiom often, then it probably is
a good idea to separately build and install those tools once for all.
@@ -76,7 +80,7 @@ or have separately installed them before proceeding.
It is highly recommended that you build OpenAxiom in a directory
different from the one that contains the sources. For example, you
-may create a directory sibling to open-axiom-1.2.0 and build the
+may create a directory sibling to open-axiom-1.3.0 and build the
system from there:
mkdir build-oa
@@ -102,8 +106,8 @@ choice. For example, you might want to add
--with-lisp=sbcl
-to the configuration line if you plan to use the SBCL system; or you
-can specify
+to the configuration line if you plan to use the SBCL system; or you
+can specify
--with-lisp=ecl
@@ -128,7 +132,7 @@ users probably don't.
2.e. Have more coffee
-It can take from 30min to 2 hours to build, depending on the
+It can take from 25min to 2 hours to build, depending on the
compute power of the build machine.
3. Installing OpenAxiom
@@ -158,6 +162,11 @@ ready for use.
4. Enjoy
-----
+We would like to hear from you. Send us comments and suggestions at
+
+ open-axiom-help@lists.sf.net
+
+
About Make
==========
@@ -173,6 +182,4 @@ reflects reality.
So, if you're using a system where "make" is not GNU Make, then try
"gmake" instead.
-Send comments and suggestions to open-axiom-devel@lists.sf.net
-
Gabriel Dos Reis