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diff --git a/doc/manual/installation.xml b/doc/manual/installation.xml index 39f6654ef..1f45404e9 100644 --- a/doc/manual/installation.xml +++ b/doc/manual/installation.xml @@ -46,25 +46,42 @@ $ svn checkout https://svn.cs.uu.nl:12443/repos/trace/nix/trunk nix</screen> </para> <para> - To rebuild this manual and the man-pages you need the - <command>xmllint</command> and <command>xsltproc</command>, which are - part of the <literal>libxml2</literal> and <literal>libxslt</literal> - packages, respectively. You also need the <ulink - url='http://docbook.sourceforge.net/projects/xsl/'>DocBook XSL - stylesheets</ulink> and optionally the <ulink - url='http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbook-xml-4.2.zip'> - DocBook XML 4.2 DTD</ulink>. Note that these are only required if you - modify the manual sources or when you are building from the Subversion - repository. - </para> - - <para> - Nix uses Sleepycat's Berkeley DB, CWI's ATerm library, and SDF parser - library. These are included in the Nix source distribution. If you - build from the Subversion repository, you must download them yourself and - place them in the <filename>externals/</filename> directory. See - <filename>externals/Makefile.am</filename> for the precise URLs of these - packages. + To build this manual and the man-pages you need the + <command>xmllint</command> and <command>xsltproc</command> + programs, which are part of the <literal>libxml2</literal> and + <literal>libxslt</literal> packages, respectively. You also + need the <ulink + url='http://docbook.sourceforge.net/projects/xsl/'>DocBook XSL + stylesheets</ulink> and optionally the <ulink + url='http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbook-xml-4.2.zip'> + DocBook XML 4.2 DTD</ulink>. Note that these are only required + if you modify the manual sources or when you are building from + the Subversion repository. + </para> + + <para> + To build the parser, very <emphasis>recent</emphasis> versions + of Bison and Flex are required. (This is because Nix needs GLR + support in Bison and reentrancy support in Flex.) For Bison, + you need version 1.875c or higher (1.875 does + <emphasis>not</emphasis> work), which can be obtained from the + <ulink url='ftp://alpha.gnu.org/pub/gnu/bison'>GNU FTP + server</ulink>. For Flex, you need version 2.5.31, which is + available on <ulink + url='http://lex.sourceforge.net/'>SourceForge</ulink>. Slightly + older versions may also work, but ancient versions like the + ubiquitous 2.5.4a won't. Note that these are only required if + you modify the parser or when you are building from the + Subversion repository. + </para> + + <para> + Nix uses Sleepycat's Berkeley DB and CWI's ATerm library. These + are included in the Nix source distribution. If you build from + the Subversion repository, you must download them yourself and + place them in the <filename>externals/</filename> directory. + See <filename>externals/Makefile.am</filename> for the precise + URLs of these packages. </para> </sect1> |