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| author |  Klaus Aehlig <aehlig@google.com> | 2017-05-22 16:00:32 +0200 |
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| committer |  Irina Iancu <elenairina@google.com> | 2017-05-22 18:05:05 +0200 |
| commit | 922fb2f20b3b8f5d8f53fa96185492641ae88dac (patch) | |
| tree | a339ff5955c2d83a32ca599aeb60fe4ad8e72ae3 /site | |
| parent | a1c81c87cb67f5b279a6a4070794ff722d2300c2 (diff) | |
Clarify difference between sources and distribution archive
In the install instructions, explain that the distribution archive
contains more files than a checkout of the source tree. It is a common
mistake to believe that using a checkout of the source tree is equivalent
to downloading a distribution archive.
Change-Id: I13cc48f5efe93bd2593d7b74d1f7c6db19de74dc
PiperOrigin-RevId: 156732571
Diffstat (limited to 'site')
| -rw-r--r-- | site/versions/master/docs/install-compile-source.md | 3 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/site/versions/master/docs/install-compile-source.md b/site/versions/master/docs/install-compile-source.md index 19212f26e7..0435bd95d8 100644 --- a/site/versions/master/docs/install-compile-source.md +++ b/site/versions/master/docs/install-compile-source.md @@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ title: Compile Bazel from Source [release page](https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/releases) for the desired version. We recommend to also verify the signature made by our [release key](https://bazel.build/bazel-release.pub.gpg) 48457EE0. + The distribution archive also contains generated files in addition to the + versioned sources, so this step _cannot_ be short cut by using a checkout + of the source tree. 3. Unzip the archive and call `bash ./compile.sh`; this will create a bazel binary in `output/bazel`. This binary is self-contained, so it can be copied |