Imported Upstream version 8.4~betaupstream/8.4_beta

1 files changed, 27 insertions, 21 deletions

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index b1cc3af1..e88dc319 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ WHAT DO YOU NEED ?
    ppc) and FreeBSD. Automated tests are run under many, many
    different architectures under GNU/Linux.
 
-   Naturally, Coq will run faster on an architecture where Objective Caml
-   can compile to native code, rather than only bytecode. At time of
+   Naturally, Coq will run faster on an architecture where OCaml can
+   compile to native code, rather than only bytecode. At time of
    writing, that is IA32, PowerPC, AMD64, Alpha, Sparc, Mips, IA64,
    HPPA and StrongArm. See
    http://caml.inria.fr/ocaml/portability.en.html for details.
@@ -39,16 +39,12 @@ WHAT DO YOU NEED ?
 
      urpmi coq
 
-   Should you need or prefer to compile Coq V8.3 yourself, you need:
+   Should you need or prefer to compile Coq V8.2 yourself, you need:
 
-     - Objective Caml version 3.10.2 or later
+     - Objective Caml version 3.10.0 or later
        (available at http://caml.inria.fr/)
 
-       For Objective Caml version >= 3.10.0, you also need to install
-       camlp5 (use "transitional" mode and choose a version compatible
-       with the corresponding version of Objective Caml, however
-       avoiding version 5.00)
-  
+     - Camlp5 (version <= 4.08, or 5.* transitional)
 
      - GNU Make version 3.81 or later
        (
@@ -75,6 +71,9 @@ WHAT DO YOU NEED ?
 
      - for Coqide, the Lablgtk development files, and the GTK libraries, see INSTALL.ide for more details
 
+   By FTP, Coq comes as a single compressed tar-file. You have
+   probably already decompressed it if you are reading this document.
+
 
 QUICK INSTALLATION PROCEDURE.
 =============================
@@ -88,7 +87,7 @@ QUICK INSTALLATION PROCEDURE.
 INSTALLATION PROCEDURE IN DETAILS (NORMAL USERS).
 =================================================
 
-1- Check that you have the Objective Caml compiler version 3.10.2 (or later)
+1- Check that you have the Objective Caml compiler version 3.10.0 (or later)
    installed on your computer and that "ocamlmktop" and "ocamlc" (or
    its native code version "ocamlc.opt") lie in a directory which is present
    in your $PATH environment variable. 
@@ -98,16 +97,23 @@ INSTALLATION PROCEDURE IN DETAILS (NORMAL USERS).
    bigger), you will also need the "ocamlopt" (or its native code version
    "ocamlopt.opt") command.
 
-2- If using Ocaml >= 3.10, check that you have Camlp5 installed on your
-   computer and that the command "camlp5" lies in a directory which
+2- Check that you have Camlp4 installed on your 
+   computer and that the command "camlp4" lies in a directory which
    is present in your $PATH environment variable path.
-   (You need Camlp5 in transitional mode and in both bytecode and
-   native versions if your platform supports it).
+   (You need Camlp4 in both bytecode and native versions if
+   your platform supports it).
+
+   Note: in the latest ocaml distributions, camlp4 comes with ocaml so
+   you do not have to check this point anymore.
 
-2- You will need about 400Mo free on your disk to compile Coq in full
-   with its standard library and documentation.
+3- The uncompression and un-tarring of the distribution file gave birth 
+   to a directory named "coq-8.xx". You can rename this directory and put 
+   it wherever you want. Just keep in mind that you will need some spare
+   space during the compilation (reckon on about 50 Mb of disk space
+   for the whole system in native-code compilation). Once installed, the
+   binaries take about 14 Mb, and the library about 9 Mb.
 
-3- First you need to configure the system. It is done automatically with
+4- First you need to configure the system. It is done automatically with
    the command:
 
 	./configure <options>
@@ -201,7 +207,7 @@ INSTALLATION PROCEDURE FOR ADVANCED USERS.
    binaries will reside in the subdirectory bin/.
 
    If you want to compile the sources for debugging (i.e. with the option
-   -g of the ocaml compiler) then add the -debug option at configuration
+   -g of the Caml compiler) then add the -debug option at configuration
    step :
 
 	./configure -debug <other options>
@@ -316,7 +322,7 @@ MOVING BINARIES OR LIBRARY.
 DYNAMICALLY LOADED LIBRARIES FOR BYTECODE EXECUTABLES.
 ======================================================
 
-   Some bytecode executables of Coq use the ocaml runtime, which dynamically
+   Some bytecode executables of Coq use the OCaml runtime, which dynamically
    loads a shared library (.so or .dll). When it is not installed properly, you
    can get an error message of this kind:
 
@@ -329,12 +335,12 @@ DYNAMICALLY LOADED LIBRARIES FOR BYTECODE EXECUTABLES.
        the command a limited number of times in a controlled environment (e.g.
        during compilation of binary packages);
      - install dllcoqrun.so in a location listed in the file ld.conf that is in
-       the directory of the standard library of Objective Caml;
+       the directory of the standard library of OCaml;
      - recompile your bytecode executables after reconfiguring the location of
        of the shared library:
          ./configure -coqrunbyteflags "-dllib -lcoqrun -dllpath <path>" ...
        where <path> is the directory where the dllcoqrun.so is installed;
-     - (not recommended) compile bytecode executables with a custom ocaml
+     - (not recommended) compile bytecode executables with a custom OCaml
        runtime by using:
          ./configure -custom ...
        be aware that stripping executables generated this way, or performing