commit a373a8eafef821242f1858ca8525dc1da8be5de8
parent c2e1bbbe7f1e72ded7e54aea0e7b41aade4ec08a
Author: Matthew Flatt <mflatt@racket-lang.org>
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2013 06:20:33 -0600
tweaks to build-farm configuraiton instructions
original commit: 9f72a67e79e37e4003e8fc248026b782c0d3e9d0
Diffstat:
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/pkgs/distro-build/doc.txt b/pkgs/distro-build/doc.txt
@@ -69,6 +69,11 @@ site will be made available. To use the `snapshot-sire' makefile
target, then `#:site-dest' will need to be specified, normally as a
path that ends with the value produced by `(current-stamp)'.
+Hint: When developing a configuration file, use an empty set of
+packages to a configuration that works as quickly as possible. Then,
+change the list of packages to the ones that you actually want in the
+installers.
+
Machine Requirements
--------------------
@@ -86,8 +91,8 @@ Each Windows client needs the following:
default folder:
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0 (32-bit host)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0 (64-bit host)
- * Nullsoft Scriptable Install System (NSIS), installed in the
- default folder:
+ * Nullsoft Scriptable Install System (NSIS) verstion 2.x, installed
+ in the default folder:
C:\Program Files\NSIS\makensis.exe
or C:\Program Files (x86)\NSIS\makensis.exe
or installed so that `makensis' in your PATH.
@@ -158,8 +163,9 @@ Site-configuration keywords (where <string*> means no spaces, etc.):
#:max-vm <real> --- max number of VMs allowed to run with this
machine, counting the machine; defaults to 1
- #:vbox <string> --- Virtual Box machine name; if provided the
- virtual machine is started and stopped on the server as needed
+ #:vbox <string> --- Virtual Box machine name (as shown, for example,
+ in the Virtual Box GUI); if provided, the virtual machine is
+ started and stopped on the server as needed
#:platform <symbol> --- 'windows or 'unix, defaults to 'unix
