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diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8c3fbef --- /dev/null +++ b/README.txt @@ -0,0 +1,273 @@ +# Copyright (c) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 The SCons Foundation +# src/README.txt 4577 2009/12/27 19:43:56 scons + + + SCons - a software construction tool + + Version 1.2.0.d20091224 + + +This is SCons, a tool for building software (and other files). SCons is +implemented in Python, and its "configuration files" are actually Python +scripts, allowing you to use the full power of a real scripting language +to solve build problems. You do not, however, need to know Python to +use SCons effectively. + +See the RELEASE.txt file for notes about this specific release, +including known problems. See the CHANGES.txt file for a list of +changes since the previous release. + + +LATEST VERSION +============== + +Before going further, you can check that this package you have is +the latest version by checking the SCons download page at: + + http://www.scons.org/download.html + + +EXECUTION REQUIREMENTS +====================== + +Running SCons requires Python version 1.5.2 or later. There should be +no other dependencies or requirements to run SCons. (There is, however, +an additional requirement to *install* SCons from this particular +package; see the next section.) + +By default, SCons knows how to search for available programming tools +on various systems--see the SCons man page for details. You may, +of course, override the default SCons choices made by appropriate +configuration of Environment construction variables. + + +INSTALLATION REQUIREMENTS +========================= + +Installing SCons from this package requires the Python distutils +package. The distutils package was not shipped as a standard part of +Python until Python version 1.6, so if your system is running Python +1.5.2, you may not have distutils installed. If you are running +Python version 1.6 or later, you should be fine. + +NOTE TO RED HAT USERS: Red Hat shipped Python 1.5.2 as the default all +the way up to Red Hat Linux 7.3, so you probably do *not* have distutils +installed, unless you have already done so manually or are running Red +Hat 8.0 or later. + +In this case, your options are: + + -- (Recommended.) Install from a pre-packaged SCons package that + does not require distutils: + + Red Hat Linux scons-1.2.0.d20091224-1.noarch.rpm + + Debian GNU/Linux scons_1.2.0.d20091224-1_all.deb + (or use apt-get) + + Windows scons-1.2.0.d20091224.win32.exe + + -- (Optional.) Download the latest distutils package from the + following URL: + + http://www.python.org/sigs/distutils-sig/download.html + + Install the distutils according to the instructions on the page. + You can then proceed to the next section to install SCons from + this package. + + +INSTALLATION +============ + +Assuming your system satisfies the installation requirements in the +previous section, install SCons from this package simply by running the +provided Python-standard setup script as follows: + + # python setup.py install + +By default, the above command will do the following: + + -- Install the version-numbered "scons-1.2.0.d20091224" and "sconsign-1.2.0.d20091224" + scripts in the default system script directory (/usr/bin or + C:\Python*\Scripts, for example). This can be disabled by + specifying the "--no-version-script" option on the command + line. + + -- Install scripts named "scons" and "sconsign" scripts in the + default system script directory (/usr/bin or C:\Python*\Scripts, + for example). This can be disabled by specifying the + "--no-scons-script" option on the command line, which is useful + if you want to install and experiment with a new version before + making it the default on your system. + + On UNIX or Linux systems, you can have the "scons" and "sconsign" + scripts be hard links or symbolic links to the "scons-1.2.0.d20091224" and + "sconsign-1.2.0.d20091224" scripts by specifying the "--hardlink-scons" + or "--symlink-scons" options on the command line. + + -- Install "scons-1.2.0.d20091224.bat" and "scons.bat" wrapper scripts in the + Python prefix directory on Windows (C:\Python*, for example). + This can be disabled by specifying the "--no-install-bat" option + on the command line. + + On UNIX or Linux systems, the "--install-bat" option may be + specified to have "scons-1.2.0.d20091224.bat" and "scons.bat" files + installed in the default system script directory, which is useful + if you want to install SCons in a shared file system directory + that can be used to execute SCons from both UNIX/Linux and + Windows systems. + + -- Install the SCons build engine (a Python module) in an + appropriate version-numbered SCons library directory + (/usr/lib/scons-1.2.0.d20091224 or C:\Python*\scons-1.2.0.d20091224, for example). + See below for more options related to installing the build + engine library. + + -- Install the troff-format man pages in an appropriate directory + on UNIX or Linux systems (/usr/share/man/man1 or /usr/man/man1, + for example). This can be disabled by specifying the + "--no-install-man" option on the command line. The man pages + can be installed on Windows systems by specifying the + "--install-man" option on the command line. + +Note that, by default, SCons does not install its build engine library +in the standard Python library directories. If you want to be able to +use the SCons library modules (the build engine) in other Python +scripts, specify the "--standard-lib" option on the command line, as +follows: + + # python setup.py install --standard-lib + +This will install the build engine in the standard Python library +directory (/usr/lib/python*/site-packages or +C:\Python*\Lib\site-packages). + +Alternatively, you can have SCons install its build engine library in a +hard-coded standalone library directory, instead of the default +version-numbered directory, by specifying the "--standalone-lib" option +on the command line, as follows: + + # python setup.py install --standalone-lib + +This is usually not recommended, however. + +Note that, to install SCons in any of the above system directories, +you should have system installation privileges (that is, "root" or +"Administrator") when running the setup.py script. If you don't have +system installation privileges, you can use the --prefix option to +specify an alternate installation location, such as your home directory: + + $ python setup.py install --prefix=$HOME + +This will install SCons in the appropriate locations relative to +$HOME--that is, the scons script itself $HOME/bin and the associated +library in $HOME/lib/scons, for example. + + +DOCUMENTATION +============= + +See the RELEASE.txt file for notes about this specific release, +including known problems. See the CHANGES.txt file for a list of +changes since the previous release. + +The scons.1 man page is included in this package, and contains a section +of small examples for getting started using SCons. + +Additional documentation for SCons is available at: + + http://www.scons.org/doc.html + + +LICENSING +========= + +SCons is distributed under the MIT license, a full copy of which is +available in the LICENSE.txt file. The MIT license is an approved Open +Source license, which means: + + This software is OSI Certified Open Source Software. OSI + Certified is a certification mark of the Open Source Initiative. + +More information about OSI certifications and Open Source software is +available at: + + http://www.opensource.org/ + + +REPORTING BUGS +============== + +Please report bugs by following the detailed instructions on our Bug +Submission page: + + http://scons.tigris.org/bug-submission.html + +You can also send mail to the SCons developers' mailing list: + + dev@scons.tigris.org + +But even if you send email to the mailing list please make sure that you +ALSO submit a bug report to the project page bug tracker, because bug +reports in email often get overlooked in the general flood of messages. + + +MAILING LISTS +============= + +An active mailing list for users of SCons is available. You may send +questions or comments to the list at: + + users@scons.tigris.org + +You may subscribe to the mailing list by sending email to: + + users-subscribe@scons.tigris.org + +There is also a low-volume mailing list available for announcements +about SCons. Subscribe by sending email to: + + announce-subscribe@scons.tigris.org + +There are other mailing lists available for SCons developers, for +notification of SCons code changes, and for notification of updated +bug reports and project documents. Please see our mailing lists page +for details. + + +DONATIONS +========= + +If you find SCons helpful, please consider making a donation (of cash, +software, or hardware) to support continued work on the project. +Information is available at: + + http://www.scons.org/donate.html + + +FOR MORE INFORMATION +==================== + +Check the SCons web site at: + + http://www.scons.org/ + + +AUTHOR INFO +=========== + +Steven Knight +knight at baldmt dot com +http://www.baldmt.com/~knight/ + +With plenty of help from the SCons Development team: + Chad Austin + Charles Crain + Steve Leblanc + Greg Noel + Gary Oberbrunner + Anthony Roach + Greg Spencer + Christoph Wiedemann + |