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diff --git a/src/README.txt b/src/README.txt index 1539f72..1659437 100644 --- a/src/README.txt +++ b/src/README.txt @@ -23,54 +23,6 @@ the latest version by checking the SCons download page at: http://www.scons.org/download.html -ABOUT SCONS PACKAGES -==================== - -The complete SCons system is comprised of three separate packages: - - scons [THIS PACKAGE] - The scons script itself, plus the SCons build engine - installed into an SCons-specific library directory. - - python-scons - The SCons build engine, installed into the standard - Python library directory. - - scons-script - Only the scons script itself. - -Depending on what you want to do with SCons, you may need to install -additional (or other) packages: - - If you just want to use scons (the script) to build software: - - Install this package. You do not need to install any other - packages. - - If you do NOT want to use the scons script, but you want to use the - SCons build engine in other Python software: - - Do NOT install this package. Install the python-scons package - instead. - - If you want to use the scons script AND you want to use the SCons - build engine in other Python software: - - Install this package AND install the python-scons package. - - Note that this installs two separate copies of the build engine, - one (in an SCons-specific library directory) used by the scons - script itself and one (in the standard Python library) used by - other software. This allows you the flexibility to upgrade - one build engine without affecting the other. - - If you want the scons script and other Python software to use the - same version of the build engine: - - Do NOT install this package. Install the python-scons AND the - scons-script packages instead. - - INSTALLATION ============ @@ -79,6 +31,11 @@ script as follows: # python setup.py +This will install the scons script in the default script directory +(/usr/bin or C:\Python*\Scripts, for example) and the build engine in an +appropriate SCons library directory (/usr/lib/scons or C:\Python*\SCons, +for example). + You should have system installation privileges (that is, "root" or "Administrator") when running the setup.py script. @@ -153,7 +110,7 @@ Steven Knight knight at baldmt dot com http://www.baldmt.com/~knight/ -With more than a little help from: +With more than a little help from the SCons Development team: Chad Austin Charles Crain Steve Leblanc |