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4 Building
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The top-level 'Build' script is intended to simplify building the
binaries distributed with TeX Live itself--we call this the "native" TL
build.  It configures and makes everything in a subdirectory of the main
build tree (default 'Work/'), installs everything in another
subdirectory (default 'inst/'), and finally runs 'make check'.  The
exact directory and command names can be specified via environment
variables and a few leading options.  All remaining arguments
(assignments or options) are passed to the 'configure' script.  Please
take a look at the './Build' source file itself for more information; it
is a straightforward shell script.

   An alternative, and the one we will mainly discuss here, is to run
'configure' and 'make' oneself in a suitable empty subdirectory.
Building in the source directory itself is not supported (sorry).

Build iteration

What 'configure' and 'make' do.

Build problems

If the build fails.

Build in parallel

Simultaneous 'make' processes.

Build distribution

Making a distribution tarball.

Build one package

Example of working on just one program.

Cross compilation

Building on host X for target Y.