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svn commit: r1202271 - in /tomcat/trunk: BUILDING.txt webapps/docs/building.xml

Author: kkolinko
Date: Tue Nov 15 16:12:45 2011
New Revision: 1202271

URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1202271&view=rev
Log:
Correct wording in build instructions
Simplify instructions for downloading Tomcat source code

Modified:
    tomcat/trunk/BUILDING.txt
    tomcat/trunk/webapps/docs/building.xml

Modified: tomcat/trunk/BUILDING.txt
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/tomcat/trunk/BUILDING.txt?rev=1202271&r1=1202270&r2=1202271&view=diff
==============================================================================
--- tomcat/trunk/BUILDING.txt (original)
+++ tomcat/trunk/BUILDING.txt Tue Nov 15 16:12:45 2011
@@ -74,16 +74,15 @@ source distribution, do the following:
 (2.1) Checkout or obtain the source code for Tomcat @VERSION_MAJOR_MINOR@
 
 * Tomcat SVN repository URL:
-  http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/tomcat/tc@VERSION_MAJOR_MINOR@.x/
+  http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/tomcat/tc@VERSION_MAJOR_MINOR@.x/trunk/
 
 * Download a source package from:
   http://tomcat.apache.org/download-@VERSION_MAJOR@0.cgi
 
-* Checkout the source using SVN, selecting the desired version or
-  branch (current development source is at
-  http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/tomcat/tc@VERSION_MAJOR_MINOR@.x/trunk/), or
-  unpack the source package. The location where the source has been
-  placed will be referred as ${tomcat.source}.
+* Checkout the source using SVN, selecting a tag for released version or
+  trunk for the current development code, or unpack a source package. The
+  location where the source has been placed will be referred as
+  ${tomcat.source}.
 
 (2.2) Building
 
@@ -92,10 +91,10 @@ source distribution, do the following:
     cd ${tomcat.source}
     ant
 
-* WARNING: Running this command will download binaries to the /usr/share/java
-  directory.  On a typical Linux or MacOX system an ordinary user
-  will not have access to write to this directory, and, even if you do,
-  it may not be appropriate for you to write there.
+* WARNING: Running this command will download libraries required to build
+  Tomcat to the /usr/share/java directory. On a typical Linux or MacOX
+  system an ordinary user will not have access to write to this directory,
+  and, even if you do, it may not be appropriate for you to write there.
 
   On Windows this usually corresponds to the "C:\usr\share\java"
   directory, unless Cygwin is used. Read below to learn how to customize

Modified: tomcat/trunk/webapps/docs/building.xml
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/tomcat/trunk/webapps/docs/building.xml?rev=1202271&r1=1202270&r2=1202271&view=diff
==============================================================================
--- tomcat/trunk/webapps/docs/building.xml (original)
+++ tomcat/trunk/webapps/docs/building.xml Tue Nov 15 16:12:45 2011
@@ -93,8 +93,10 @@ available, which will be used to actuall
   </p>
 
   <p>
-  Checkout the source using SVN, or download and unpack a source package.
-  For the remainder of this guide, the symbolic name <code>${tomcat.source}</code> is used to refer to the
+  Checkout the source using SVN, selecting a tag for released version or
+  trunk for the current development code, or download and unpack a
+  source package. For the remainder of this guide, the symbolic name
+  <code>${tomcat.source}</code> is used to refer to the
   location where the source has been placed.
   </p>
 
@@ -112,8 +114,8 @@ Use the following commands to build Tomc
 </p>
 
 <p>
-<b>WARNING:</b> Running this command will download binary binaries to the
-  <code>/usr/share/java</code> directory by default.
+<b>WARNING:</b> Running this command will download libraries required
+  to build Tomcat to the <code>/usr/share/java</code> directory by default.
   On a typical Linux or MacOX system, an ordinary user
   will not have access to write to this directory, and, even if you do,
   it may not be appropriate for you to write there. On Windows



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