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Handling dependencies

As we are not using a true make utility on VMS systems, the installer must be aware of the dependencies of various components of CERNLIB. This has the following consequences:

  1. A complete installation of CERNLIB from scratch must be done in the correct order.
  2. When reinstalling a particular package, one must take care to reinstall all components that have changed in the correct order.

We hope to introduce a make or make-like utility which will simplify the installation.


Janne Saarela
Wed Mar 29 15:50:22 METDST 1995