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1 files changed, 22 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/README.components b/README.components
index 5d79f5017..3d678def6 100755
--- a/README.components
+++ b/README.components
@@ -4,24 +4,38 @@
# Copyright 2008 Free Software Foundation.
#
+# DO NOT RUN THIS SCRIPT UNTIL YOU UNDERSTAND IT!!! IT WILL REMOVE
+# FILES ON YOUR SYSTEM.
+#
+# Read the script thoroughly before running it; it will *remove*
+# /usr/local/gnuradio and repopulate it.
+#
# This script provides a way to build GNU Radio modules individually,
# and both serves as an example of using the component build system
-# and provides a way to test that build system. This script is
-# intended to be broadly portable; be careful when modifying not to
-# cause problems on systems that place dependencies in other than /usr
+# and provides a way to test the build system. When run, it will
+# build and install each GNU Radio module in turn, using the
+# just-installed modules as prerequisites. It places the output of
+# each build in a separate file BUILD.NNN.options, so that one can do
+# 'tail -f BUILD.*' to see which components were successfully built.
+
+# This script is intended to be broadly portable; be careful when
+# modifying not to cause problems on systems that place dependencies
+# in other than /usr
#
# Besides GNU Radio dependencies, this program requires sudo, with a
# timer long enough to build each module (or no password requirement).
#
-# Read the script thoroughly before running it; it will *remove*
-# /usr/gnuradio and repopulate it.
set -x
# Do not use /opt, because many systems do not have /opt and that
-# risks running out of space in /. Probably this needs OS-specific
-# overrides.
-PREFIX=/usr/gnuradio
+# risks running out of space in /. /usr/local/gnuradio is believed to
+# be reasonable on all of *BSD and GNU/Linux. Probably this needs
+# OS-specific overrides.
+PREFIX=/usr/local/gnuradio
+
+echo "ABOUT TO COMPLETELY REMOVE $PREFIX in 10 SECONDS!"
+sleep 10
echo -n "README.components START "; date