many changes

first/first

@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ do
 	'')	ANS="$LIMIT";;
 	esac
 	case X$ANS in
-	Xj*|Xy*)
+	Xj*|Xy|X*)
 		LIMIT=y
 		. $FDIR/limit_enquire
 		break
@@ -172,24 +172,30 @@ done
 
 . $FDIR/get_makepars
 
-echo TARGET_HOME=\"$TARGET_HOME\" > macros
-echo UTIL_HOME=\"$UTIL_HOME\" >> macros
-echo SRC_HOME=\"$SRC_HOME\" >> macros
-echo SYSNAME=\"$SYSNAME\" >> macros
-echo ACM=\"$ACM\" >> macros
-echo CURRENT=\"$CURRENT\" >> macros
-echo SYS=\"$SYS\" >> macros
-echo LIMIT=\"$LIMIT\" >> macros
-echo CONFIG=\"$CONFIG\" >> macros
-echo DISABLE_LANG=\"$DISABLE_LANG\" >> macros
-echo DISABLE_SUP=\"$DISABLE_SUP\" >> macros
-echo DO_MACHINE_INDEP=\"$DO_MACHINE_INDEP\" >> macros
-echo MACH_LIST=\"$MACH_LIST\" >> macros
-echo SYSVAX=\"$SYSVAX\" >> macros
-echo WS=\"$WS\" >> macros
-echo PS=\"$PS\" >> macros
+echo "TARGET_HOME=\"$TARGET_HOME\"; export TARGET_HOME" > macros
+echo "UTIL_HOME=\"$UTIL_HOME\"; export UTIL_HOME" >> macros
+echo "SRC_HOME=\"$SRC_HOME\"; export SRC_HOME" >> macros
+echo "SYSNAME=\"$SYSNAME\"; export SYSNAME" >> macros
+echo "ACM=\"$ACM\"; export ACM" >> macros
+echo "CURRENT=\"$CURRENT\"; export CURRENT" >> macros
+echo "SYS=\"$SYS\"; export SYS" >> macros
+echo "LIMIT=\"$LIMIT\"; export LIMIT" >> macros
+echo "CONFIG=\"$CONFIG\"; export CONFIG" >> macros
+echo "DISABLE_LANG=\"$DISABLE_LANG\"; export DISABLE_LANG" >> macros
+echo "DISABLE_SUP=\"$DISABLE_SUP\"; export DISABLE_SUP" >> macros
+echo "DO_MACHINE_INDEP=\"$DO_MACHINE_INDEP\"; export DO_MACHINE_INDEP" >> macros
+echo "MACH_LIST=\"$MACH_LIST\"; export MACH_LIST" >> macros
+echo "SYSVAX=\"$SYSVAX\"; export SYSVAX" >> macros
+echo "WS=\"$WS\"; export WS" >> macros
+echo "PS=\"$PS\"; export PS" >> macros
 
 cat macros $FDIR/install_tail > INSTALL
 chmod +x INSTALL
 
+echo "
+A shell-script called 'INSTALL' has been created. Running it
+installs ACK. Note that this may take a (very) long time, so run it
+in the background, with its output redirected, f.i.:
+	sh INSTALL > INSTALL.out 2>&1 &
+"
 exit 0

first/get_sys

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-$FDIR/rm -f em_path.h
+rm -f em_path.h
 echo "You will now be asked for the root directory of the ACK sources.
 This directory will not be changed by the installation process.
 "
@@ -98,12 +98,12 @@ do
 case $ANS in
 '')	ANS="$CURRENT";;
 esac
-case $ANS in
-j*|y*)	UTIL_HOME=$TARGET_HOME
+case X$ANS in
+Xj*|Xy*|X)	UTIL_HOME=$TARGET_HOME
 	CURRENT=y
 	break
 	;;
-n*)	CURRENT=n
+Xn*)	CURRENT=n
 	echo "You will now be asked for the root directory of ACK on the current machine.
 This tree will not be changed by the installation process.
 "

first/install_tail

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ set -e
 PATH=::$SRC_HOME/first:$UTIL_HOME/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/ucb
 export PATH
 
-mk_config $CONFIG $SRC_HOME `pwd`/make_macros
+mk_config `pwd`/make_macros
 
 mk_target
 

first/limit_enquire

@@ -11,11 +11,15 @@ to disable installation of the machine-independent part"
 	case $ANS in
 	'')	ANS="$DO_MACHINE_INDEP" ;;
 	esac
-	case $ANS in
-	j*|y*)	DO_MACHINE_INDEP=y
+	case X$ANS in
+	Xj*|Xy*|X)	DO_MACHINE_INDEP=y
+		echo "machine-independent part will be installed"
+		echo
 		break
 		;;
-	n*)	DO_MACHINE_INDEP=n
+	Xn*)	DO_MACHINE_INDEP=n
+		echo "machine-independent part will not be installed"
+		echo
 		break
 		;;
 	*)	./echo "I do not understand your answer ($ANS). Try again."
@@ -30,12 +34,16 @@ do
 	. $FDIR/get_answer
 	case X$ANS in
 	Xj*|Xy*|X)
+		echo "$i will be installed"
+		echo
 		break
 		;;
 	Xn*)	DISABLE_LANG=$DISABLE_LANG" $i"
+		echo "$i will not be installed"
+		echo
 		break
 		;;
-	*)	./echo "I do not understand your answer ($ANS). Try again."
+	*)	echo "I do not understand your answer ($ANS). Try again."
 		;;
 	esac
     done
@@ -47,20 +55,22 @@ do
     while :
     do
 	case $1 in
-	i86)	./echo "not installing i86 will disable installation of xenix3 and minix."
+	i86)	echo "not installing i86 will disable installation of xenix3 and minix."
 		;;
-	m68k2)	./echo "not installing m68k2 will disable installation of pmds, minixST,
+	m68k2)	echo "not installing m68k2 will disable installation of pmds, minixST,
 m68k4, pmds4, sun2, and mantra."
 		;;
-	m68k4)	./echo "not installing m68k4 will disable installation of pmds4, sun2, and mantra."
+	m68k4)	echo "not installing m68k4 will disable installation of pmds4, sun2, and mantra."
 		;;
-	m68020)	./echo "not installing m68020 will disable installation of sun3."
+	m68020)	echo "not installing m68020 will disable installation of sun3."
 		;;
 	esac
 	./echo -n "Do you want to install the $1 support? (y/n) "
 	. $FDIR/get_answer
 	case X$ANS in
 	Xj*|Xy*|X)
+		echo "The $1 support will be installed"
+		echo
 		case $1 in
 		vax4)	case $SYSNAME in
 			vax_bsd4_1a)	SYSVAX=libbsd4_1a
@@ -71,7 +81,7 @@ m68k4, pmds4, sun2, and mantra."
 					;;
 			*)		if [ $DO_MACHINE_INDEP = y ]
 					then
-						. get_sysvax
+						. $FDIR/get_sysvax
 					fi
 					;;
 			esac
@@ -79,6 +89,8 @@ m68k4, pmds4, sun2, and mantra."
 		break
 		;;
 	Xn*)	DISABLE_SUP=$DISABLE_SUP" $1"
+		echo "The $1 support will not be installed"
+		echo
 		case $1 in
 		i86)
 			shift

first/limit_impl

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-. macros
 for i in $DISABLE_LANG
 do
 	ed - $CONFIG/Action <<EOF

first/mk_config

@@ -1,27 +1,6 @@
-: This script creates a configuration tree.
-: Should be called with 3 parameters: the configuration root, the source
-: root, and a file containing the makefile definitions.
-
 set -e
 
-USAGE="Usage: $0 <config_root> <source_root> <macro_file>"
-
-case $# in
-3)	;;
-*)	echo $USAGE 1>&2
-	exit 1
-	;;
-esac
-
-CONFIG=$1
-SRC_HOME=$2
-MACROS=$3
-
-if [ -d $SRC_HOME ]
-then :
-else echo "$0: $SRC_HOME is not a directory" 1>&2
-     exit 2
-fi
+MACROS=$1
 
 if [ -f $MACROS ]
 then :
@@ -29,13 +8,6 @@ else echo "$0: $MACROS not found" 1>&2
      exit 3
 fi
 
-case ${CONFIG}XX${MACROS}XX${SRC_HOME} in
-/*XX/*XX/*)	;;
-*)	echo "$0: all arguments should be absolute path names" 1>&2
-	exit 4
-	;;
-esac
-
 create_dir $CONFIG
 
 cd $SRC_HOME

first/mk_target

@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 set -e
 
-. macros
-
 : machine-dependant stuff
 
 create_dir $TARGET_HOME