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diff --git a/BUILDING.md b/BUILDING.md index 462e7b4a01..63ddf8e7f4 100644 --- a/BUILDING.md +++ b/BUILDING.md @@ -70,8 +70,7 @@ There are three support tiers: ### Supported platforms The community does not build or test against end-of-life distributions (EoL). -Thus, we do not recommend that you use Node.js on end-of-life or unsupported -platforms in production. +For production applications, run Node.js on supported platforms only. | System | Support type | Version | Architectures | Notes | | ------------ | ------------ | ------------------------------- | ---------------- | ----------------------------- | @@ -135,21 +134,20 @@ OpenSSL-1.1.0 requires the following assembler version for use of asm support on x86_64 and ia32. * gas (GNU assembler) version 2.23 or higher -* xcode version 5.0 or higher +* Xcode version 5.0 or higher * llvm version 3.3 or higher * nasm version 2.10 or higher in Windows -Otherwise `configure` will fail with an error. This can be avoided by -either providing a newer assembler as per the list above or by -using the `--openssl-no-asm` flag. +If compiling without one of the above, use `configure` with the +`--openssl-no-asm` flag. Otherwise, `configure` will fail. The forthcoming OpenSSL-1.1.1 will have different requirements. Please refer to https://www.openssl.org/docs/man1.1.1/man3/OPENSSL_ia32cap.html for details. ## Building Node.js on supported platforms -*Note:* All prerequisites can be easily installed by following -[this bootstrapping guide](https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/master/tools/bootstrap/README.md). +The [bootstrapping guide](https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/master/tools/bootstrap/README.md) +explains how to install all prerequisites. ### Unix/macOS @@ -160,7 +158,7 @@ The forthcoming OpenSSL-1.1.1 will have different requirements. Please refer to * Python 2.6 or 2.7 * GNU Make 3.81 or newer -On macOS, you will need to install the `Xcode Command Line Tools` by running +On macOS, install the `Xcode Command Line Tools` by running `xcode-select --install`. Alternatively, if you already have the full Xcode installed, you can find them under the menu `Xcode -> Open Developer Tool -> More Developer Tools...`. This step will install `clang`, `clang++`, and @@ -181,13 +179,9 @@ $ ./configure $ make -j4 ``` -Running `make` with the `-j4` flag will cause it to run 4 compilation jobs -concurrently which may significantly reduce build time. The number after `-j` -can be changed to best suit the number of processor cores on your machine. If -you run into problems running `make` with concurrency, try running it without -the `-j4` flag. See the -[GNU Make Documentation](https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/html_node/Parallel.html) -for more information. +The `-j4` option will cause `make` to run 4 simultaneous compilation jobs which +may reduce build time. For more information, see the +[GNU Make Documentation](https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/html_node/Parallel.html). Note that the above requires that `python` resolve to Python 2.6 or 2.7 and not a newer version. |