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diff --git a/manual/install.texi b/manual/install.texi index f9cc190..df32b39 100644 --- a/manual/install.texi +++ b/manual/install.texi @@ -330,39 +330,6 @@ occurred. You can specify @samp{stop-on-test-failure=y} when running @code{make check} to make the test run stop and exit with an error status immediately when a failure occurs. -The @glibcadj{} pretty printers come with their own set of scripts for testing, -which run together with the rest of the testsuite through @code{make check}. -These scripts require the following tools to run successfully: - -@itemize @bullet -@item -Python 2.7/3.4 or later - -Python is required for running the printers' test scripts. As of release time, -Python 3.6 is the newest verified to work to test the pretty printers. - -@item PExpect 4.0 - -The printer tests drive GDB through test programs and compare its output -to the printers'. PExpect is used to capture the output of GDB, and should be -compatible with the Python version in your system. As of release time -PExpect 4.3 is the newest verified to work to test the pretty printers. - -@item -GDB 7.8 or later with support for Python 2.7/3.4 or later - -GDB itself needs to be configured with Python support in order to use the -pretty printers. Notice that your system having Python available doesn't imply -that GDB supports it, nor that your system's Python and GDB's have the same -version. As of release time GNU @code{debugger} 8.0.1 is the newest verified -to work to test the pretty printers. -@end itemize - -@noindent -If these tools are absent, the printer tests will report themselves as -@code{UNSUPPORTED}. Notice that some of the printer tests require @theglibc{} -to be compiled with debugging symbols. - To format the @cite{GNU C Library Reference Manual} for printing, type @w{@code{make dvi}}. You need a working @TeX{} installation to do this. The distribution builds the on-line formatted version of the @@ -577,10 +544,11 @@ verified to work to build @theglibc{}. @item Perl 5 -Perl is not required, but it is used if present to test the -installation. We may decide to use it elsewhere in the future. As of release -time @code{perl} version 5.28.0 is the newest verified to work to build -@theglibc{}. +Perl is not required, but if present it is used in some tests and the +@code{mtrace} program, to build the @glibcadj{} manual, as well as to +regenerate @file{locale/C-translit.h} if its source files are +modified. As of release time @code{perl} version 5.28.0 is the newest +verified to work to build @theglibc{}. @item GNU @code{sed} 3.02 or newer @@ -589,6 +557,33 @@ GNU @code{sed} 3.02 or newer with any version of @code{sed}. As of release time, @code{sed} version 4.5 is the newest verified to work to build @theglibc{}. +@item +Python 2.7/3.4 or later + +Python is required to run some tests. As of release time, Python 3.6 +is the newest verified to work for testing @theglibc{}. + +@item PExpect 4.0 + +The pretty printer tests drive GDB through test programs and compare +its output to the printers'. PExpect is used to capture the output of +GDB, and should be compatible with the Python version in your system. +As of release time PExpect 4.3 is the newest verified to work to test +the pretty printers. + +@item +GDB 7.8 or later with support for Python 2.7/3.4 or later + +GDB itself needs to be configured with Python support in order to use +the pretty printers. Notice that your system having Python available +doesn't imply that GDB supports it, nor that your system's Python and +GDB's have the same version. As of release time GNU @code{debugger} +8.0.1 is the newest verified to work to test the pretty printers. + +Unless Python, PExpect and GDB with Python support are present, the +printer tests will report themselves as @code{UNSUPPORTED}. Notice +that some of the printer tests require @theglibc{} to be compiled with +debugging symbols. @end itemize @noindent |