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@@ -296,38 +296,6 @@ You can specify 'stop-on-test-failure=y' when running 'make check' to make the test run stop and exit with an error status immediately when a failure occurs. - The GNU C Library pretty printers come with their own set of scripts -for testing, which run together with the rest of the testsuite through -'make check'. These scripts require the following tools to run -successfully: - - * 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. - - * 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. - - * 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 'debugger' 8.0.1 is the newest verified to work to test - the pretty printers. - -If these tools are absent, the printer tests will report themselves as -'UNSUPPORTED'. Notice that some of the printer tests require the GNU C -Library to be compiled with debugging symbols. - To format the 'GNU C Library Reference Manual' for printing, type 'make dvi'. You need a working TeX installation to do this. The distribution builds the on-line formatted version of the manual, as Info @@ -532,10 +500,11 @@ build the GNU C Library: * 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 'perl' version 5.28.0 is the newest verified to - work to build the GNU C Library. + Perl is not required, but if present it is used in some tests and + the 'mtrace' program, to build the GNU C Library manual, as well as + to regenerate 'locale/C-translit.h' if its source files are + modified. As of release time 'perl' version 5.28.0 is the newest + verified to work to build the GNU C Library. * GNU 'sed' 3.02 or newer @@ -543,6 +512,33 @@ build the GNU C Library: work with any version of 'sed'. As of release time, 'sed' version 4.5 is the newest verified to work to build the GNU C Library. + * 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 the GNU C Library. + + * 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. + + * 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 '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 'UNSUPPORTED'. Notice that + some of the printer tests require the GNU C Library to be compiled + with debugging symbols. + If you change any of the 'configure.ac' files you will also need * GNU 'autoconf' 2.69 (exactly) |