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diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index b5acedcc96..acb622a102 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -224,6 +224,33 @@ 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 2.7.6/3.4.3 or later + + Python is required for running the printers' test scripts. + + * 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. + + * GDB 7.8 or later with support for Python 2.7.6/3.4.3 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. + +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 |