doc

git-svn-id: svn://tug.org/texlive/trunk@53848 c570f23f-e606-0410-a88d-b1316a301751

3 files changed, 15 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/Build/source/README b/Build/source/README
index 7c22875b021..6efe9fdac22 100644
--- a/Build/source/README
+++ b/Build/source/README
@@ -33,11 +33,13 @@ aarch64-linux:
   ./Build --enable-arm-neon=check
 
 i386-netbsd, amd64-netbsd:
-  gcc version 4.5.3 (NetBSD nb2 20110806)
-  NetBSD/amd64 6.1.3
-  TL_MAKE=gmake CC=gcc CXX=g++ CFLAGS=-D_NETBSD_SOURCE \
-  LDFLAGS='-L/usr/X11R7/lib -Wl,-rpath,/usr/X11R7/lib' \
-  ./Build --enable-xindy CLISP=/usr/local/bin/clisp
+  NetBSD/amd64 9.0
+  gcc version 7.4.0 (nb3 20190319)
+    TL_MAKE=gmake CC=gcc CXX=g++ \
+    CFLAGS=-D_NETBSD_SOURCE \
+    CXXFLAGS='-D_NETBSD_SOURCE -std=c++11' \
+    LDFLAGS='-L/usr/X11R7/lib -Wl,-rpath,/usr/X11R7/lib' \
+  ./Build --enable-xindy CLISP=/usr/local/bin/clisp --disable-dvisvgm
 
 i386-freebsd, amd64-freebsd:
   http://anthesphoria.net/FreeBSD/TeXLive-2018/ has details for 2018.
diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/scripts/texlive/NEWS b/Master/texmf-dist/scripts/texlive/NEWS
index 3e8b7ee5483..377308f73e2 100644
--- a/Master/texmf-dist/scripts/texlive/NEWS
+++ b/Master/texmf-dist/scripts/texlive/NEWS
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 (This file public domain.  Originally written by Norbert Preining and
 Karl Berry, 2010.)
 
+<li>more specific verification error messages
+
 <p><b>tlmgr 53428 (released 17jan20):</b>
 <li>automatic retry of packages that fail to download.
 <li>rearrange packaging so little-used scripts are not part of
diff --git a/Master/tlpkg/bin/cmp-textfiles b/Master/tlpkg/bin/cmp-textfiles
index d0b3e30a152..053020c2264 100755
--- a/Master/tlpkg/bin/cmp-textfiles
+++ b/Master/tlpkg/bin/cmp-textfiles
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env perl
 # $Id$
 # Public domain.  Originally written 2008, Karl Berry.
-# Compare two files considering CR, LF, and CRLF as equivalent. ,
+# Compare two files considering CR, LF, and CRLF as equivalent,
+# ignoring blank lines,
 # and ignoring %% lines (see below).
 # 
 # Used in place and tlpkg-ctan-check in TeX Live.
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ sub main {
   if (@ARGV != 2) {
     warn <<END_USAGE;
 Usage: $0 FILE1 FILE2.
-Compare as text files, ignoring line endings.
+Compare as text files, ignoring line endings and %% lines.
 Exit status is zero if the same, 1 if different, something else if trouble.
 END_USAGE
     exit $ARGV[0] eq "--help" ? 0 : 2;
@@ -38,15 +39,14 @@ sub read_file {
   my ($fname) = @_;
   my $ret = "";
   
-  local *FILE;
-  open (FILE, $fname) || die "open($fname) failed: $!";
-  while (<FILE>) {
+  open (my $FILE, $fname) || die "open($fname) failed: $!";
+  while (<$FILE>) {
     s/\r\n?/\n/g;
     next if /^\s*%%\s*$/; # ignore %% lines, see above.
     #warn "line is |$_|";
     $ret .= $_;
   }
-  close (FILE) || warn "close($fname) failed: $!";
+  close ($FILE) || warn "close($fname) failed: $!";
 
   # if the file did not have a trailing newline, add one for purposes of
   # comparison, since it can slip in if we edit it, etc.