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authorKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2017-05-19 23:03:47 +0000
committerKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2017-05-19 23:03:47 +0000
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README.* updates from tlbuild.texi
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@@ -10,13 +10,17 @@ the TL source tree, requires only C and C++ compilers and GNU 'make'.
(If 'make' from your 'PATH' is not GNU make, you can set 'MAKE' in the
environment to whatever is necessary.)
- Indeed, GNU 'make' is required only because of some third-party
-libraries, notably FreeType; all the TL-maintained directories (and
+ GNU 'make' is required only because of some third-party libraries,
+notably FreeType; all the TL-maintained directories (and
Automake/Autoconf output in general) should work with any reasonable
'make'.
However, a few programs in the tree have additional requirements:
+'dvisvgm'
+ requires a C++11 compiler, such as gcc 4.8.1 (or later) or clang
+ 3.3 (or later).
+
'web2c'
requires 'perl' for some tests run by 'make check'.