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authorPeter Breitenlohner <peb@mppmu.mpg.de>2012-05-04 06:55:50 +0000
committerPeter Breitenlohner <peb@mppmu.mpg.de>2012-05-04 06:55:50 +0000
commit0c1d2586a0c113709ab7ea4214a641aa9a4b4785 (patch)
treecf91d207588fe946cd81e46d4aeb49465148476e /Build
parent023194913e9a09decd34ad0e45a2f9804e76d270 (diff)
top-level README: Update the list of prerequisites
git-svn-id: svn://tug.org/texlive/trunk@26184 c570f23f-e606-0410-a88d-b1316a301751
Diffstat (limited to 'Build')
-rw-r--r--Build/source/ChangeLog5
-rw-r--r--Build/source/README6
-rw-r--r--Build/source/README.config8
3 files changed, 16 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Build/source/ChangeLog b/Build/source/ChangeLog
index 79b53c40aa0..7cd0fbffddf 100644
--- a/Build/source/ChangeLog
+++ b/Build/source/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2012-05-04 Peter Breitenlohner <peb@mppmu.mpg.de>
+
+ * README: Update the list of prerequisites.
+ * README.config: Mention configure options for biber.
+
2012-04-12 Karl Berry <karl@tug.org>
* Build (TL_COMPILER_GFLAGS): new envvar, used to override -g
diff --git a/Build/source/README b/Build/source/README
index 8416cd4c3f9..8b29edd494d 100644
--- a/Build/source/README
+++ b/Build/source/README
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ Prerequisites:
- GNU clisp and GNU libffcall, for xindy. See more
details in utils/README. (Alternative: Build --disable-xindy.)
+ Perl, latex, and pdflatex to build the rules and/or documentation.
+
+- Perl to autodetect the TeX Live platform name for biber.
+
- X11 headers and libraries (often a ``development'' package, not
installed by default), for pdfopen and xdvi.
(Alternative: Build --without-x.)
@@ -28,7 +32,7 @@ Prerequisites:
- If you modify any .y or .l source files, then Bison and Flex (or maybe
equivalents) are needed. The distributed .c and .h files are generated
- with bison-2.4.3 and flex-2.5.35.
+ with bison-2.5 and flex-2.5.35.
The binaries will be left in ./inst/bin/<stdplatform>.
For TeX Live, ignore the other files and directories that end up in ./inst.
diff --git a/Build/source/README.config b/Build/source/README.config
index aa85e1bdef8..13b4ba85f8e 100644
--- a/Build/source/README.config
+++ b/Build/source/README.config
@@ -293,11 +293,15 @@ For xindy.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
To build xindy docs.
-4.6. KPSEWHICH=/path/to/kpsewhich
+4.6. PERL=/path/to/perl or TL_PLATFORM=TeX_Live_platform_name
+-------------------------------------------------------------
+Set the TeX Live platform name for biber.
+
+4.7. KPSEWHICH=/path/to/kpsewhich
---------------------------------
For `make check'.
-4.7. MAKE=/path/to/GNU_make, SED=/path/to/GNU_sed
+4.8. MAKE=/path/to/GNU_make, SED=/path/to/GNU_sed
-------------------------------------------------
For the top-level.