From 0c1d2586a0c113709ab7ea4214a641aa9a4b4785 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter Breitenlohner Date: Fri, 4 May 2012 06:55:50 +0000 Subject: top-level README: Update the list of prerequisites git-svn-id: svn://tug.org/texlive/trunk@26184 c570f23f-e606-0410-a88d-b1316a301751 --- Build/source/ChangeLog | 5 +++++ Build/source/README | 6 +++++- Build/source/README.config | 8 ++++++-- 3 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'Build') 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 + + * README: Update the list of prerequisites. + * README.config: Mention configure options for biber. + 2012-04-12 Karl Berry * 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/. 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. -- cgit v1.2.3