Re: [Xen-devel] Please document new build requirement for 'patch'

[Keir Fraser <Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> The unstable branch just got a new build dependency: patch.

The build system also depends on gcc, ld, as, sed, cat, mv, ...
I think patch is a core tool in any sane Linux setup.

> I previously mentioned that the addition of ioemu added a slew of new
> build dependencies (g++, X11, etc), and that those dependencies should
> also be documented.

If you send us a patch to automatically look for g++ and the X11
libraries, and print a warning and bail if they are missing, then
we'll be happy to check it in. This will depend on a text editor and
on 'diff'. :-)

I have in mind something like the docs/check_pgs script which is
called from the 'docs' target in the root Makefile and will bail from
building the docs if the script fails.

 -- Keir


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