+2009-02-04 Mark Wielaard <mjw@redhat.com>
+
+ * NEWS: Mention run-stap.
+
2009-02-04 Mark Wielaard <mjw@redhat.com>
* NEWS: Add Beginner Guide.
* What's new
-- Systemtap now comes with a new Beginners Guide that walks the user
- through their first steps setting up stap, understanding how it all
+- For those that really want to run stap from the build tree there is
+ now the 'run-stap' script in the top-level build directory that sets
+ up the SYSTEMTAP_TAPSET, SYSTEMTAP_RUNTIME, SYSTEMTAP_STAPRUN, and
+ SYSTEMTAP_STAPIO environment variables (installing systemtap, in a
+ local prefix, is still recommended for common use).
+
+- Systemtap now comes with a new Beginners Guide that walks the user
+ through their first steps setting up stap, understanding how it all
works, introduces some useful scripts and describes some common
pitfalls. It isn't created by default since it needs a Publican
setup, but full build instructions can be found in the wiki: