[PATCH] INSTALL, NEWS: Document requirement of gawk with MPFR support
Andreas K. Hüttel
dilfridge@gentoo.org
Sat Dec 28 21:03:05 GMT 2024
Signed-off-by: Andreas K. Hüttel <dilfridge@gentoo.org>
---
v2: removed extra bracket, shortened INSTALL
---
INSTALL | 4 ++++
NEWS | 3 +++
manual/install.texi | 4 ++++
3 files changed, 11 insertions(+)
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 717b34a374..7e8dcbb089 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -559,6 +559,10 @@ build the GNU C Library:
version 5.3.0 is the newest verified to work to build the GNU C
Library.
+ Testing the GNU C Library requires 'gawk' to be compiled with
+ support for high precision arithmetic via the 'MPFR'
+ multiple-precision floating-point computation library.
+
* GNU 'bison' 2.7 or later
'bison' is used to generate the 'yacc' parser code in the 'intl'
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 4ceecd6249..3d4380e43f 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@ Changes to build and runtime requirements:
act as a "shall occur" cancellation point, in which case it might
not issue a syscall or trigger a deferred cancellation event.
+* Testing the GNU C Library requires GNU awk to be compiled with support for
+ high precision arithmetic via the MPFR library.
+
Security related changes:
The following CVEs were fixed in this release, details of which can be
diff --git a/manual/install.texi b/manual/install.texi
index 05a774b33b..b5292a976a 100644
--- a/manual/install.texi
+++ b/manual/install.texi
@@ -602,6 +602,10 @@ function, which was introduced in version 3.1.2 of @code{gawk}.
As of release time, @code{gawk} version 5.3.0 is the newest verified
to work to build @theglibc{}.
+Testing the GNU C Library requires @code{gawk} to be compiled with
+support for high precision arithmetic via the @code{MPFR}
+multiple-precision floating-point computation library.
+
@item
GNU @code{bison} 2.7 or later
--
2.45.2
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