Author: pierre
Date: Sun Jan 27 06:10:07 2019
New Revision: 21045
Log:
Make Rustc and Git P3
Modified:
trunk/BOOK/general.ent
trunk/BOOK/general/prog/git.xml
trunk/BOOK/general/prog/rust.xml
trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
Modified: trunk/BOOK/general.ent
==============================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/general.ent Sat Jan 26 18:38:43 2019 (r21044)
+++ trunk/BOOK/general.ent Sun Jan 27 06:10:07 2019 (r21045)
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
<!-- $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ -->
-<!ENTITY day "26"> <!-- Always 2 digits -->
+<!ENTITY day "27"> <!-- Always 2 digits -->
<!ENTITY month "01"> <!-- Always 2 digits -->
<!ENTITY year "2019">
<!ENTITY copyrightdate "2001-&year;">
<!ENTITY copyholder "The BLFS Development Team">
<!ENTITY version "&year;-&month;-&day;">
-<!ENTITY releasedate "January 26th, &year;">
+<!ENTITY releasedate "January 27th, &year;">
<!ENTITY pubdate "&year;-&month;-&day;"> <!-- metadata req. by TLDP -->
<!ENTITY blfs-version "svn"> <!-- svn|[release #] -->
<!ENTITY lfs-version "development"> <!-- x.y|development -->
Modified: trunk/BOOK/general/prog/git.xml
==============================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/general/prog/git.xml Sat Jan 26 18:38:43 2019 (r21044)
+++ trunk/BOOK/general/prog/git.xml Sun Jan 27 06:10:07 2019 (r21045)
@@ -107,10 +107,8 @@
<bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
<para role="recommended">
- <xref linkend="curl"/> (needed to use <application>Git</application>
over http,
- https, ftp or ftps), and
- <!-- <xref linkend="perl-error"/>, and -->
- <xref linkend="python2"/>
+ <xref linkend="curl"/> (needed to use <application>Git</application> over
+ http, https, ftp or ftps)
</para>
<bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
@@ -118,7 +116,9 @@
<xref linkend="pcre2"/> (<emphasis>or</emphasis> the deprecated <xref
linkend="pcre"/>), in either case configured with
<literal>--enable-jit</literal>,
- <xref linkend="subversion"/> with Perl bindings (for <command>git
svn</command>),
+ <xref linkend="python2"/>,
+ <xref linkend="subversion"/> with Perl bindings (for <command>git
+ svn</command>),
<xref role="runtime" linkend="tk"/>
(gitk, a simple <application>Git</application>
repository viewer, uses <application>Tk</application> at runtime), and
@@ -263,8 +263,10 @@
</para>
<para>
- <option>--without-python</option>: Use this switch if
- <application>Python</application> is not installed.
+ <option>--with-python=python3</option>: Use this switch to allow using
+ <application>Python 3</application>. <application>Python</application> is
+ only used for the <command>git p4</command> interface to Perforce
+ repositories.
</para>
<para>
Modified: trunk/BOOK/general/prog/rust.xml
==============================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/general/prog/rust.xml Sat Jan 26 18:38:43 2019 (r21044)
+++ trunk/BOOK/general/prog/rust.xml Sun Jan 27 06:10:07 2019 (r21045)
@@ -109,7 +109,10 @@
<note>
<para>
Rustc defaults to building for ALL supported architectures, using a
- shipped copy of LLVM. In BLFS the build is only for the X86
architecture.
+ shipped copy of LLVM. In BLFS the build is only for the X86
+ architecture. Rustc still claims to require Python 2, but that is only
+ really necessary when building some other architectures with the
+ shipped LLVM.
If you intend to develop rust crates, this build may not be good
enough for your purposes.
</para>
@@ -167,9 +170,8 @@
<bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
<para role="required">
<xref linkend="curl"/>,
- <xref linkend="cmake"/>,
- <xref linkend="libssh2"/>, and
- <xref linkend="python2"/>
+ <xref linkend="cmake"/>, and
+ <xref linkend="libssh2"/>
</para>
<!-- comment out while using shipped LLVM
@@ -181,7 +183,10 @@
<bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
<para role="optional">
- <xref linkend="gdb"/> (used by the testsuite if it is present)
+ <xref linkend="gdb"/> (used by the testsuite if it is present) and
+ <xref linkend="python2"/> (if gdb is present, it must have been built
+ with Python 2 support to prevent some tests failing. Furthermore, another
+ test fails if Python 2 is not present)
</para>
<para condition="html" role="usernotes">
@@ -268,7 +273,7 @@
</para>
<screen><userinput>export RUSTFLAGS="$RUSTFLAGS -C link-args=-lffi" &&
-./x.py build --exclude src/tools/miri</userinput></screen>
+python3 ./x.py build --exclude src/tools/miri</userinput></screen>
<note>
<para>
@@ -284,20 +289,22 @@
</note>
<para>
- To run the tests issue
- <command>./x.py test --verbose --no-fail-fast | tee
rustc-testlog</command>:
- as with the build, that will use all available CPUs.
+ To run the tests issue <command>python3 ./x.py test --verbose
+ --no-fail-fast | tee rustc-testlog</command>: as with the build, that
+ will use all available CPUs.
</para>
<para>
The instructions above do not build ARM compilers, so the testsuite
<emphasis>will</emphasis> fail and the tests will be reported to end in
error, with a backtrace of the last failing test. On a good run, 3 tests
- which need Thumb (ARM) compilers will fail, all in <filename
+ which need Thumb (ARM) compilers will fail, all in <filename
class="directory">ui/issues</filename> for issues 37131, 49851 and 50993.
- Occasionally a fourth test,
'run-make-fulldeps/sysroot-crates-are-unstable'
+ Occasionally a fourth test,
+ <filename>run-make-fulldeps/sysroot-crates-are-unstable</filename>
fails. If gdb has been installed, in some circumstances three tests in
- debuginfo-both also fail. As with all large testsuites, other tests might
+ <filename class="directory">debuginfo</filename> also fail. As with all
+ large testsuites, other tests might
fail on some machines - if the number of failures is in the single
digits,
check the log for 'FAILED' and review lines above that. Any mention of
SIGSEGV or signal 11 in a failing test is a cause for concern.
@@ -328,7 +335,7 @@
</para>
<screen><userinput>export LIBSSH2_SYS_USE_PKG_CONFIG=1 &&
-DESTDIR=${PWD}/install ./x.py install &&
+DESTDIR=${PWD}/install python3 ./x.py install &&
unset LIBSSH2_SYS_USE_PKG_CONFIG</userinput></screen>
<para>
@@ -419,8 +426,8 @@
</para>
<para>
- <command>DESTDIR=${PWD}/install ./x.py install</command>: This effects a
- DESTDIR-style install in the source tree,creating an <filename
+ <command>DESTDIR=${PWD}/install python3 ./x.py install</command>: This
+ effects a DESTDIR-style install in the source tree,creating an <filename
class="directory">install</filename> directory. Note that DESTDIR
installs
need an absolute path, passing 'install' will not work.
</para>
Modified: trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
==============================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml Sat Jan 26 18:38:43
2019 (r21044)
+++ trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml Sun Jan 27 06:10:07
2019 (r21045)
@@ -41,6 +41,20 @@
</itemizedlist>
</listitem>
-->
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>January 27th, 2019</para>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>[pierre] - Git barely needs Python, and
+ can use Python 3 in the rare cases it is needed.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>[pierre] - Reinstate building Rustc with Python 3.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </listitem>
+
<listitem>
<para>January 24th, 2019</para>
<itemizedlist>
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