=================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/INSTALL,v retrieving revision 1.21 retrieving revision 1.24 diff -u -p -r1.21 -r1.24 --- mandoc/INSTALL 2018/07/31 10:18:15 1.21 +++ mandoc/INSTALL 2021/09/20 13:25:42 1.24 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -$Id: INSTALL,v 1.21 2018/07/31 10:18:15 schwarze Exp $ +$Id: INSTALL,v 1.24 2021/09/20 13:25:42 schwarze Exp $ About the portable mandoc distribution -------------------------------------- @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ tech@ mailing list, too. Enjoy using the mandoc toolset! -Ingo Schwarze, Karlsruhe, August 2018 +Ingo Schwarze, Karlsruhe, September 2021 Installation @@ -54,8 +54,6 @@ generates. If anything looks wrong or different from wish, read the file "configure.local.example", create and edit a file "configure.local", and re-run "./configure" until the result seems right to you. -On Solaris 10 and earlier, you may have to run "ksh ./configure" -because the native /bin/sh lacks some POSIX features. 5. Run "make". Any POSIX-compatible make, in particular both BSD make and GNU make, @@ -67,9 +65,15 @@ installed to the intended places. Otherwise, put some variables into "configure.local" and go back to step 4. 7. Optionally run the regression suite. -Basically, that amounts to "cd regress && ./regress.pl". -But you should probably look at "./mandoc -l regress/regress.pl.1" -first. +Basically, that amounts to "make regress" to do a standard regression +run, running all tests. For more fine-grained control, +read "./mandoc -l regress/regress.pl.1", +then run "cd regress && ./regress.pl" with optional arguments. +The regression suite requires a reasonably modern Perl interpreter. +Examples of systems that are too old to run the regression suite +include Solaris 9, Solaris 10, and Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger. +On Solaris 11, the suite does run, but some tests fail; +look at the BUGS section of that manual page. 8. Run "sudo make install". If you intend to build a binary package using some kind of fake root mechanism, you may need a