On Fri, 11 Oct 2024 at 10:14, Roosh Fourtytwo via Gcc <gcc@gcc.gnu.org> wrote:
> Hi, Thanks for the clear and concise instructions. I'm building gcc-14, > and have a small suggestion. > > Kind regards, > Roosh42 > > *Webpage to update:* > https://gcc.gnu.org/install/prerequisites.html > > *Suggestion:* > Add curl as one of the prerequisites > > *Reason:* > It is needed for ./contrib/download_prerequisites > > *Possible HTML to add to "Tools/packages necessary for building GCC":* > <dt>curl</dt> > <dd><p> > If you use <code>./contrib/download_prerequisites</code> to download local > copies of some prerequisites listed below (e.g. GMP, MPFR, MPC, ISL, > gettext), the script will use curl. > But it only uses curl if wget is not present: if type wget > /dev/null ; then fetch='wget' else fetch='curl -LO' fi But I agree that we should mention the download_prerequisites script more prominently (and format it as code where it's already mentioned). > </p> > </dd> > > *Extra reasoning:* > By adding this just before the list of deps, it is more likely that readers > will become aware that they can take the easy-path* of downloading these > via the contrib script, rather than trying to build/install them into their > system. > > *easy-path references in https://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/InstallingGCC >
