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+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ Issues of note:
- "openssl" library is used by git-imap-send to use IMAP over SSL.
If you don't need it, use NO_OPENSSL.
- By default, git uses OpenSSL for SHA1 but it will use it's own
+ By default, git uses OpenSSL for SHA1 but it will use its own
library (inspired by Mozilla's) with either NO_OPENSSL or
BLK_SHA1. Also included is a version optimized for PowerPC
(PPC_SHA1).
@@ -131,6 +131,10 @@ Issues of note:
use English. Under autoconf the configure script will do this
automatically if it can't find libintl on the system.
+ - Python version 2.4 or later (but not 3.x, which is not
+ supported by Perforce) is needed to use the git-p4 interface
+ to Perforce.
+
- Some platform specific issues are dealt with Makefile rules,
but depending on your specific installation, you may not
have all the libraries/tools needed, or you may have
@@ -158,11 +162,9 @@ Issues of note:
makeinfo and docbook2X. Version 0.8.3 is known to work.
Building and installing the pdf file additionally requires
- dblatex. Version 0.2.7 with asciidoc >= 8.2.7 is known to work.
+ dblatex. Version >= 0.2.7 is known to work.
- The documentation is written for AsciiDoc 7, but by default
- uses some compatibility wrappers to work on AsciiDoc 8. If you have
- AsciiDoc 7, try "make ASCIIDOC7=YesPlease".
+ All formats require at least asciidoc 8.4.1.
There are also "make quick-install-doc", "make quick-install-man"
and "make quick-install-html" which install preformatted man pages