Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | From | Tom Zanussi <> | Subject | [PATCH 4/4] perf trace/scripting: Add Fedora libperl install note to doc | Date | Mon, 30 Nov 2009 01:18:49 -0600 |
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Fedora needs perl-ExtUtils-Embed for Perl scripting, which also brings along libperl-devel; note this info for the convenience of Fedora users.
Signed-off-by: Tom Zanussi <tzanussi@gmail.com> --- tools/perf/scripts/perl/Perf-Trace-Util/README | 4 ++-- tools/perf/util/trace-event-perl.c | 4 +++- 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/perf/scripts/perl/Perf-Trace-Util/README b/tools/perf/scripts/perl/Perf-Trace-Util/README index adb99aa..9a97076 100644 --- a/tools/perf/scripts/perl/Perf-Trace-Util/README +++ b/tools/perf/scripts/perl/Perf-Trace-Util/README @@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ INSTALLATION Building perf with perf trace Perl scripting should install this module in the right place. -You should make sure libperl is installed first e.g. apt-get install -libperl-dev. +You should make sure libperl and ExtUtils/Embed.pm are installed first +e.g. apt-get install libperl-dev or yum install perl-ExtUtils-Embed. DEPENDENCIES diff --git a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-perl.c b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-perl.c index 2e1cc3c..51e833f 100644 --- a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-perl.c +++ b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-perl.c @@ -577,7 +577,9 @@ struct scripting_ops perl_scripting_ops = { void setup_perl_scripting(void) { fprintf(stderr, "Perl scripting not supported." - " Install libperl-dev[el] and rebuild perf to get it.\n"); + " Install libperl and rebuild perf to enable it. e.g. " + "apt-get install libperl-dev (ubuntu), yum install " + "perl-ExtUtils-Embed (Fedora), etc.\n"); } #else void setup_perl_scripting(void) -- 1.6.4.GIT
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