From 0a04667613b84a57b9e576a2055cc2f2cccdd7e7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Murray Nesbitt Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2018 02:52:50 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] FreeBSD: Document Python 3 requirement for 'gmake check' --- doc/build-freebsd.md | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/build-freebsd.md b/doc/build-freebsd.md index 7ec62ea77..70f5dfc88 100644 --- a/doc/build-freebsd.md +++ b/doc/build-freebsd.md @@ -14,6 +14,12 @@ You will need the following dependencies, which can be installed as root via pkg pkg install autoconf automake boost-libs git gmake libevent libtool openssl pkgconf ``` +In order to run the test suite (recommended), you will need to have Python 3 installed: + +``` +pkg install python3 +``` + For the wallet (optional): ``` ./contrib/install_db4.sh `pwd` @@ -36,10 +42,22 @@ git clone https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin ./configure # to build with wallet OR ./configure --disable-wallet # to build without wallet +``` +followed by either: + +``` gmake ``` +to build without testing, or + +``` +gmake check +``` + +to also run the test suite (recommended, if Python 3 is installed). + *Note on debugging*: The version of `gdb` installed by default is [ancient and considered harmful](https://wiki.freebsd.org/GdbRetirement). It is not suitable for debugging a multi-threaded C++ program, not even for getting backtraces. Please install the package `gdb` and use the versioned gdb command (e.g. `gdb7111`).