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Update INSTALL about the dependencies of the scripts.

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Lasse Collin 2014-12-20 20:43:14 +02:00
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@ -424,11 +424,16 @@ XZ Utils Installation
gl_cv_posix_shell=/path/to/posix-sh as an argument to the configure gl_cv_posix_shell=/path/to/posix-sh as an argument to the configure
script. script.
Some of the scripts require also mktemp. The original mktemp can be xzdiff (xzcmp/lzdiff/lzcmp) may use mktemp if it is available. As
found from <http://www.mktemp.org/>. On GNU, most will use the mktemp a fallback xzdiff will use mkdir to securely create a temporary
program from GNU coreutils instead of the original implementation. directory. Having mktemp available is still recommended since the
Both mktemp versions are fine for XZ Utils (and practically for mkdir fallback method isn't as robust as mktemp is. The original
everything else too). mktemp can be found from <http://www.mktemp.org/>. On GNU, most will
use the mktemp program from GNU coreutils instead of the original
implementation. Both mktemp versions are fine.
In addition to using xz to decompress .xz files, xzgrep and xzdiff
use gzip, bzip2, and lzop to support .gz, bz2, and .lzo files.
3.2. PATH 3.2. PATH