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Date:	Mon, 30 Nov 2009 08:24:25 GMT
From:	tip-bot for Tom Zanussi <tzanussi@...il.com>
To:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, hpa@...or.com, mingo@...hat.com,
	tzanussi@...il.com, tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...e.hu
Subject: [tip:perf/scripting] perf trace/scripting: Add Fedora libperl install note to doc

Commit-ID:  8ea339adc0a48236008e59dd21564d71c37b331c
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/8ea339adc0a48236008e59dd21564d71c37b331c
Author:     Tom Zanussi <tzanussi@...il.com>
AuthorDate: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 01:18:49 -0600
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
CommitDate: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:04:01 +0100

perf trace/scripting: Add Fedora libperl install note to doc

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@...il.com>
Cc: fweisbec@...il.com
Cc: rostedt@...dmis.org
Cc: anton@...ba.org
Cc: hch@...radead.org
LKML-Reference: <1259565529-6407-5-git-send-email-tzanussi@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
---
 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)
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