linux-kernel - [PATCH 4/4] perf trace/scripting: Add Fedora libperl install note to doc

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Date:	Mon, 30 Nov 2009 01:18:49 -0600
From:	Tom Zanussi <tzanussi@...il.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	mingo@...e.hu, fweisbec@...il.com, rostedt@...dmis.org,
	anton@...ba.org, hch@...radead.org
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] 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>
---
 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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