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authorWladimir J. van der Laan <laanwj@gmail.com>2018-11-01 16:04:47 +0100
committerWladimir J. van der Laan <laanwj@gmail.com>2018-11-01 16:04:52 +0100
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Merge #14617: FreeBSD: Document Python 3 requirement for 'gmake check'
0a04667613b84a57b9e576a2055cc2f2cccdd7e7 FreeBSD: Document Python 3 requirement for 'gmake check' (Murray Nesbitt) Pull request description: `doc/build-freebsd.md` doesn't mention that Python 3 is required to run the test suite. Currently, `gmake check` fails without it. Tree-SHA512: 19117671bf528d335146d821e5cd4108f2f6ae014fb9a6d0030a322b23d1bc5f677e46896b575a7ca78b137315b60e63ad8b03ad695fe0aae3e9f50b060a3561
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diff --git a/doc/build-freebsd.md b/doc/build-freebsd.md
index 7ec62ea779..70f5dfc882 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`).