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@gmail.com>
Cc: fweisbec@gmail.com
Cc: rostedt@goodmis.org
Cc: anton@samba.org
Cc: hch@infradead.org
LKML-Reference: <1259565529-6407-5-git-send-email-tzanussi@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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Tom Zanussi 2009-11-30 01:18:49 -06:00 committed by Ingo Molnar
parent 61381de050
commit 8ea339adc0
2 changed files with 5 additions and 3 deletions

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@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ INSTALLATION
Building perf with perf trace Perl scripting should install this Building perf with perf trace Perl scripting should install this
module in the right place. module in the right place.
You should make sure libperl is installed first e.g. apt-get install You should make sure libperl and ExtUtils/Embed.pm are installed first
libperl-dev. e.g. apt-get install libperl-dev or yum install perl-ExtUtils-Embed.
DEPENDENCIES DEPENDENCIES

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@ -577,7 +577,9 @@ struct scripting_ops perl_scripting_ops = {
void setup_perl_scripting(void) void setup_perl_scripting(void)
{ {
fprintf(stderr, "Perl scripting not supported." 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 #else
void setup_perl_scripting(void) void setup_perl_scripting(void)