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diff --git a/doc/build.texinfo b/doc/build.texinfo index 8e7aed92c..f92a4d249 100644 --- a/doc/build.texinfo +++ b/doc/build.texinfo @@ -387,6 +387,29 @@ building Kerberos; see @ref{Doing the Build}.): % make check @end example +However, there are several prerequisites that must be satisfied first: + +@itemize @bullet +@item +Configure and build Kerberos with Tcl support. Tcl is used to drive the +test suite. This often means passing @code{--with-tcl} to configure to +tell it the location of the Tcl configuration script. (See +@xref{Options to Configure}.) + +@item +You have to run @samp{make install} before running @samp{make check}, or +the test suite will often pick up the installed version of Kerberos +rather than the newly built one. You can install into a prefix that +isn't in the system library search path, though. This theoretically +could be fixed with the appropriate environment variable magic in the +test suite, but hasn't been yet. + +@item +In order to test the RPC layer, the local system has to be running the +@command{portmap} daemon and it has to be listening to the regular +network interface (not just localhost). +@end itemize + @menu * The DejaGnu Tests:: * The KADM5 Tests:: |