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authorDaniel Lange <DLange@git.local>2021-09-22 12:02:10 +0200
committerBenBE <BenBE@geshi.org>2021-09-23 18:10:51 +0200
commit3d99c306b9c697ac0c3082b4643e61699867a546 (patch)
tree5c51502fa76a2a326af9ff3823e073d38cfb6e8f
parente6ded48d1a9288b210ea0a3a620230a22285a4a7 (diff)
Document minimum versions for glibc and libcap. Thank you to James Brown (Roguelazer).
Closes #804
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@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ List of build-time dependencies:
- `autotools`
* `ncurses`
+When building `htop` on Linux with the GNU C Library you will need `glibc` v2.14 or later.
+`pcp-htop` for Linux can still be built with older `glibc` versions.
+
**Note about `ncurses`:**
> `htop` requires `ncurses` 6.0. Be aware the appropriate package is sometimes still called libncurses5 (on Debian/Ubuntu). Also `ncurses` usually comes in two flavours:
>* With Unicode support.
@@ -47,7 +50,7 @@ List of build-time dependencies:
List of additional build-time dependencies (based on feature flags):
* `sensors`
* `hwloc`
-* `libcap`
+* `libcap` (v2.21 or later)
* `libnl-3`
Install these and other required packages for C development from your package manager.

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