install.texi (Testing): Simplify and compress instructions concerning Dejagnu.

* doc/install.texi (Testing): Simplify and compress instructions
	concerning Dejagnu.

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2003-02-02 Gerald Pfeifer <pfeifer@dbai.tuwien.ac.at>
* doc/install.texi (Testing): Simplify and compress instructions
concerning Dejagnu.
2003-02-01 John David Anglin <dave.anglin@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca>
* collect2.c (pexecute_pid): Rename to pid.

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separately.
Second, you must have the testing tools installed. This includes
a @uref{http://www.gnu.org/software/dejagnu/,,current version of DejaGnu};
dejagnu 1.3 is not sufficient.
It also includes Tcl and Expect; the DejaGnu site has links to these.
@uref{http://www.gnu.org/software/dejagnu/,,DejaGnu} 1.4.2 (or later),
Tcl, and Expect; the DejaGnu site has links to these.
Now you may need specific preparations:
@itemize @bullet
@item
The following environment variables may need to be set appropriately, as in
the following example (which assumes that DejaGnu has been installed
under @file{/usr/local}):
If the directories where @command{runtest} and @command{expect} were
installed are not in the @env{PATH}, you may need to set the following
environment variables appropriately, as in the following example (which
assumes that DejaGnu has been installed under @file{/usr/local}):
@example
TCL_LIBRARY = /usr/local/share/tcl8.0
DEJAGNULIBS = /usr/local/share/dejagnu
@end example
On systems such as Cygwin, these paths are required to be actual
(On systems such as Cygwin, these paths are required to be actual
paths, not mounts or links; presumably this is due to some lack of
portability in the DejaGnu code.
portability in the DejaGnu code.)
If the directories where @command{runtest} and @command{expect} were
installed are in the @env{PATH}, it should not be necessary to set these
environment variables.
@end itemize
Finally, you can run the testsuite (which may take a long time):
@example