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authorDmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@google.com>2019-03-14 15:13:17 +0100
committerDmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@google.com>2019-03-14 15:13:39 +0100
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docs: mention install_prerequisites in syscall_descriptions.md
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Note: _all_ generated files (`*.const`, `*.go`, `*.h`) are checked-in with the
`*.txt` changes in the same commit.
+Note: `make extract` extracts constants for all architectures which requires
+installed cross-compilers. If you get errors about missing compilers/libraries,
+try `sudo make install_prerequisites` or install equivalent package for your distro.
+
If you want to fuzz the new subsystem that you described locally, you may find
the `enable_syscalls` configuration parameter useful to specifically target
the new system calls.