id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc
1779	Host System Requirements page	bdubbs@…	manuel@…	"It would be useful to add way for the user to check each package for the software installed in the host system.  The following commands will display the appropriate version.

 * bash --version

 * binutils
   * ld --version

 * bzip2 --version

 * coreutils
   * chown --version

 * diff --version

 * find --version

 * gawk --version

 * gcc -- version

 * /lib/libc.so.6

 * grep --version

 * gzip --version

 * uname -a and cat /proc/version

 * make --version

 * patch --version

 * sed --version

 * tar --version

This could also be put into a simple script to display all the current versions.

Also on the page:

The reason for the kernel version requirement is that TLS support in Binutils don't be built and the Native POSIX Threading Library (NPTL) test suite will segfault if the host's kernel isn't a 2.6 kernel and has not been compiled with GCC-3.0 or a later version.

s/don't/will not/  

Also define TLS.  I assume it is Transport Layer Security.  I think POSIX is a generic term and really doesn't need to be defined.  "	enhancement	closed	low	6.2	Book	SVN	minor	fixed