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2188	Addition to Host System Prequisites - check for ability to compile	Chris Staub	bdubbs@…	"The Host Sys. Reqs. page does already list various programs needed, but I don't think that's really enough - it is entirely possible to be using a host system that meets all these requirements and is still unable to compile anything. I know the page does say to make sure you have the ""development"" packages, but I think there should be some actual test to make sure it's all really there. Perhaps, in addition to the list of required software, there should also be a test similar to the toolchain sanity test in the book - something like ""echo 'main(){}' > dummy.c && gcc dummy.c"" to verify that the host system actually has a usable toolchain."	task	closed	normal	6.4	Book	SVN	normal	fixed