Document the debian.txt, fedora.txt files.

sagemath · Jan 25, 2020 · 3ef64c4 · 3ef64c4
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diff --git a/build/pkgs/debian.txt b/build/pkgs/debian.txt
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+# This file, build/pkgs/debian.txt, contains names of Debian/Ubuntu packages
+# needed for installation of Sage from source.
+#
+# In addition, the files build/pkgs/SPKG/debian.txt contain the names
+# of packages that provide the equivalent of SPKG.
+#
+# If distinctions between different distributions need to be made,
+# files named debian....txt or ubuntu.....txt can be used.
+#
+# See build/bin/sage-spkg, where this information is processed
+# for use in "sage -info SPKG".
+#
+# Everything on a line after a # character is ignored.
 binutils
 make
 m4

diff --git a/build/pkgs/fedora.txt b/build/pkgs/fedora.txt
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+# This file, build/pkgs/fedora.txt, contains names of Fedora/Redhat/CentOS packages
+# needed for installation of Sage from source.
+#
+# In addition, the files build/pkgs/SPKG/fedora.txt contain the names
+# of packages that provide the equivalent of SPKG.
+#
+# If distinctions between different distributions need to be made,
+# files named fedora....txt, redhat...txt, or centos....txt can be used.
+#
+# See build/bin/sage-spkg, where this information is processed
+# for use in "sage -info SPKG".
+#
+# Everything on a line after a # character is ignored.
+#
 binutils
-gcc
-gcc-c++
-gcc-gfortran
 make
 m4
 perl