Mention that tests need a Python-enabled gdb.

2018-11-27 13:31:38 +00:00 · 2018-11-27 13:31:38 +00:00 · 15d8147eb2
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@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ timestamp file for every test can be found under `build/ARCH/test/`.
 To force-rerun a test (e.g. in case the test runner fails to notice
 a change) you can simply remove the timestamp file.

+Note that some tests require a Python-enabled gdb. If you are building
+gdb from source, you need to configure with
+`--with-python=<path-to-python-binary>`.
+
 ## Running a subset of the test suites

 When working on a specific PR, you will usually want to run a smaller