Dependencies are underspecified in docs

[petershh]

I tried to build Traffic Server 9.1.2 from source. It turned out that build process depends on perl, but it is not listed in dependencies in the documentation.

Also, I recommend you specifying which of the dependencies are build-time or run-time.

[bryancall]

We removed the check for Perl for 9.2.0. I set it to be backported to the 9.1.3 release: #8611

[petershh]

But you still need perl to build ATS perl module?

[petershh]

Also, I take this opportunity to ask: do I need curl to build Traffic Server?

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[bryancall]

Closing this as resolved. Since this was filed, the hard dependency on Perl was removed (#8611, first released in 9.1.3), and the build system was rewritten from autotools to cmake. The current installation documentation now explicitly lists the build dependencies, including curl (for traffic_top), in doc/admin-guide/installation/index.en.rst, and Perl is no longer required to build. The original underspecified dependency list referenced here no longer exists, so I am closing this. If anything is still missing in the current cmake-based dependency docs, please open a fresh issue with the specific item.