output: do not generate source files when early errors are caught

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@@ -35,6 +35,13 @@ of the .output file etc.  This excludes impossible error messages
 (comparable to assert/abort), and all the --trace output which is
 meant for the maintainers only.
 
+** Horizontal tabs
+Do not add horizontal tab characters to any file in Bison's repository
+except where required.  For example, do not use tabs to format C code.
+However, make files, ChangeLog, and some regular expressions require
+tabs.  Also, test cases might need to contain tabs to check that Bison
+properly processes tabs in its input.
+
 
 * Working from the repository
 
@@ -55,13 +62,22 @@ tools we depend upon, including:
 - Gettext <http://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/>
 - Graphviz <http://www.graphviz.org>
 - Gzip <http://www.gnu.org/software/gzip/>
+- Help2man <http://www.gnu.org/software/help2man/>
 - Perl <http://www.cpan.org/>
 - Rsync <http://samba.anu.edu.au/rsync/>
 - Tar <http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/>
+- Texinfo <http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/>
 
 Valgrind <http://valgrind.org/> is also highly recommended, if it supports
 your architecture.
 
+If you're using a GNU/Linux distribution, the easiest way to install the
+above packages depends on your system.  The following shell command should
+work for Debian-based systems such as Ubuntu:
+
+  sudo apt-get install \
+    autoconf automake autopoint flex graphviz help2man texinfo valgrind
+
 Bison is written using Bison grammars, so there are bootstrapping issues.
 The bootstrap script attempts to discover when the C code generated from the
 grammars is out of date, and to bootstrap with an out-of-date version of the
@@ -169,6 +185,28 @@ decide whether to update.
 ** make check
 Use liberally.
 
+** TESTSUITEFLAGS
+
+The default is for make check to run all tests sequentially. This can be
+very time consumming when checking repeatedly or on slower setups. This can
+be sped up in two ways:
+
+Using -j, in a make-like fashion, for example:
+  $ make check TESTSUITEFLAGS='-j8'
+
+Running only the tests of a certain category, as specified in the AT files
+with AT_KEYWORDS([[category]]). Categories include:
+  - c++, for c++ parsers
+  - deprec, for tests concerning deprecated constructs.
+  - glr, for glr parsers
+  - java, for java parsers
+  - report, for automaton dumps
+
+To run a specific set of tests, use -k (for "keyword"). For example:
+  $ make check TESTSUITEFLAGS='-k c++'
+
+Both can be combined.
+
 ** Typical errors
 If the test suite shows failures such as the following one
 
@@ -240,6 +278,9 @@ release:
   that it does not make sense for glr.c, which should be ANSI, but
   currently is actually GNU C, nor for lalr1.cc.
 
+- Test with a very recent version of GCC for both C and C++.  Testing
+  with older versions that are still in use is nice too.
+
 
 * Release Procedure
 This section needs to be updated to take into account features from
@@ -408,7 +449,7 @@ Push these changes.
 
 -----
 
-Copyright (C) 2002-2005, 2007-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright (C) 2002-2005, 2007-2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 This file is part of GNU Bison.