Merge #14617: FreeBSD: Document Python 3 requirement for 'gmake check'

0a04667613 FreeBSD: Document Python 3 requirement for 'gmake check' (Murray Nesbitt)

Pull request description:

  `doc/build-freebsd.md` doesn't mention that Python 3 is required to run the test suite. Currently, `gmake check` fails without it.

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@ -14,6 +14,12 @@ You will need the following dependencies, which can be installed as root via pkg
pkg install autoconf automake boost-libs git gmake libevent libtool openssl pkgconf
```
In order to run the test suite (recommended), you will need to have Python 3 installed:
```
pkg install python3
```
For the wallet (optional):
```
./contrib/install_db4.sh `pwd`
@ -36,10 +42,22 @@ git clone https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin
./configure # to build with wallet OR
./configure --disable-wallet # to build without wallet
```
followed by either:
```
gmake
```
to build without testing, or
```
gmake check
```
to also run the test suite (recommended, if Python 3 is installed).
*Note on debugging*: The version of `gdb` installed by default is [ancient and considered harmful](https://wiki.freebsd.org/GdbRetirement).
It is not suitable for debugging a multi-threaded C++ program, not even for getting backtraces. Please install the package `gdb` and
use the versioned gdb command (e.g. `gdb7111`).