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| author | Ahmed S. Darwish <darwi@linutronix.de> | 2023-05-15 19:32:17 +0200 |
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| committer | Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org> | 2023-05-22 03:34:38 +0200 |
| commit | b230235b386589d8f0d631b1c77a95ca79bb0732 (patch) | |
| tree | 5736b1d86f965fc16e2032a2fcddfac1e5e465f0 | |
| parent | scripts/tags.sh: Resolve gtags empty index generation (diff) | |
| download | linux-b230235b386589d8f0d631b1c77a95ca79bb0732.tar.xz linux-b230235b386589d8f0d631b1c77a95ca79bb0732.zip | |
docs: Set minimal gtags / GNU GLOBAL version to 6.6.5
Kernel build now uses the gtags "-C (--directory)" option, available
since GNU GLOBAL v6.6.5. Update the documentation accordingly.
Signed-off-by: Ahmed S. Darwish <darwi@linutronix.de>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Link: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-global/2020-09/msg00000.html
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/process/changes.rst | 7 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/process/changes.rst b/Documentation/process/changes.rst index ef540865ad22..a9ef00509c9b 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/changes.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/changes.rst @@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ openssl & libcrypto 1.0.0 openssl version bc 1.06.95 bc --version Sphinx\ [#f1]_ 1.7 sphinx-build --version cpio any cpio --version +gtags (optional) 6.6.5 gtags --version ====================== =============== ======================================== .. [#f1] Sphinx is needed only to build the Kernel documentation @@ -174,6 +175,12 @@ You will need openssl to build kernels 3.7 and higher if module signing is enabled. You will also need openssl development packages to build kernels 4.3 and higher. +gtags / GNU GLOBAL (optional) +----------------------------- + +The kernel build requires GNU GLOBAL version 6.6.5 or later to generate +tag files through ``make gtags``. This is due to its use of the gtags +``-C (--directory)`` flag. System utilities **************** |