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[v3,2/2] docs: Set minimal gtags / GNU GLOBAL version to 6.6.5

Message ID 20230515173217.64864-3-darwi@linutronix.de (mailing list archive)
State New, archived
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Series scripts: Resolve gtags empty index generation | expand

Commit Message

Ahmed S. Darwish May 15, 2023, 5:32 p.m. UTC 
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
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 Documentation/process/changes.rst | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
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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
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