[PATCH] docs: changes.rst: add rsync to the list of required tools

[PATCH] docs: changes.rst: add rsync to the list of required tools

[Sven Roederer]

Since 5.3 (59b2bd05f5f4dc) the 'make headers_install' call depends on
rsync to deploy the files system wide.

Signed-off-by: Sven Roederer <devel-sven@geroedel.de>
---
 Documentation/process/changes.rst | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/process/changes.rst b/Documentation/process/changes.rst
index ee741763a3fc..94f22368a2af 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/changes.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/changes.rst
@@ -55,9 +55,11 @@ iptables               1.4.2            iptables -V
 openssl & libcrypto    1.0.0            openssl version
 bc                     1.06.95          bc --version
 Sphinx\ [#f1]_	       1.3		sphinx-build --version
+rsync\ [#f2]_          3.0              rsync --version
 ====================== ===============  ========================================
 
 .. [#f1] Sphinx is needed only to build the Kernel documentation
+.. [#f2] rsync is needed only during final install of kernel-headers
 
 Kernel compilation
 ******************
@@ -161,6 +163,12 @@ is not build with ``CONFIG_KALLSYMS`` and you have no way to rebuild and
 reproduce the Oops with that option, then you can still decode that Oops
 with ksymoops.
 
+rsync
+-----
+
+rsync is used to instal the kernel-headers system wide with administarative
+permissions. This was added in v5.3.
+
 Mkinitrd
 --------
 
-- 
2.17.1

Re: [PATCH] docs: changes.rst: add rsync to the list of required tools

[Matthew Wilcox]

On Thu, Oct 01, 2020 at 11:50:29PM +0200, Sven Roederer wrote:
> +rsync is used to instal the kernel-headers system wide with administarative

"install", "administrative" (or just "admin" or even "root"?)

> +permissions. This was added in v5.3.

Re: [PATCH] docs: changes.rst: add rsync to the list of required tools

[Sven Roederer]

Am Freitag, 2. Oktober 2020, 00:20:23 CEST schrieb Matthew Wilcox:
> On Thu, Oct 01, 2020 at 11:50:29PM +0200, Sven Roederer wrote:
> > +rsync is used to instal the kernel-headers system wide with
> > administarative
> "install", "administrative" (or just "admin" or even "root"?)
> 
Depending on the system-layout, as special group might have the permissions to 
update the files. So root is not strictly needed, even it's the common case.
So I would perfer to stay with "administrative permissions".

Sven

[PATCH v2] docs: changes.rst: add rsync to the list of required tools

[Sven Roederer]

Since 5.3 (59b2bd05f5f4dc) the 'make headers_install' call depends on
rsync to deploy the files system wide.

Signed-off-by: Sven Roederer <devel-sven@geroedel.de>
---
 Documentation/process/changes.rst | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/process/changes.rst b/Documentation/process/changes.rst
index ee741763a3fc..114edabb21c8 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/changes.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/changes.rst
@@ -55,9 +55,11 @@ iptables               1.4.2            iptables -V
 openssl & libcrypto    1.0.0            openssl version
 bc                     1.06.95          bc --version
 Sphinx\ [#f1]_	       1.3		sphinx-build --version
+rsync\ [#f2]_          3.0              rsync --version
 ====================== ===============  ========================================
 
 .. [#f1] Sphinx is needed only to build the Kernel documentation
+.. [#f2] rsync is needed only during final install of kernel-headers
 
 Kernel compilation
 ******************
@@ -161,6 +163,12 @@ is not build with ``CONFIG_KALLSYMS`` and you have no way to rebuild and
 reproduce the Oops with that option, then you can still decode that Oops
 with ksymoops.
 
+rsync
+-----
+
+rsync is used to install the kernel-headers system wide with administrative
+permissions. This was added in v5.3.
+
 Mkinitrd
 --------
 
-- 
2.17.1

Re: [PATCH v2] docs: changes.rst: add rsync to the list of required tools

[Sven Roederer]

Am Freitag, 2. Oktober 2020, 21:13:36 CET schrieben Sie:
> Since 5.3 (59b2bd05f5f4dc) the 'make headers_install' call depends on
> rsync to deploy the files system wide.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sven Roederer <devel-sven@geroedel.de>
> ---
>  Documentation/process/changes.rst | 8 ++++++++
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/process/changes.rst
> b/Documentation/process/changes.rst index ee741763a3fc..114edabb21c8 100644
> --- a/Documentation/process/changes.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/process/changes.rst
> @@ -55,9 +55,11 @@ iptables               1.4.2            iptables -V
>  openssl & libcrypto    1.0.0            openssl version
>  bc                     1.06.95          bc --version
>  Sphinx\ [#f1]_	       1.3		sphinx-build --version
> +rsync\ [#f2]_          3.0              rsync --version
>  ====================== =============== 
> ========================================
> 
>  .. [#f1] Sphinx is needed only to build the Kernel documentation
> +.. [#f2] rsync is needed only during final install of kernel-headers
> 
>  Kernel compilation
>  ******************
> @@ -161,6 +163,12 @@ is not build with ``CONFIG_KALLSYMS`` and you have no
> way to rebuild and reproduce the Oops with that option, then you can still
> decode that Oops with ksymoops.
> 
> +rsync
> +-----
> +
> +rsync is used to install the kernel-headers system wide with administrative
> +permissions. This was added in v5.3.
> +
>  Mkinitrd
>  --------

Hi, just pinging on this again. V2 of this patch was send, having the typo 
fixed.


Best Sven