[PATCH 6.3 11/13] docs: Set minimal gtags / GNU GLOBAL version to 6.6.5

Greg Kroah-Hartman
2023-07-03T18:56:18Z

From: Ahmed S. Darwish <darwi@linutronix.de>

commit b230235b386589d8f0d631b1c77a95ca79bb0732 upstream.

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>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
---
Documentation/process/changes.rst | 7 +++++++
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

--- a/Documentation/process/changes.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/changes.rst
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ openssl & libcrypto 1.0.0
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
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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