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

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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@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 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




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