This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
docs: Set minimal gtags / GNU GLOBAL version to 6.6.5
to the 6.1-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
docs-set-minimal-gtags-gnu-global-version-to-6.6.5.patch
and it can be found in the queue-6.1 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From b230235b386589d8f0d631b1c77a95ca79bb0732 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Ahmed S. Darwish" <darwi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 15 May 2023 19:32:17 +0200
Subject: docs: Set minimal gtags / GNU GLOBAL version to 6.6.5
From: Ahmed S. Darwish <darwi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-global/2020-09/msg00000.html
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
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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Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from darwi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx are
queue-6.1/docs-set-minimal-gtags-gnu-global-version-to-6.6.5.patch
queue-6.1/scripts-tags.sh-resolve-gtags-empty-index-generation.patch
