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 ****************
