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docs: Set minimal gtags / GNU GLOBAL version to 6.6.5
commit b230235 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 <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> Link: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-global/2020-09/msg00000.html Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>
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Sphinx\ [#f1]_ 1.7 sphinx-build --version
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cpio any cpio --version
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gtags (optional) 6.6.5 gtags --version
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.. [#f1] Sphinx is needed only to build the Kernel documentation
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gtags / GNU GLOBAL (optional)
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The kernel build requires GNU GLOBAL version 6.6.5 or later to generate
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tag files through ``make gtags``. This is due to its use of the gtags
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``-C (--directory)`` flag.
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System utilities
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