On Fri, 30 Nov 2007, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> diff --git a/Documentation/Requirements b/Documentation/Requirements
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..bd7bc2c
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/Requirements
> @@ -0,0 +1,394 @@
> +Minimal Runtime Requirements
> +============================
> +
> +Upgrade to at *least* these software revisions before thinking you've
> +encountered a bug! If you're unsure what version you're currently
> +running, the suggested command should tell you.
> +
> +Again, keep in mind that this list assumes you are already
> +functionally running a Linux 2.4 kernel. Also, not all tools are
> +necessary on all systems; obviously, if you don't have any ISDN
> +hardware, for example, you probably needn't concern yourself with
> +isdn4k-utils.
> +
> +o util-linux 2.10o # fdformat --version
> +o module-init-tools 0.9.10 # depmod -V
given that, on my F8 system, i'm up to module-init-tools 3.4, is
something as old as 0.9.10 still adequate?
> +o e2fsprogs 1.29 # tune2fs
> +o jfsutils 1.1.3 # fsck.jfs -V
> +o reiserfsprogs 3.6.3 # reiserfsck -V 2>&1|grep reiserfsprogs
> +o xfsprogs 2.6.0 # xfs_db -V
> +o pcmciautils 004 # pccardctl -V
same here -- f8 has pcmciautils version 014, so 004 is getting
ancient.
> +o quota-tools 3.09 # quota -V
quota-tools is actually just the "quota" package on fedora, but that's
probably not worth obsessing over.
> +o PPP 2.4.0 # pppd --version
> +o isdn4k-utils 3.1pre1 # isdnctrl 2>&1|grep version
> +o nfs-utils 1.0.5 # showmount --version
> +o procps 3.2.0 # ps --version
> +o oprofile 0.9 # oprofiled --version
> +o udev 081 # udevinfo -V
> +o grub 0.93 # grub --version
> +
> +
> +Kernel Compilation Requirements
> +===============================
> +
> +On all systems, minimal requirements (see below for additional notes):
> +
> +o Gnu C 3.2 # gcc --version
> +o Gnu make 3.79.1 # make --version
> +o binutils 2.12 # ld -v
> +o Gnu bc 1.06 # bc -v
you need bc? for what? i just did a defconfig build for x86 with no
need for bc.
> +o Perl 5.6.0(?) # perl -v
if you mention perl, you should also mention sed and awk, no? and
perhaps suggest running scripts/ver_linux.
more later.
rday
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