Re: [PATCH] Documentation/Changes -> Documentation/Requirements

["H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>]

Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> > +
> > +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.

The whole motivation for this was to get a place to document that a 
previous patch uses 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.

Please submit patches.

	-hpa
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