linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] Docs: Add cpio requirement to changes.rst

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Message-ID: <87o80w46du.fsf@meer.lwn.net>
Date:   Wed, 20 Apr 2022 00:26:53 -0600
From:   Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To:     Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@...il.com>,
        Bruno Moreira-Guedes <codeagain@...eagain.dev>,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        outreachy@...ts.linux.dev,
        Bruno's Patch Watchbox <patch-reply@...eagain.dev>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] Docs: Add cpio requirement to changes.rst

Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@...il.com> writes:

> On 4/19/22 21:48, Bruno Moreira-Guedes wrote:
>> diff --git a/Documentation/process/changes.rst b/Documentation/process/changes.rst
>> index a337e8eabfe1..41a44e5f47e6 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/process/changes.rst
>> +++ b/Documentation/process/changes.rst
>> @@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ iptables               1.4.2            iptables -V
>>  openssl & libcrypto    1.0.0            openssl version
>>  bc                     1.06.95          bc --version
>>  Sphinx\ [#f1]_         1.7              sphinx-build --version
>> +cpio                   any              cpio --version
>>  ====================== ===============  ========================================
>>  
>
> You mentioned that **any** version of cpio will work, right?
> Or is there a specific minimum version?

The statement of "any" seems fairly explicit to me.  It has been a few
... decades ... since cpio has seen any sort of rapid development; do
you have any reason to think there might be a version in the wild that
would not work?

jon