Re: [PATCH v1] docs: verify/bisect: fixes, finetuning, and support for Arch

[Bagas Sanjaya]

On Wed, Mar 06, 2024 at 10:21:12AM +0100, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:
> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/verify-bugs-and-bisect-regressions.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/verify-bugs-and-bisect-regressions.rst
> index 54bde8bac95c67..58211840ac6ffb 100644
> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/verify-bugs-and-bisect-regressions.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/verify-bugs-and-bisect-regressions.rst
> @@ -192,8 +192,8 @@ will be considered the 'good' release and used to prepare the .config file.
>  
>         sudo rm -rf /lib/modules/6.0-rc1-local-gcafec0cacaca0
>         sudo kernel-install -v remove 6.0-rc1-local-gcafec0cacaca0
> -       # * Note, if kernel-install is missing, you will have to
> -       #   manually remove the kernel image and related files.
> +       # * Note, on some distributions kernel-install is missing
> +       #   or does only part of the job.

Consult documentation of your distribution for how to manually install/remove
the kernel.

>  Install build requirements
>  --------------------------
> @@ -1076,72 +1078,103 @@ about to build.
>  Here are a few examples what you typically need on some mainstream
>  distributions:
>  
> +* Arch Linux and derivatives::
> +
> +    sudo pacman --needed -S bc binutils bison flex gcc git kmod libelf openssl \
> +      pahole perl zlib ncurses qt6-base
> +
>  * Debian, Ubuntu, and derivatives::
>  
> -    sudo apt install bc binutils bison dwarves flex gcc git make openssl \
> -      pahole perl-base libssl-dev libelf-dev
> +    sudo apt install bc binutils bison dwarves flex gcc git kmod libelf-dev \
> +      libssl-dev make openssl pahole perl-base pkg-config zlib1g-dev \
> +      libncurses-dev qt6-base-dev g++
>  
>  * Fedora and derivatives::
>  
> -    sudo dnf install binutils /usr/include/{libelf.h,openssl/pkcs7.h} \
> -      /usr/bin/{bc,bison,flex,gcc,git,openssl,make,perl,pahole}
> +    sudo dnf install binutils \
> +      /usr/bin/{bc,bison,flex,gcc,git,openssl,make,perl,pahole,rpmbuild} \
> +      /usr/include/{libelf.h,openssl/pkcs7.h,zlib.h,ncurses.h,qt6/QtGui/QAction}

IMO qt packages are for people who wish to do xconfig instead of menuconfig
or nconfig.

Thanks.

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