kconfig: check for pkg-config on make {menu,n,g,x}config
Each of 'make {menu,n,g,x}config' uses (needs) pkg-config to make sure
that other required files are present and to determine build flags
settings, but none of these check that pkg-config itself is present.
Add a check for all 4 of these targets and update
Documentation/process/changes.rst to mention 'pkg-config'.
Fixes kernel bugzilla #77511:
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=77511
Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Cc: Bjørn Forsman <bjorn.forsman@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>
diff --git a/Documentation/process/changes.rst b/Documentation/process/changes.rst
index ddc0297..81930fe 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/changes.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/changes.rst
@@ -81,6 +81,14 @@
rather than incremental linking (`ld -r`) for built-in.a intermediate steps.
This requires binutils 2.20 or newer.
+pkg-config
+----------
+
+The build system, as of 4.18, requires pkg-config to check for installed
+kconfig tools and to determine flags settings for use in
+'make {menu,n,g,x}config'. Previously pkg-config was being used but not
+verified or documented.
+
Flex
----