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Linus had a problem compiling RTLA, saying:
"[...] I wish the tracing tools would do a bit more package
checking and helpful error messages too, rather than just
fail with:
fatal error: tracefs.h: No such file or directory"
Which is indeed not a helpful message. Update the Makefile, adding
proper checks for the dependencies, with useful information about
how to resolve possible problems.
For example, the previous error is now reported as:
$ make
********************************************
** NOTICE: libtracefs version 1.3 or higher not found
**
** Consider installing the latest libtracefs from your
** distribution, e.g., 'dnf install libtracefs' on Fedora,
** or from source:
**
** https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/libs/libtrace/libtracefs.git/
**
********************************************
These messages are inspired by the ones used on trace-cmd, as suggested
by Stevel Rostedt.
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/CAHk-=whxmA86E=csNv76DuxX_wYsg8mW15oUs3XTabu2Yc80yw@mail.gmail.com/
Changes from V1:
- Moved the rst2man check to the install phase (when it is used).
- Removed the procps-ng lib check [1] as it is being removed.
[1] a0f9f8c1030c66305c9b921057c3d483064d5529.1651220820.git.bristot@kernel.org
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/3f1fac776c37e4b67c876a94e5a0e45ed022ff3d.1651238057.git.bristot@kernel.org
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Reported-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Suggested-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.