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Documentation/process/changes.rst notes the minimal GNU Make version, but it is not checked anywhere. We could check $(MAKE_VERSION), but another simple way is to check $(.FEATURES) since the feature list always grows. GNU Make 3.81 expands $(.FEATURES) to: target-specific order-only second-expansion else-if archives jobserver check-symlink GNU Make 3.82 expands $(.FEATURES) to: target-specific order-only second-expansion else-if shortest-stem undefine archives jobserver check-symlink To ensure Make >= 3.82, you can check either 'shortest-stem' or 'undefine'. This way is not always possible. For example, Make 4.0 through 4.2 have the same set of $(.FEATURES). At that point, we will need to come up with a different approach. Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Nicolas Schier <nicolas@fjasle.eu>
Linux kernel
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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.