05/11/2025 17:46, Stephen Hemminger:
> I just wanted to be able to cut and paste from documentation to setup test
> build VM.
> 
> On Wed, Nov 5, 2025, 08:42 Bruce Richardson <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, Nov 05, 2025 at 04:13:39PM +0100, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> > > 03/11/2025 20:57, Bruce Richardson:
> > > > On Mon, Nov 03, 2025 at 11:30:38AM -0800, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> > > > > The version python used in current FreeBSD stable release 14.3
> > > > > is now 3.11. Update documentation accordingly.
> > > > >
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <[email protected]>
> > > > > ---
> > > > >  doc/guides/freebsd_gsg/build_dpdk.rst | 6 +++---
> > > > >  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> > > > >
> > > > > diff --git a/doc/guides/freebsd_gsg/build_dpdk.rst
> > b/doc/guides/freebsd_gsg/build_dpdk.rst
> > > > > index f98292bf41..c8b2964a4b 100644
> > > > > --- a/doc/guides/freebsd_gsg/build_dpdk.rst
> > > > > +++ b/doc/guides/freebsd_gsg/build_dpdk.rst
> > > > > @@ -16,16 +16,16 @@ The following FreeBSD packages are required to
> > build DPDK:
> > > > >  * meson
> > > > >  * ninja
> > > > >  * pkgconf
> > > > > -* py38-pyelftools
> > > > > +* py311-pyelftools
> > > > >
> > > > >  .. note:
> > > > >
> > > > >    The specific package for pyelftools is dependent on the version
> > of python in use,
> > > > > -  Python 3.8 being the version at type of writing, hence the
> > ``py38`` prefix.
> > > > > +  Python 3.11 being the version at type of writing, hence the
> > ``py311`` prefix.
> > > > >
> > > > >  These can be installed using (as root)::
> > > > >
> > > > > -  pkg install meson pkgconf py38-pyelftools
> > > > > +  pkg install meson pkgconf py311-pyelftools
> > > > >
> > > > Acked-by: Bruce Richardson <[email protected]>
> > > >
> > > > I always find the python version included in the packages annoying,
> > but I
> > > > don't think there is anything we can do about this. Thanks for the
> > update.
> > >
> > > Do we really want to update the doc after each upgrade?
> > > This version is not the truth, it depends on which FreeBSD version is
> > installed.
> > >
> > Python comes from the ports collection, not the base system, so it's
> > independent of the BSD version. Therefore the commands here should work on
> > all supported BSD versions.

Applied, thanks.



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