[PATCH] doc: update FreeBSD python version

[PATCH] doc: update FreeBSD python version

[Stephen Hemminger]

The version python used in current FreeBSD stable release 14.3
is now 3.11. Update documentation accordingly.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
---
 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
 
 To compile the required kernel modules for memory management and working
 with physical NIC devices, the kernel sources for FreeBSD also
-- 
2.51.0

Re: [PATCH] doc: update FreeBSD python version

[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 <stephen@networkplumber.org>
> ---
>  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 <bruce.richardson@intel.com>

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.