[PATCH] doc/linux_gsg: remove note referring to old pkg-config

[PATCH] doc/linux_gsg: remove note referring to old pkg-config

[Bruce Richardson]

Latest DPDK releases no longer officially support RHEL 7 as a target
platform, so remove the note about pkg-config not working on those
systems.

Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
---
 doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst | 7 -------
 1 file changed, 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst
index 5a7d9e4a43..4c9d0c55c0 100644
--- a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst
@@ -35,13 +35,6 @@ Compilation of the DPDK
     * For Ubuntu/Debian systems these can be installed using ``apt install build-essential``
     * For Alpine Linux, ``apk add alpine-sdk bsd-compat-headers``
 
-.. note::
-
-   pkg-config 0.27, supplied with RHEL-7,
-   does not process the Libs.private section correctly,
-   resulting in statically linked applications not being linked properly.
-   Use an updated version of ``pkg-config`` or ``pkgconf`` instead when building applications
-
 *   Python 3.6 or later.
 
 *   Meson (version 0.57+) and ninja
-- 
2.45.2

RE: [PATCH] doc/linux_gsg: remove note referring to old pkg-config

[Morten Brørup]

> From: Bruce Richardson [mailto:bruce.richardson@intel.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, 8 April 2025 19.19
> 
> Latest DPDK releases no longer officially support RHEL 7 as a target
> platform, so remove the note about pkg-config not working on those
> systems.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
> ---
>  doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst | 7 -------
>  1 file changed, 7 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst
> b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst
> index 5a7d9e4a43..4c9d0c55c0 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst
> @@ -35,13 +35,6 @@ Compilation of the DPDK
>      * For Ubuntu/Debian systems these can be installed using ``apt
> install build-essential``
>      * For Alpine Linux, ``apk add alpine-sdk bsd-compat-headers``
> 
> -.. note::
> -
> -   pkg-config 0.27, supplied with RHEL-7,
> -   does not process the Libs.private section correctly,
> -   resulting in statically linked applications not being linked
> properly.
> -   Use an updated version of ``pkg-config`` or ``pkgconf`` instead
> when building applications
> -
>  *   Python 3.6 or later.
> 
>  *   Meson (version 0.57+) and ninja
> --
> 2.45.2

Acked-by: Morten Brørup <mb@smartsharesystems.com>