docs/manual: python is no longer a mandatory dependency
authorYann E. MORIN <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
Sat, 26 Oct 2019 14:53:22 +0000 (16:53 +0200)
committerPeter Korsgaard <peter@korsgaard.com>
Sat, 26 Oct 2019 20:54:27 +0000 (22:54 +0200)
Signed-off-by: Yann E. MORIN <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
Cc: Arnout Vandecappelle <arnout@mind.be>
Cc: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@bootlin.com>
Cc: Peter Korsgaard <peter@korsgaard.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <peter@korsgaard.com>
docs/manual/prerequisite.txt

index dcd3fd255e6d87b4cde1921c0726988458657bf0..a32fdbfbc64e490ee0d901810ca1aeeff3a0c4fd 100644 (file)
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ between distributions).
 ** +perl+ (version 5.8.7 or any later)
 ** +tar+
 ** +cpio+
-** +python+ (version 2.7 or any later)
 ** +unzip+
 ** +rsync+
 ** +file+ (must be in +/usr/bin/file+)
@@ -45,6 +44,14 @@ between distributions).
 
 === Optional packages
 
+* Recommended dependencies:
++
+Some features or utilities in Buildroot, like the legal-info, or the
+graph generation tools, have additional dependencies. Although they
+are not mandatory for a simple build, they are still highly recommended:
++
+** +python+ (version 2.7 or any later)
+
 * Configuration interface dependencies:
 +
 For these libraries, you need to install both runtime and development