[PATCH] doc: update FreeBSD python version

Stephen Hemminger stephen at networkplumber.org
Mon Nov 3 20:30:38 CET 2025


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

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen at 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



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