[PATCH] doc: update FreeBSD python version
Bruce Richardson
bruce.richardson at intel.com
Mon Nov 3 20:57:37 CET 2025
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 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
>
Acked-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson at 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.
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