Merge tag 'kconfig-v4.19' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/masahiroy/linux-kbuild

Pull Kconfig updates from Masahiro Yamada:

 - show clearer error messages where pkg-config is needed, but not
   installed

 - rename SYMBOL_AUTO to SYMBOL_NO_WRITE to reflect its semantics

 - create all necessary directories by Kconfig tool itself instead of
   Makefile

 - update the .config unconditionally when syncconfig is invoked

 - use 'include' directive instead of '-include' where
   include/config/{auto,tristate}.conf is mandatory

 - do not try to update the .config when running install targets

 - add .DELETE_ON_ERROR to delete partially updated files

 - misc cleanups and fixes

* tag 'kconfig-v4.19' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/masahiroy/linux-kbuild:
  kconfig: remove P_ENV property type
  kconfig: remove unused sym_get_env_prop() function
  kconfig: fix the rule of mainmenu_stmt symbol
  init/Kconfig: Use short unix-style option instead of --longname
  Kbuild: Makefile.modbuiltin: include auto.conf and tristate.conf mandatory
  kbuild: remove auto.conf from prerequisite of phony targets
  kbuild: do not update config for 'make kernelrelease'
  kbuild: do not update config when running install targets
  kbuild: add .DELETE_ON_ERROR special target
  kbuild: use 'include' directive to load auto.conf from top Makefile
  kconfig: allow all config targets to write auto.conf if missing
  kconfig: make syncconfig update .config regardless of sym_change_count
  kconfig: create directories needed for syncconfig by itself
  kconfig: remove unneeded directory generation from local*config
  kconfig: split out useful helpers in confdata.c
  kconfig: rename file_write_dep and move it to confdata.c
  kconfig: fix typos in description of "choice" in kconfig-language.txt
  kconfig: handle format string before calling conf_message_callback()
  kconfig: rename SYMBOL_AUTO to SYMBOL_NO_WRITE
  kconfig: check for pkg-config on make {menu,n,g,x}config

2 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt
index 64e0775a62d4..c54cb7cb9ff4 100644
--- a/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ choices:
 
 This defines a choice group and accepts any of the above attributes as
 options. A choice can only be of type bool or tristate.  If no type is
-specified for a choice, it's type will be determined by the type of
+specified for a choice, its type will be determined by the type of
 the first choice element in the group or remain unknown if none of the
 choice elements have a type specified, as well.
 
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ A choice accepts another option "optional", which allows to set the
 choice to 'n' and no entry needs to be selected.
 If no [symbol] is associated with a choice, then you can not have multiple
 definitions of that choice. If a [symbol] is associated to the choice,
-then you may define the same choice (ie. with the same entries) in another
+then you may define the same choice (i.e. with the same entries) in another
 place.
 
 comment:
diff --git a/Documentation/process/changes.rst b/Documentation/process/changes.rst
index 005d8842a503..7a92a06f90de 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/changes.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/changes.rst
@@ -81,6 +81,14 @@ The build system has, as of 4.13, switched to using thin archives (`ar T`)
 rather than incremental linking (`ld -r`) for built-in.a intermediate steps.
 This requires binutils 2.20 or newer.
 
+pkg-config
+----------
+
+The build system, as of 4.18, requires pkg-config to check for installed
+kconfig tools and to determine flags settings for use in
+'make {menu,n,g,x}config'.  Previously pkg-config was being used but not
+verified or documented.
+
 Flex
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