From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from todd.t-8ch.de (todd.t-8ch.de [159.69.126.157]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0EDA6C2C5; Wed, 20 Dec 2023 05:02:58 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=weissschuh.net Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=weissschuh.net Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=weissschuh.net header.i=@weissschuh.net header.b="AyM1Wu4I" DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=weissschuh.net; s=mail; t=1703048576; bh=aov3XsnKUY3GBBlV2AX+kFD0m3ya0yI+MQWXFBF/bdQ=; h=From:Date:Subject:To:Cc:From; b=AyM1Wu4IwJtbxgxmdweZz3kowBY2HVz+67dutZxTWqunmrHk/nYtPcK+SKrQU7rZG 5wjWOGDTlHIaNjgVwc00hI4mM4O2/sMAOE6Au55CX8DYx2RtCWWRY9bBgbddoCFstE HSabCEjzTfLCCmYSEQw6++TOyifJfRJRsH83FNxA= From: =?utf-8?q?Thomas_Wei=C3=9Fschuh?= Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2023 06:02:49 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Docs: remove mentions of fdformat from util-linux Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: workflows@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-Id: <20231220-docs-fdformat-v1-1-0d05279e5d83@weissschuh.net> X-B4-Tracking: v=1; b=H4sIAHh1gmUC/x3MQQqAIBBA0avErBN0gqCuEi1MZ2oWaWhEIN49a fkW/xfIlIQyzF2BRI9kiaHB9B24w4adlPhmQI2DQdTKR5cVe47ptLfaDGpNbuKRDbTmSsTy/r9 lrfUDSIjJt18AAAA= To: Jonathan Corbet Cc: workflows@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, =?utf-8?q?Thomas_Wei=C3=9Fschuh?= X-Mailer: b4 0.12.4 X-Developer-Signature: v=1; a=ed25519-sha256; t=1703048575; l=1799; i=linux@weissschuh.net; s=20221212; h=from:subject:message-id; bh=aov3XsnKUY3GBBlV2AX+kFD0m3ya0yI+MQWXFBF/bdQ=; b=s82G8QO86ONdxKq5S9zqasrA/pAkwKu8hQb568diFn2pTUIX6zqjPUh9186htP2vmktT5cmpl 0FUpOwh2XaqBFjI94pMuTfO9Q5M33n786vC7UuPueWi78pfwf3qZ/xu X-Developer-Key: i=linux@weissschuh.net; a=ed25519; pk=KcycQgFPX2wGR5azS7RhpBqedglOZVgRPfdFSPB1LNw= Since util-linux commit 13b26e3c36d1 ("fdformat: remove command from default build") the fdformat tool is not built anymore by default. As a result it is not packaged anymore by distributions and therefore not usable by users. Instead mention the "mount" command as more likely to be present alternative. Also drop the reference to fdformat from the list of features of new versions of util-linux. Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh --- Documentation/process/changes.rst | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/process/changes.rst b/Documentation/process/changes.rst index bb96ca0f774b..a8827b442649 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/changes.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/changes.rst @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ binutils 2.25 ld -v flex 2.5.35 flex --version bison 2.0 bison --version pahole 1.16 pahole --version -util-linux 2.10o fdformat --version +util-linux 2.10o mount --version kmod 13 depmod -V e2fsprogs 1.41.4 e2fsck -V jfsutils 1.1.3 fsck.jfs -V @@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ Util-linux New versions of util-linux provide ``fdisk`` support for larger disks, support new options to mount, recognize more supported partition -types, have a fdformat which works with 2.4 kernels, and similar goodies. +types, and similar goodies. You'll probably want to upgrade. Ksymoops --- base-commit: 55cb5f43689d7a9ea5bf35ef050f12334f197347 change-id: 20231220-docs-fdformat-b1200ec9f6f1 Best regards, -- Thomas Weißschuh