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From: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
To: "Thomas Weißschuh" <linux@weissschuh.net>
Cc: workflows@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	"Thomas Weißschuh" <linux@weissschuh.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Docs: remove mentions of fdformat from util-linux
Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2024 14:27:09 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87zfxm6rbm.fsf@meer.lwn.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20231220-docs-fdformat-v1-1-0d05279e5d83@weissschuh.net>

Thomas Weißschuh <linux@weissschuh.net> writes:

> 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 <linux@weissschuh.net>
> ---
>  Documentation/process/changes.rst | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Amusingly, my F39 system still has fdformat...but this change makes
sense, applied, thanks.

jon

      reply	other threads:[~2024-01-03 21:27 UTC|newest]

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2023-12-20  5:02 Thomas Weißschuh
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