Re: [PATCH 04/22] ver_linux: util-linux, 'fdformat' not ubiquitous any longer

From	Jim Davis <jim.epost@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH 04/22] ver_linux: util-linux, 'fdformat' not ubiquitous any longer
Date	2015-10-13 00:10 +0200
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On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 11:39 AM, Alexander Kapshuk
<alexander.kapshuk@gmail.com> wrote:
> The current implementation relies on 'fdformat' to output the version of
> 'util-linux'. This does not seem to be reliable any longer, as 'fdformat'
> does not seem to come preinstalled in all ditros these days.

No fdformat?!  Hmph, kids today with their shiny SSDs.  But seriously,
if you want to drop fdformat as the canonical util-linux program,
should Documentation/Changes should be updated too?

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Jim
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[PATCH 04/22] ver_linux: util-linux, 'fdformat' not ubiquitous any longer Alexander Kapshuk <alexander.kapshuk@gmail.com> - 2015-10-12 20:50 +0200
  Re: [PATCH 04/22] ver_linux: util-linux, 'fdformat' not ubiquitous  any longer Jim Davis <jim.epost@gmail.com> - 2015-10-13 00:10 +0200

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