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

From: Jim Davis
Date: Mon Oct 12 2015 - 18:06:32 EST


On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 11:39 AM, Alexander Kapshuk
<alexander.kapshuk@xxxxxxxxx> 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?

--
Jim
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