On Thu, 12 Nov 2020 18:58:58 +0100
Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
That's also why this commit removes scripts/ver_linux as well: the
details it collects are only needed in some situations. And some (a
lot?) distributions do not ship it anyway; a better, more modern script
would likely resist in tools/, which would increase chances that distros
shipping it as part of packages like "linux-tools".
[...] It's been patched a couple of
times this year, so somebody is paying attention.
Probably safest to just leave it there.