Commit 821bd43e authored Dec 20, 2023 by Thomas Weißschuh Committed by Jonathan Corbet Jan 03, 2024

Docs: remove mentions of fdformat from util-linux



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>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231220-docs-fdformat-v1-1-0d05279e5d83@weissschuh.net

parent 0587e62b

Documentation/process/changes.rst

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		@@ -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