From: Collin Funk <collin.funk1@gmail.com>
To: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ver_linux: Reference coreutils instead of sh-utils.
Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2025 18:38:42 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <878qigpk9p.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9ecf7c579454d89c73b8d2c29d13ddb1768079da.1755310602.git.collin.funk1@gmail.com>
Collin Funk <collin.funk1@gmail.com> writes:
> The Fileutils, Shellutils, and Textutils packages were combined to
> create GNU Coreutils which had its first major release in 2003 [1]. It
> is unlikely that someone is using Shellutils today, and likely that many
> do not remember what the Shellutils package is.
>
> [1] https://www.gnu.org/software/shellutils/
>
> Signed-off-by: Collin Funk <collin.funk1@gmail.com>
> ---
> scripts/ver_linux | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/scripts/ver_linux b/scripts/ver_linux
> index d6f2362d3792..222e01eb9697 100755
> --- a/scripts/ver_linux
> +++ b/scripts/ver_linux
> @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ BEGIN {
> printversion("Net-tools", version("ifconfig --version"))
> printversion("Kbd", version("loadkeys -V"))
> printversion("Console-tools", version("loadkeys -V"))
> - printversion("Sh-utils", version("expr --v"))
> + printversion("Coreutils", version("expr --v"))
> printversion("Udev", version("udevadm --version"))
> printversion("Wireless-tools", version("iwconfig --version"))
Hi Jonathan, friendly ping on this tiny patch I sent last month [1].
Thanks,
Collin
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/9ecf7c579454d89c73b8d2c29d13ddb1768079da.1755310602.git.collin.funk1@gmail.com/
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