* [PATCH] ver_linux: Reference coreutils instead of sh-utils.
@ 2025-08-16 2:17 Collin Funk
2025-09-15 1:38 ` Collin Funk
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From: Collin Funk @ 2025-08-16 2:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Jonathan Corbet; +Cc: linux-kernel, Collin Funk
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"))
--
2.50.1
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* Re: [PATCH] ver_linux: Reference coreutils instead of sh-utils.
2025-08-16 2:17 [PATCH] ver_linux: Reference coreutils instead of sh-utils Collin Funk
@ 2025-09-15 1:38 ` Collin Funk
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Collin Funk @ 2025-09-15 1:38 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Jonathan Corbet; +Cc: linux-kernel
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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