Re: [PATCH] Docs: remove mentions of fdformat from util-linux

From: Jonathan Corbet
Date: Wed Jan 03 2024 - 16:27:20 EST


Thomas Weißschuh <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> 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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Documentation/process/changes.rst | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Amusingly, my F39 system still has fdformat...but this change makes
sense, applied, thanks.

jon