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authorManuel Ebner <manuelebner@mailbox.org>2026-03-25 20:46:17 +0100
committerJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>2026-03-30 10:31:18 -0600
commitd8a224f519c6e7079ca3471e32c1e55fde7a2fdd (patch)
treead20bc0d6f89e88da19dc461cf3196d0b21f9c8c /Documentation/process
parent06dbdc5da152e30fbd09b37afdca2fdec9da2165 (diff)
docs: changes/ver_linux: fix entries and add several tools
Some of the entries in both Documentation/process/changes.rst and script/ver_linux were obsolete; update them to reflect the current way of getting version information. Many were missing altogether; add the relevant information for: bash, bc, bindgen, btrfs-progs, Clang, gdb, GNU awk, GNU tar, GRUB, GRUB2, gtags, iptables, kmod, mcelog, mkimage, openssl, pahole, Python, Rust, Sphinx, squashfs-tools Signed-off-by: Manuel Ebner <manuelebner@mailbox.org> [jc: rewrote changelog] Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Message-ID: <20260325194616.78093-2-manuelebner@mailbox.org>
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diff --git a/Documentation/process/changes.rst b/Documentation/process/changes.rst
index f9f6f5c47882..bfad07ad0176 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/changes.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/changes.rst
@@ -19,12 +19,13 @@ Current Minimal Requirements
Upgrade to at **least** these software revisions before thinking you've
encountered a bug! If you're unsure what version you're currently
-running, the suggested command should tell you.
+running, the suggested command should tell you. For a list of the programs
+on your system including their version execute ./scripts/ver_linux
Again, keep in mind that this list assumes you are already functionally
running a Linux kernel. Also, not all tools are necessary on all
systems; obviously, if you don't have any PC Card hardware, for example,
-you probably needn't concern yourself with pcmciautils.
+you probably do not need to concern yourself with pcmciautils.
====================== =============== ========================================
Program Minimal version Command to check the version
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ flex 2.5.35 flex --version
bison 2.0 bison --version
pahole 1.22 pahole --version
util-linux 2.10o mount --version
-kmod 13 depmod -V
+kmod 13 kmod -V
e2fsprogs 1.41.4 e2fsck -V
jfsutils 1.1.3 fsck.jfs -V
xfsprogs 2.6.0 xfs_db -V
@@ -51,8 +52,8 @@ quota-tools 3.09 quota -V
PPP 2.4.0 pppd --version
nfs-utils 1.0.5 showmount --version
procps 3.2.0 ps --version
-udev 081 udevd --version
-grub 0.93 grub --version || grub-install --version
+udev 081 udevadm --version
+GRUB 0.93 grub --version || grub-install --version
mcelog 0.6 mcelog --version
iptables 1.4.2 iptables -V
openssl & libcrypto 1.0.0 openssl version
@@ -62,7 +63,8 @@ GNU tar 1.28 tar --version
gtags (optional) 6.6.5 gtags --version
mkimage (optional) 2017.01 mkimage --version
Python 3.9.x python3 --version
-GNU AWK (optional) 5.1.0 gawk --version
+GNU awk (optional) 5.1.0 gawk --version
+gdb 7.2 gdb --version
====================== =============== ========================================
.. [#f1] Sphinx is needed only to build the Kernel documentation