From d8a224f519c6e7079ca3471e32c1e55fde7a2fdd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Manuel Ebner Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2026 20:46:17 +0100 Subject: 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 [jc: rewrote changelog] Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet Message-ID: <20260325194616.78093-2-manuelebner@mailbox.org> --- Documentation/process/changes.rst | 14 ++++++++------ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) (limited to 'Documentation/process') 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 -- cgit v1.2.3