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From:   Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@leemhuis.info>
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Am 19.11.20 um 01:17 schrieb Jonathan Corbet:
> On Thu, 12 Nov 2020 18:58:58 +0100
> Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@leemhuis.info> wrote:
> 
>> That's also why this commit removes scripts/ver_linux as well: the
>> details it collects are only needed in some situations. And some (a
>> lot?) distributions do not ship it anyway; a better, more modern script
>> would likely resist in tools/, which would increase chances that distros
>> shipping it as part of packages like "linux-tools".
> 
> [...] It's been patched a couple of
> times this year, so somebody is paying attention.

Ugh, why haven't I checked for this? Argh :-/

>  Probably safest to just leave it there.

Agreed, thx for pointing it out.

Ciao, Thorsten