docs: changes.rst and ver_linux: sort the lists

Sort the lists of tools in both scripts/ver_linux and
Documentation/process/changes.rst into alphabetical order, facilitating
comparison between the two.

Signed-off-by: Manuel Ebner <manuelebner@mailbox.org>
[jc: rewrote changelog]
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Message-ID: <20260325194811.78509-2-manuelebner@mailbox.org>

diff --git a/Documentation/process/changes.rst b/Documentation/process/changes.rst
index bfad07ad017678aff593955c0e0a82563e278566..adbd52869458d5c1cc56d79e995addb848eafc01 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/process/changes.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/changes.rst
@@ -30,41 +30,41 @@ you probably do not need to concern yourself with pcmciautils.
 ====================== ===============  ========================================
         Program        Minimal version       Command to check the version
 ====================== ===============  ========================================
-GNU C                  8.1              gcc --version
-Clang/LLVM (optional)  15.0.0           clang --version
-Rust (optional)        1.78.0           rustc --version
-bindgen (optional)     0.65.1           bindgen --version
-GNU make               4.0              make --version
 bash                   4.2              bash --version
+bc                     1.06.95          bc --version
+bindgen (optional)     0.65.1           bindgen --version
 binutils               2.30             ld -v
-flex                   2.5.35           flex --version
 bison                  2.0              bison --version
-pahole                 1.22             pahole --version
-util-linux             2.10o            mount --version
-kmod                   13               kmod -V
+btrfs-progs            0.18             btrfs --version
+Clang/LLVM (optional)  15.0.0           clang --version
 e2fsprogs              1.41.4           e2fsck -V
+flex                   2.5.35           flex --version
+gdb                    7.2              gdb --version
+GNU awk (optional)     5.1.0            gawk --version
+GNU C                  8.1              gcc --version
+GNU make               4.0              make --version
+GNU tar                1.28             tar --version
+GRUB                   0.93             grub --version || grub-install --version
+gtags (optional)       6.6.5            gtags --version
+iptables               1.4.2            iptables -V
 jfsutils               1.1.3            fsck.jfs -V
-xfsprogs               2.6.0            xfs_db -V
-squashfs-tools         4.0              mksquashfs -version
-btrfs-progs            0.18             btrfs --version
+kmod                   13               kmod -V
+mcelog                 0.6              mcelog --version
+mkimage (optional)     2017.01          mkimage --version
+nfs-utils              1.0.5            showmount --version
+openssl & libcrypto    1.0.0            openssl version
+pahole                 1.22             pahole --version
 pcmciautils            004              pccardctl -V
-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              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
-bc                     1.06.95          bc --version
-Sphinx\ [#f1]_         3.4.3            sphinx-build --version
-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
-gdb                    7.2              gdb --version
+quota-tools            3.09             quota -V
+Rust (optional)        1.78.0           rustc --version
+Sphinx\ [#f1]_         3.4.3            sphinx-build --version
+squashfs-tools         4.0              mksquashfs -version
+udev                   081              udevadm --version
+util-linux             2.10o            mount --version
+xfsprogs               2.6.0            xfs_db -V
 ====================== ===============  ========================================
 
 .. [#f1] Sphinx is needed only to build the Kernel documentation

diff --git a/scripts/ver_linux b/scripts/ver_linux
index fab0c68a6c524e66701cd9d0ce6203bb1ccc0912..00bdaf30d590d5813223b50a1be5f1b86373ca3d 100755 (executable)
--- a/scripts/ver_linux
+++ b/scripts/ver_linux
@@ -17,58 +17,58 @@ BEGIN {
        libc = "libc[.]so[.][0-9]+$"
        libcpp = "(libg|stdc)[+]+[.]so([.][0-9]+)+$"
 
-       printversion("GNU C", version("gcc -dumpversion"))
-       printversion("GNU make", version("make --version"))
-       printversion("binutils", version("ld -v"))
-       printversion("util-linux", version("mount --version"))
-       printversion("Mount", version("mount --version"))
-       printversion("Module-init-tools", version("depmod -V"))
-       printversion("e2fsprogs", version("e2fsck -V"))
-       printversion("jfsutils", version("fsck.jfs -V"))
-       printversion("xfsprogs", version("xfs_db -V"))
-       printversion("pcmciautils", version("pccardctl -V"))
-       printversion("Pcmcia-cs", version("cardmgr -V"))
-       printversion("quota-tools", version("quota -V"))
-       printversion("PPP", version("pppd --version"))
-       printversion("Isdn4k-utils", version("isdnctrl"))
-       printversion("nfs-utils", version("showmount --version"))
-       printversion("bison", version("bison --version"))
-       printversion("flex", version("flex --version"))
-
-       while ("ldconfig -p 2>/dev/null" | getline > 0)
-               if ($NF ~ libc || $NF ~ libcpp)
-                       if (!seen[ver = version("readlink " $NF)]++)
-                               printversion("Linux C" ($NF ~ libcpp? "++" : "") " Library", ver)
-
-       printversion("Dynamic linker (ldd)", version("ldd --version"))
-       printversion("procps", version("ps --version"))
-       printversion("Net-tools", version("ifconfig --version"))
-       printversion("Kbd", version("loadkeys -V"))
-       printversion("Console-tools", version("loadkeys -V"))
-       printversion("Sh-utils", version("expr --v"))
-       printversion("udev", version("udevadm --version"))
-       printversion("Wireless-tools", version("iwconfig --version"))
        printversion("bash", version("bash --version"))
        printversion("bc", version("bc --version"))
        printversion("bindgen", version("bindgen --version"))
+       printversion("binutils", version("ld -v"))
+       printversion("bison", version("bison --version"))
        printversion("btrfs-progs", version("btrfs --version"))
        printversion("Clang", version("clang --version"))
+       printversion("Console-tools", version("loadkeys -V"))
+       printversion("Dynamic linker (ldd)", version("ldd --version"))
+       printversion("e2fsprogs", version("e2fsck -V"))
+       printversion("flex", version("flex --version"))
        printversion("gdb", version("gdb -version"))
        printversion("GNU awk", version("gawk --version"))
+       printversion("GNU C", version("gcc -dumpversion"))
+       printversion("GNU make", version("make --version"))
        printversion("GNU tar", version("tar --version"))
-       printversion("GRUB", version("grub-install --version"))
        printversion("GRUB2", version("grub2-install --version"))
+       printversion("GRUB", version("grub-install --version"))
        printversion("gtags", version("gtags --version"))
        printversion("iptables", version("iptables -V"))
+       printversion("Isdn4k-utils", version("isdnctrl"))
+       printversion("jfsutils", version("fsck.jfs -V"))
+       printversion("Kbd", version("loadkeys -V"))
        printversion("kmod", version("kmod -V"))
+
+       while ("ldconfig -p 2>/dev/null" | getline > 0)
+               if ($NF ~ libc || $NF ~ libcpp)
+                       if (!seen[ver = version("readlink " $NF)]++)
+                               printversion("Linux C" ($NF ~ libcpp? "++" : "") " Library", ver)
+
        printversion("mcelog", version("mcelog --version"))
        printversion("mkimage", version("mkimage --version"))
+       printversion("Module-init-tools", version("depmod -V"))
+       printversion("Mount", version("mount --version"))
+       printversion("Net-tools", version("ifconfig --version"))
+       printversion("nfs-utils", version("showmount --version"))
        printversion("openssl", version("openssl version"))
        printversion("pahole", version("pahole --version"))
+       printversion("Pcmcia-cs", version("cardmgr -V"))
+       printversion("pcmciautils", version("pccardctl -V"))
+       printversion("PPP", version("pppd --version"))
+       printversion("procps", version("ps --version"))
        printversion("Python", version("python3 -V"))
+       printversion("quota-tools", version("quota -V"))
        printversion("Rust", version("rustc --version"))
+       printversion("Sh-utils", version("expr --v"))
        printversion("Sphinx", version("sphinx-build --version"))
        printversion("squashfs-tools", version("mksquashfs -version"))
+       printversion("udev", version("udevadm --version"))
+       printversion("util-linux", version("mount --version"))
+       printversion("Wireless-tools", version("iwconfig --version"))
+       printversion("xfsprogs", version("xfs_db -V"))
 
        while ("sort /proc/modules" | getline > 0) {
                mods = mods sep $1