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   翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Monday, 24-Nov-2025 20:07:03 JST 翠星石

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   @brettm Documentation/process/changes.rst
   
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   Program Minimal version Command to check the version
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   GNU C 5.1 gcc --version
   Clang/LLVM (optional) 13.0.1 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
   binutils 2.25 ld -v
   flex 2.5.35 flex --version
   bison 2.0 bison --version
   pahole 1.16 pahole --version
   util-linux 2.10o mount --version
   kmod 13 depmod -V
   e2fsprogs 1.41.4 e2fsck -V
   jfsutils 1.1.3 fsck.jfs -V
   reiserfsprogs 3.6.3 reiserfsck -V
   xfsprogs 2.6.0 xfs_db -V
   squashfs-tools 4.0 mksquashfs -version
   btrfs-progs 0.18 btrfs --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 udevd --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]_ 2.4.4 sphinx-build --version
   cpio any cpio --version
   GNU tar 1.28 tar --version
   gtags (optional) 6.6.5 gtags --version
   mkimage (optional) 2017.01 mkimage --version
   Python (optional) 3.5.x python3 --version
   GNU AWK (optional) 5.1.0 gawk --version
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   Well that's interesting - Linux needs the GRUB OS to work? (while GRUB doesn't particularly need Linux to work).
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     @brettm What is Linux, but a kernel?
     
     bc --version
     bc 1.08.2
     Copyright 1991-1994, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2012-2018, 2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
     
     Many such cases of GNU being needed to build Linux.
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     ancient calculator bc is required to build the linux kernel lol, needed to generate some header files
     
     linux sometimes really does, as the early simpsons episode says, "pull a homer" (to succeed despite idiocy)