linux-kernel - Re: [patch 3/3, resend] kbuild: correctly skip tilded backups in localversion files

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Date:	Tue, 13 Feb 2007 09:23:24 +0100
From:	Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@...e.de>
To:	Oleg Verych <olecom@...wer.upol.cz>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@...il.com>,
	Roman Zippel <zippel@...ux-m68k.org>,
	Bastian Blank <bastian@...di.eu.org>,
	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
Subject: Re: [patch 3/3, resend] kbuild: correctly skip tilded backups in
 localversion files

  Hi,

> I mean, all by-hand modifications must be in the $(srctree) (let's get
> this term), $(objtree) is output *only*. Thus, i would propose to remove
> it from the path. Even dynamic SCM mechanism of adding local version
> doesn't use `localversion' files.

I use localversion-$foo files in both srctree (scm tags such as
"-hg<changeset>") and objtree (config tag, "-default", "-pae", ...) and
find it quite useful.  The login prompt usually includes $(uname -r), so
you easily see what kernel the machine runs at the moment ...

cheers,
  Gerd

-- 
Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@...e.de>
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