linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.19-git13: uts banner changes break SLES9 (at least)

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Date:	Mon, 11 Dec 2006 12:09:26 -0800 (PST)
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...l.org>
To:	Olaf Hering <olaf@...fle.de>
cc:	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...dowen.org>,
	Herbert Poetzl <herbert@...hfloor.at>, Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Steve Fox <drfickle@...ibm.com>
Subject: Re: 2.6.19-git13: uts banner changes break SLES9 (at least)



On Mon, 11 Dec 2006, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> 
> So I would suggest SLES now show that support by fixing THEIR BUG.

Btw, if you still want to use "get_kernel_version" or whatever the broken 
program was, I'd suggest:

 - extend the check to verify that the version number that follows looks 
   valid. It had better be something like a number with dots and perhaps a 
   "v" in front of it or something.

 - extend the check to check that it has parenthesis and a date there 
   somewhere too.

In other words, make the string grep really REALLY anal. Rather than grep 
for something totally trivial like "Linux version " that is so common that 
I could easily see it finding that particular string sequence in any 
random binary, not just the Linux kernel (eg some internal thing that says 
"tested with Linux version 2.6")

		Linus
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