linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH, v2] kbuild: Improve version string logic - two for the price of one

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Date:	Mon, 7 Jun 2010 12:45:14 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
To:	Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@...asas.com>
cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Frans Pop <elendil@...net.nl>,
	Dirk Hohndel <hohndel@...radead.org>,
	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH, v2] kbuild: Improve version string logic - two for the
 price of one - No thanks

On Mon, 7 Jun 2010, Boaz Harrosh wrote:

> Rrrr. If I wanted CONFIG_LOCALVERSION_AUTO, I would use that one. At least
> it is actually useful and informative.
> 
> I already have my:
>  VERSION = 2
>  PATCHLEVEL = 6
>  SUBLEVEL = 35
> -EXTRAVERSION = -rc2
> +EXTRAVERSION = -rc2-my_tree
> 

You shouldn't be using EXTRAVERSION for this purpose, you should be 
passing LOCALVERSION=my_tree to make.

> Which is managed by a git tree (for everybody based on my tree)
> 
> At least give us a way out with:
> CONFIG_LOCALVERSION_NO_AUTO_IM_REALLY_STUPID=y way out.
> 
> or EXTRAVERSION != $(git version)
> 
> But don't leave us cold in the woods like that. (What if I remove the git tree altogether, move to svn)
> 
> If I can shoot my self in the foot, it does not mean Government should not issue any more
> gun licenses.
> 
> I already have my outer Makefile system that makes sure I don't forget to compile, or
> "did I install this Kernel or not". Please let us have a way out?
> 

Unless it's a vanilla 2.6.35-rc2 kernel, it's inaccurate to persent it as 
2.6.35-rc2; you'll need to pass LOCALVERSION to make to identify this as a 
non-vanilla kernel.
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