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

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Message-ID: <20100608063419.GF6376@linux-sh.org>
Date:	Tue, 8 Jun 2010 15:34:19 +0900
From:	Paul Mundt <lethal@...ux-sh.org>
To:	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
Cc:	Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@...asas.com>, 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, Jun 07, 2010 at 11:18:42PM -0700, David Rientjes wrote:
> On Tue, 8 Jun 2010, Boaz Harrosh wrote:
> 
> > >> 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.
> > > 
> > 
> > That will not work because the way I run make is out of my control. Every
> > one in the working group has his system. The Makefile is part of the
> > public git tree, so every one will get the same identification without
> > any confusion with Vanilla kernel, or what was compiled.
> > 
> 
> If everyone using that tree wants the same version string for that kernel, 
> use CONFIG_LOCALVERSION="-my_tree" in your .config and use "make 
> LOCALVERSION=".
> 
Or just distribute a localversion-my_tree file in the top-level directory
like other trees do. This doesn't strike me as a particularly significant
problem.
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