linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] kbuild: fix LOCALVERSION handling to match description

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Date:	Mon, 14 Jun 2010 13:26:16 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
To:	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>
cc:	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>, Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>,
	linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] kbuild: fix LOCALVERSION handling to match
 description

On Mon, 14 Jun 2010, Andy Whitcroft wrote:

> In the commit below the version string handling was modified, adding
> a '+' where no other version information was supplied:
> 
>     commit 85a256d8e0116c8f5ad276730830f5d4d473344d
>     Author: David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
>     Date:   Wed Jan 13 13:01:05 2010 -0800
> 
> From the commit the intent was as below:
> 
>      - when CONFIG_LOCALVERSION_AUTO is disabled, a `+' is appended if the
>        repository has been revised beyond a tagged commit and LOCALVERSION=
>        was not passed to "make".
> 
> However if the user supplies an empty LOCALVERSION on the command line
> the plus suffix is still added.  This form is useful in the case where
> the build environment knows that the version as specified is correct and
> complete but does not correspond to a specific tag.
> 
> This patch changes the implementation to match the documentation
> such that specifying LOCALVERSION= on the build line is sufficient
> to suppress any suffix.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>

Acked-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>

This should be pushed for rc4.
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