linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] Makefile: fix missing dash when using make LOCALVERSION=xxx

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Message-ID: <4C29504F.4010204@redhat.com>
Date:	Tue, 29 Jun 2010 09:45:51 +0800
From:	Cong Wang <amwang@...hat.com>
To:	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>,
	linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] Makefile: fix missing dash when using make LOCALVERSION=xxx

On 06/29/10 02:46, David Rientjes wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Jun 2010, Cong Wang wrote:
>
>> But in your patch description, you said:
>>
>>      Without CONFIG_LOCALVERSION_AUTO, "make" results in v2.6.32-rc4+
>>      unless the repository is at the Linux v2.6.32-rc4 commit (in which
>>      case the version would be v2.6.32-rc4).  If "make LOCALVERSION=kbuild"
>>      were used, it results in v2.6.32-rc4-kbuild.
>>
>> So, shouldn't that be "make LOCALVERSION=-kbuild"?
>>
>
> Yup, that's what it should have said.  That doesn't mean that we need to
> change the long-standing behavior of LOCALVERSION= to add an implied `-',
> though.

Ok, but your patch description is the only doc I found, so... :)

Thanks.

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