linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] perf: Version String fix, for fallback if not from git

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Message-ID: <20100708210228.GI25306@ghostprotocols.net>
Date:	Thu, 8 Jul 2010 18:02:28 -0300
From:	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
To:	Thavidu Ranatunga <tharan@....ibm.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Ian Munsie <imunsie@....ibm.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] perf: Version String fix, for fallback if not from
	git

Em Thu, Jul 08, 2010 at 05:57:54PM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo escreveu:
> Em Mon, Jul 05, 2010 at 06:00:15PM +1000, Thavidu Ranatunga escreveu:
> > This gets rid of the default version fallback for Perf and changes it so that it
> > returns the version of the kernel from it's Makefile (if sources were not from
> > git, ie. if it was downloaded from a tarball)
> > Signed-off-by: Thavidu Ranatunga <tharan@....ibm.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Ian Munsie <imunsie@....ibm.com>
> 
> > -	VN="$DEF_VER"
> > +	eval `grep '^VERSION\s*=' ../../Makefile|tr -d ' '`
> > +	eval `grep '^PATCHLEVEL\s*=' ../../Makefile|tr -d ' '`
> > +	eval `grep '^SUBLEVEL\s*=' ../../Makefile|tr -d ' '`
> > +	eval `grep '^EXTRAVERSION\s*=' ../../Makefile|tr -d ' '`
> > +
> > +	VN="${VERSION}.${PATCHLEVEL}.${SUBLEVEL}${EXTRAVERSION}"
> 
> This makes 'make perf-tarbz2-src-pkg':
> 
> [acme@...lia linux-2.6-tip]$ make perf-tarbz2-src-pkg
>   TAR
> [acme@...lia linux-2.6-tip]$ mv perf-2.6.35-rc4.tar.bz2 /tmp
> [acme@...lia linux-2.6-tip]$ cd /tmp
> [acme@...lia tmp]$ tar xf perf-2.6.35-rc4.tar.bz2
> [acme@...lia tmp]$ cd perf-2.6.35-rc4/tools/perf
> [acme@...lia perf]$ make
> grep: ../../Makefile: No such file or directory
> grep: ../../Makefile: No such file or directory

But at least the 'make perf-tar*' targets aren't in perf/urgent, so I'll
work on a fix for perf/core (aka 2.6.36).

- Arnaldo
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