linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/4] kbuild: Fix <linux/version.h> for X.Y versions

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Message-ID: <4DE4AE80.9040904@suse.cz>
Date:	Tue, 31 May 2011 11:01:52 +0200
From:	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>
To:	Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] kbuild: Fix <linux/version.h> for X.Y versions

On 30.5.2011 17:08, Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu wrote:
> On Mon, 30 May 2011 16:50:50 +0200, Michal Marek said:
>
>> +	expr $(VERSION) \* 65536 + $(PATCHLEVEL) \* 256 + 0$(SUBLEVEL));    \
>
> expr isn't going to interpret that last field as octal, is it?

As I wrote in the changelog: "expr treats all numbers as decimals, so 
prepending a zero is safe." POSIX requires this, FWIW.

Michal
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