linux-kernel - Re: Suppressing a plus from setlocalversion

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Message-ID: <20110815222141.jgw2q59rko0wssoc-cebfxv@webmail.spamcop.net>
Date:	Mon, 15 Aug 2011 22:21:41 -0400
From:	Pavel Roskin <proski@....org>
To:	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Suppressing a plus from setlocalversion

Quoting David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>:

> On Mon, 15 Aug 2011, Pavel Roskin wrote:
>
>> Hello!
>>
>> There is one annoyance in the build system that I cannot work around.
>
> That's surprising since you actually state the workaround, i.e. using
> LOCALVERSION= with make, yourself.

OK, I don't consider that an acceptable solution, as it could  
interfere with other build systems.

However, as soon as I posted this message, I found a better solution,  
namely setting LOCALVERSION= in the environment (both for the normal  
user and for root).  This is less likely to have unexpected effects,  
since the environment variables don't override the variables  
explicitly set in makefiles.

> Yes, because the kernel you've produced is no longer 3.1.0-rc2, it is
> modified.  If you want to do something else locally, then you can always
> use LOCALVERSION=.
>
> The + was added to stop falsely identifying kernels as a specific version
> when they are modified by default.  Sorry if you forget to override it
> sometimes.

OK, I have an acceptable solution for my needs now, and if others need  
it, hopefully they would find this post.

-- 
Regards,
Pavel Roskin
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