linux-kernel - Re: how to get of the the "plus" in 3.2.0+

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.00.1201121242560.17287@chino.kir.corp.google.com>
Date:	Thu, 12 Jan 2012 12:46:42 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
To:	Jeff Chua <jeff.chua.linux@...il.com>
cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: how to get of the the "plus" in 3.2.0+

On Fri, 13 Jan 2012, Jeff Chua wrote:

> Every time I do a fresh compile of the kernel, it append the version
> with a "+". How can I get rid of the annoying "+" without doing
> another major recompile or before I even start the compiling?
> 

The `+´ is emitted to indicate that you have modifications to your tree 
beyond an official release, so your tree is actually not 3.2.0 but rather 
it has additional changes on top of 3.2.0.

To suppress it, use "make LOCALVERSION="

The version string is written to include/generated/utsrelease.h at the 
beginning of the build.