linux-kernel - Re: include/linux/version.h not updated

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Date:	Thu, 26 Sep 2013 21:08:56 +0300 (EEST)
From:	Meelis Roos <mroos@...ux.ee>
To:	David Miller <davem@...hat.com>
cc:	sparclinux@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: include/linux/version.h not updated

> > -rw-r--r-- 1 mroos mroos 97 Sep 20 21:56 include/generated/uapi/linux/version.h
> > -rw-r--r-- 1 mroos mroos 97 Aug 10  2012 ./include/linux/version.h
> 
> It's not the it doesn't get updated.
> 
> It's that the file in your GIT tree is unsync'd.
> 
> You need to "rm include/linux/version.h" and I bet that beforehand a
> "git stat" will show "include/linux/version.h" as a spurious file.
> 
> Because of your situation, the second file is being included first,
> overriding the right file, the first one.

Yes, you are absolutely correct. head_64.o was rebuild with correcxt 
verion information.

A lot of machines will have this file removed :)

-- 
Meelis Roos (mroos@...ux.ee)
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