linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kbuild: Automatically remove stale <linux/version.h> file

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Message-ID: <54789781.7060009@suse.cz>
Date:	Fri, 28 Nov 2014 16:40:49 +0100
From:	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>
To:	linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>,
	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kbuild: Automatically remove stale <linux/version.h>
 file

On 2014-11-27 16:38, Michal Marek wrote:
> In 3.7, the file moved from include/linux/ to
> include/generated/uapi/linux/. The path in the #include directive
> remained the same for compatibility reasons, but this created a problem
> when bisecting. Commit 9c8cdb71 (kbuild: unconditionally clobber
> include/linux/version.h on distclean) fixes this, provided the user does
> make distclean between builds. Better not rely on the user and delete
> the stale file each time make is invoked.

I added this to kbuild.git#kbuild.

Michal

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