linux-kernel - [PATCH] init/Kconfig: fix LOCALVERSION

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Message-Id: <20230111093822.2934184-1-linux@rasmusvillemoes.dk>
Date:   Wed, 11 Jan 2023 10:38:22 +0100
From:   Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>
To:     Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
Cc:     Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] init/Kconfig: fix LOCALVERSION_AUTO help text

It was never guaranteed to be exactly eight, but since commit
548b8b5168c9 ("scripts/setlocalversion: make git describe output more
reliable"), it has been exactly 12.

Signed-off-by: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>
---
 init/Kconfig | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index 0958846b005e..015dbb63b61a 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ config LOCALVERSION_AUTO
 	  appended after any matching localversion* files, and after the value
 	  set in CONFIG_LOCALVERSION.
 
-	  (The actual string used here is the first eight characters produced
+	  (The actual string used here is the first 12 characters produced
 	  by running the command:
 
 	    $ git rev-parse --verify HEAD
-- 
2.37.2