linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kbuild: deb-pkg: don't set KBUILD_BUILD

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Message-ID: <20250307205612.GA2695746@ax162>
Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2025 21:56:12 +0100
From: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>
To: Nicolas Schier <nicolas@...sle.eu>
Cc: Alexandru Gagniuc <alexandru.gagniuc@...com>, masahiroy@...nel.org,
	linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kbuild: deb-pkg: don't set KBUILD_BUILD_VERSION
 indiscriminately

On Fri, Mar 07, 2025 at 05:36:26PM +0100, Nicolas Schier wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 05, 2025 at 07:25:36PM +0000 Alexandru Gagniuc wrote:
> > Cc: <stable@...r.kernel.org> # v6.12+
> 
> Shouldn't this be v6.8, as 7d4f07d5cb71 got introduced there?

Presumably this is because there are no supported kernel versions
between 6.8 and 6.12 anymore but I think the '# v6.12+' is entirely
superfluous because there is a fixes tag, so the stable folks will
figure out how far to backport it automatically based on that.

> > Fixes: 7d4f07d5cb71 ("kbuild: deb-pkg: squash scripts/package/deb-build-option to debian/rules")

Cheers,
Nathan