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From: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk>
To: Mike Castle <dalgoda@ix.netcom.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch] 2.4 add suffix for uname -r
Date: Sun, 6 May 2001 18:08:03 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20010506180803.A1179@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0105060334390.1549-100000@asdf.capslock.lan> <3437.989135106@ocs3.ocs-net> <20010506101217.H3988@marowsky-bree.de> <20010506013605.C31385@thune.mrc-home.com>
In-Reply-To: <20010506013605.C31385@thune.mrc-home.com>; from dalgoda@ix.netcom.com on Sun, May 06, 2001 at 01:36:05AM -0700

On Sun, May 06, 2001 at 01:36:05AM -0700, Mike Castle wrote:
> On Sun, May 06, 2001 at 10:12:17AM +0200, Lars Marowsky-Bree wrote:
> > You assign a new EXTRAVERSION to the new kernel you are building, and keep the
> > old kernel at the old name.
> 
> Except that some patches (ie, RAID, -ac) use EXTRAVERSION.  There needs to
> be a new variable, say USERVERSION, that will *ONLY* be set during make
> USERVERSION=foo.

Ok, so we have $(VERSION).$(MINOR).$(PATCHLEVEL)$(EXTRAVERSION)$(USERVERSION).
Isn't this the same as $(VERSION).$(MINOR).$(PATCHLEVEL)$(EXTRAVERSION) where
$(EXTRAVERSION) has $(USERVERSION) appended?

In other words:

EXTRAVERSION=-ac4-build1

You can extend EXTRAVERSION infinitely, but after the first 10 or so
characters, it starts to get silly.

--
Russell King (rmk@arm.linux.org.uk)                The developer of ARM Linux
             http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/personal/aboutme.html


  parent reply	other threads:[~2001-05-06 17:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-05-06  7:15 [patch] 2.4 add suffix for uname -r Keith Owens
2001-05-06  7:35 ` Mike A. Harris
2001-05-06  7:45   ` Keith Owens
2001-05-06  8:12     ` Lars Marowsky-Bree
2001-05-06  8:36       ` Mike Castle
2001-05-06  9:01         ` Lars Marowsky-Bree
2001-05-06 17:08         ` Russell King [this message]
2001-05-06  9:16     ` Mike A. Harris
2001-05-07 17:29 ` Pavel Roskin

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