From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from lists.ozlabs.org (lists.ozlabs.org [112.213.38.117]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B315FC46467 for ; Tue, 3 Jan 2023 15:38:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from boromir.ozlabs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by lists.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4NmcMp0tC0z3bZ4 for ; Wed, 4 Jan 2023 02:38:46 +1100 (AEDT) Authentication-Results: lists.ozlabs.org; spf=pass (sender SPF authorized) smtp.mailfrom=nefkom.net (client-ip=2001:a60:0:28:0:1:25:1; helo=mail-out.m-online.net; envelope-from=whitebox@nefkom.net; receiver=) X-Greylist: delayed 342 seconds by postgrey-1.36 at boromir; Wed, 04 Jan 2023 02:38:14 AEDT Received: from mail-out.m-online.net (mail-out.m-online.net [IPv6:2001:a60:0:28:0:1:25:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lists.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4NmcMB4pMnz3bZ4 for ; Wed, 4 Jan 2023 02:38:14 +1100 (AEDT) Received: from frontend03.mail.m-online.net (unknown [192.168.6.182]) by mail-out.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4NmcDP17jqz1s949; Tue, 3 Jan 2023 16:32:19 +0100 (CET) Received: from localhost (dynscan3.mnet-online.de [192.168.6.84]) by mail.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4NmcDM1qs5z1qqlR; Tue, 3 Jan 2023 16:32:19 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mnet-online.de Received: from mail.mnet-online.de ([192.168.8.182]) by localhost (dynscan3.mail.m-online.net [192.168.6.84]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id Dv2lDKDmanx1; Tue, 3 Jan 2023 16:32:18 +0100 (CET) X-Auth-Info: /F+EuFmgr7aU0+FD4YuS2yj3yclsQzbVJIAlzLokXeN++rSCIBqoz2a63SYZVCfT Received: from igel.home (aftr-62-216-205-97.dynamic.mnet-online.de [62.216.205.97]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by mail.mnet-online.de (Postfix) with ESMTPSA; Tue, 3 Jan 2023 16:32:18 +0100 (CET) Received: by igel.home (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 498742C1555; Tue, 3 Jan 2023 16:32:18 +0100 (CET) From: Andreas Schwab To: Ojaswin Mujoo Subject: Re: [PATCH] powerpc: Fix a wrong version calculation issue in ld_version References: <20230103095740.916038-1-ojaswin__39223.4750370093$1672743051$gmane$org@linux.ibm.com> X-Yow: FIRST, I'm covering you with OLIVE OIL and PRUNE WHIP!! Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2023 16:32:18 +0100 In-Reply-To: <20230103095740.916038-1-ojaswin__39223.4750370093$1672743051$gmane$org@linux.ibm.com> (Ojaswin Mujoo's message of "Tue, 3 Jan 2023 15:27:40 +0530") Message-ID: <875ydneirh.fsf@igel.home> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.2 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-BeenThere: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org Errors-To: linuxppc-dev-bounces+linuxppc-dev=archiver.kernel.org@lists.ozlabs.org Sender: "Linuxppc-dev" On Jan 03 2023, Ojaswin Mujoo wrote: > If version is of the form x.y.z and length(z) == 8, then most probably > it is a date [yyyymmdd]. As an approximation, discard the dd and yyyy > parts and keep the mm part in the version. I don't think any part of the date should be mixed into the computed version. It just means that it's a snapshot from after the 2.37 release, so it should be treated like 2.37 (no further releases has been made from this branch). -- Andreas Schwab, schwab@linux-m68k.org GPG Key fingerprint = 7578 EB47 D4E5 4D69 2510 2552 DF73 E780 A9DA AEC1 "And now for something completely different."