[Buildroot] [PATCH] package/linux-headers: do not default to any version for custom headers

[Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@savoirfairelinux.com>]

Hi,

"Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@free.fr> writes:

> Currently, for a custom headers version, or for the same headers as the
> kernel, wedefault to a "very old" version (i.e. 2.6.x in practice).
>
> However, as Vivien explained, when using the same headers as the kernel,
> and the kernel is set to use the default version (aka latest version
> known to Buildroot) of the kernel, one would expect the headers are
> automatically tracking the latest version. Off course, that expectation
> is broken because of the above.
>
> However, whatever version we default to, it will probably not be
> correct, whether we default to the latest version or to the "very old"
> version.
>
> So, simply drop the specific default version, so the default is now the
> latest version.
>
> Note: that has the potential to break existing defconfig files that
> relied on the "very old" version to be the default. Well, whatever,
> they'll get a build failre quite early, and it is easy to fix.
>
> Reported-by: Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@savoirfairelinux.com>
> Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
> Cc: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>

Sorry I didn't get time to get back on this... Thanks Yann for digging
that up! I like this new approach.

For what it's worth:

Reviewed-by: Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@savoirfairelinux.com>

Thanks,

        Vivien