From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.80.1 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1ZTp0d-0005mB-Q3 for kexec@lists.infradead.org; Mon, 24 Aug 2015 10:29:48 +0000 Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2015 15:59:23 +0530 From: Pratyush Anand Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC] Drop release date from kexec-tools version output Message-ID: <20150824102923.GA21306@dhcppc13.redhat.com> References: <20150824091005.GA10044@dhcp-16-198.nay.redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20150824091005.GA10044@dhcp-16-198.nay.redhat.com> List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: "kexec" Errors-To: kexec-bounces+dwmw2=infradead.org@lists.infradead.org To: Dave Young Cc: Simon Horman , kexec@lists.infradead.org On 24/08/2015:05:10:05 PM, Dave Young wrote: > kexec --version reports like below: > kexec-tools 2.0.7 released 05 February 2015 > > The date string is generated when one run bootstrap script, thus > it is more like a build date instead of release date. > Even for distribution like Fedora it will make more sense if it can > report something like "kexec-tools 2.0.7-1 released 05 February 2015" > > In case building from git tree, the date cause more confusion. > So let's remove it from version string unless there is better idea > to resolve the issue. May be we can take same approach what kernel build takes. Kernel build does not add build/release string. It just add date and time like "Mon Aug 10 23:38:23 UTC 2015". $ uname -a Linux dhcppc13 4.1.5-200.fc22.x86_64 #1 SMP Mon Aug 10 23:38:23 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux ~Pratyush _______________________________________________ kexec mailing list kexec@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/kexec