From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Luca Capello Subject: Patches version problem Date: Sat, 06 Mar 2004 14:12:47 +0100 Sender: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Message-ID: <4049CE4F.9090409@pca.it> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Errors-To: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: To: ML ACPI-devel List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hello, I download again the latest patches for 2.6.3 and 2.6.4 and I've a funny (and IMHO *very-problematic*) situation: ===== gismo:/usr/src# ls -l kernel/v2.6/acpi-20040220-2.6.* - -rw-r--r-- 1 luca luca 9470 Mar 1 08:15 kernel/v2.6/acpi-20040220-2.6.3.diff.bz2 - -rw-r--r-- 1 luca luca 12582 Mar 2 12:24 kernel/v2.6/acpi-20040220-2.6.4.diff.bz2 gismo:/usr/src# gismo:/usr/src# ls -l /home/luca/download/acpi-20040220-2.6.* - -rw------- 1 luca luca 15554 Mar 6 13:56 /home/luca/download/acpi-20040220-2.6.3.diff.bz2 - -rw-r--r-- 1 luca luca 12569 Mar 6 13:56 /home/luca/download/acpi-20040220-2.6.4.diff.bz2 gismo:/usr/src# ===== So, there're 2 different patches with the same name and this can cause inconsistency: if you release a patch at 20040305 (the last nigth), why do you call it 'acpi-20040220'??? I mean, I use 'acpi-20040220' since 20040301 (as from the 'ls -l') and now I'll use 'acpi-20040220' from 20040305: they are different, as the size suggests, but from a 'cat /proc/acpi/info' I don't have any way to know which one I'm using (the 20040301 or 20040305). Again, why the same name? Thx, bye, Gismo / Luca -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Debian - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFASc5OVAp7Xm10JmkRAiqqAJ4twhxRmJlrLVubOR/NeYmnYx+5agCfQ+te RbZlgJiAeXpcddzwTFluz2I= =s3uL -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1470&alloc_id=3638&op=click