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From: Robert Richter <rric@kernel.org>
To: Runzhen Wang <runzhen@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@linux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@ghostprotocols.net>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, mingo@kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] perf tools: Fix perf version generation
Date: Fri, 10 May 2013 11:09:24 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130510090924.GB8356@rric.localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <518A5A9D.8090503@linux.vnet.ibm.com>

On 08.05.13 22:01:01, Runzhen Wang wrote:
> # ./perf --version
> perf version 3.9.1
> 
> your patch works when the repo only has commit info but no tags
> info, but I confuse that whether this situation is Real?
> 
> Maybe you prepare for a RARE case but increase the code's **Complexity** ?

It works in both cases. And the complexity is also handled for kernel
versioning, see scripts/setlocalversion:

 # If we don't have a tag at all we print -g{commitish}.

I also considered to reuse scripts/setlocalversion, but it turned out
to require too much changes for perf version generation.

-Robert

  reply	other threads:[~2013-05-10  9:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-05-08  9:43 [PATCH] perf tools: Fix perf version generation Robert Richter
2013-05-08 10:39 ` Xiao Guangrong
2013-05-08 11:06   ` Robert Richter
2013-05-08 14:01     ` Runzhen Wang
2013-05-10  9:09       ` Robert Richter [this message]
2013-07-01  8:24 ` Borislav Petkov
2013-07-12  8:52 ` [tip:perf/urgent] " tip-bot for Robert Richter

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