From: Keith Owens <kaos@ocs.com.au>
To: "Mike A. Harris" <mharris@opensourceadvocate.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch] 2.4 add suffix for uname -r
Date: Sun, 06 May 2001 17:45:06 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3437.989135106@ocs3.ocs-net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 06 May 2001 03:35:34 -0400." <Pine.LNX.4.33.0105060334390.1549-100000@asdf.capslock.lan>
On Sun, 6 May 2001 03:35:34 -0400 (EDT),
"Mike A. Harris" <mharris@opensourceadvocate.org> wrote:
>On Sun, 6 May 2001, Keith Owens wrote:
>>A frequent requirement is to rename vmlinuz-2.x.y to 2.x.y-old or
>>2.x.y.save to preserve a working kernel.
>
>I don't see how this patch is necessary when we have
>"EXTRAVERSION" available. Change EXTRAVERSION in your kernel
>builds and it is totally a non issue. No renaming of anything is
>necessary.
You already have a working kernel which you want to rename to use as a
backup version. Changing EXTRAVERSION and recompiling builds a new
kernel and adds uncertainty about whether the kernel still works - did
you change anything else before recompiling? Look at all the install
scripts that rename vmlinuz to vmlinuz-old.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-05-06 7:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-05-06 7:15 [patch] 2.4 add suffix for uname -r Keith Owens
2001-05-06 7:35 ` Mike A. Harris
2001-05-06 7:45 ` Keith Owens [this message]
2001-05-06 8:12 ` Lars Marowsky-Bree
2001-05-06 8:36 ` Mike Castle
2001-05-06 9:01 ` Lars Marowsky-Bree
2001-05-06 17:08 ` Russell King
2001-05-06 9:16 ` Mike A. Harris
2001-05-07 17:29 ` Pavel Roskin
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