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From: Mathieu Dubois-Briand <mathieu.dubois-briand@bootlin.com>
To: Alexander Kanavin <alex.kanavin@gmail.com>
Cc: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org
Subject: Re: [OE-core] [PATCH] systemtap: Add git revision to PV
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2024 14:11:54 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <ZzX3GstbGu8K530z@bootlin-mathieu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CANNYZj-V=TDuXtWGmukPwDbQLeoowoc3wruG1heDAV0qS_r+yw@mail.gmail.com>

On Thu, Nov 14, 2024 at 01:59:29PM +0100, Alexander Kanavin wrote:
> On Thu, 14 Nov 2024 at 13:49, Mathieu Dubois-Briand via
> lists.openembedded.org
> <mathieu.dubois-briand=bootlin.com@lists.openembedded.org> wrote:
> > -PV = "5.1"
> > +PV = "5.1+git"
> 
> I'm not sure I understand the reproducible 'magic' this would trigger
> in systemtap's usage of 'git describe', but if this does fix things,
> you need to leave a comment in the recipe asking people not to remove
> "+git". This is because "+git" suffix is typically used for something
> else: an indication that we're taking a revision that's several
> commits after the tagged version (e.g. containing important fixes).
> 
> Alex

Yes, indeed having a comment here would be better, I will make a v2
adding it.

As for the reasoning leading to add +git in the revision, the bug entry
gives some context:
https://bugzilla.yoctoproject.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15288#c10

-- 
Mathieu Dubois-Briand, Bootlin
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
https://bootlin.com


      reply	other threads:[~2024-11-14 13:11 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-11-14 12:48 [PATCH] systemtap: Add git revision to PV mathieu.dubois-briand
2024-11-14 12:59 ` [OE-core] " Alexander Kanavin
2024-11-14 13:11   ` Mathieu Dubois-Briand [this message]

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