Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 6 Jun 1999 00:50:22 +0100 (GMT) | From | Riley Williams <> | Subject | Re: stable kernel macro? |
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Hi Jeff.
> Is there a generic way to detect, via the C pre-processor, > whether the kernel is a stable or experimental series?
I don't know about "via the C pre-processor", but you could try one of the following bash commands:
1. To detect whether the currently running kernel is from a stable series:
if [ $[`uname -r | cut -d . -f 2`%2] -eq 0 ]; then echo STABLE else echo DEVELOPMENT fi
2. To detect whether the kernel source in /usr/src/linux is from a stable series:
TEST=`grep ^PATCHLEVEL /usr/src/linux/ | head -1` if [ $[`echo $TEST | cut -d ' ' -f 3`%2] -eq 0 ]; then echo STABLE else echo DEVELOPMENT fi
Best wishes from Riley.
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