Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 10 Jan 2007 02:43:19 +0100 | From | Herbert Poetzl <> | Subject | Re: .version keeps being updated |
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On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 03:25:34PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Tue, 9 Jan 2007 15:21:51 -0800 (PST) > Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> wrote: > > > On Tue, 9 Jan 2007, Andrew Morton wrote: > > > > > > > This new behavior of the kernel build system is likely to > > > > make developers angry pretty quickly. > > > > > > That might motivate them to fix it ;) > > > > Actually, how about just removing the incrementing version count > > entirely? > > I use it pretty commonly to answer the question "did I remember to > install that new kernel I just built before I rebooted"? By comparing > `uname -a' with $TOPDIR/.version.
second that!
please do not remove this useful 'debug' feature :)
TIA, Herbert
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