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    SubjectRe: Oops: ptrace fix buggy
    On Mon, 14 Apr 2003, Jörn Engel wrote:

    > So basically, neither the existing EXTRAVERSION nor my new FIXLEVEL
    > are checked. Any code could potentially break with -ac1 to -ac2 or
    > with .1 to .2.
    >
    > Did anyone experience such problems with -ac already? There are far
    > more changes in -ac than there are in your patch.

    Which brings the point as to why use a new variable unless you are going to
    actually modify LINUX_VERSION_CODE with it. It actually makes more sense to
    just use EXTRAVERSION for this then.

    Now, using EXTRAVERSION = .2 wouldn't be unrealistic...

    Regards
    James Bourne

    >
    > Driver compilation should not be an issue. Change the Makefile and
    > version.h should be changed as well, so any code depending on
    > version.h will be rebuild, whether necessary or not.
    >
    > Module load sounds unrealistic for .[123...], as you shouldn't change
    > any interfaces with fixes. But it might be a real problem for -ac.
    >
    > Jörn
    >
    > PS: Or for -aa, -dj, -mm or whatever. It's just an example.
    >
    >

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