Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 5 Aug 2003 12:17:18 -0700 | From | Mike Fedyk <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] automate patch names in kernel versions |
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On Tue, Jul 29, 2003 at 03:44:19PM -0500, Oliver Xymoron wrote: > Perhaps times have changed enough that I can revive this idea from a > few years ago: > > http://groups.google.com/groups?q=patchname+oxymoron&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&selm=fa.jif8l5v.1b049jd%40ifi.uio.no&rnum=1 > > <quote year=1999> > This four-line patch provides a means for listing what patches have > been built into a kernel. This will help track non-standard kernel > versions, such as those released by Redhat, or Alan's ac series, etc. > more easily. > > With this patch in place, each new patch can include a file of the > form "patchname.[identifier]" in the top level source directory and > [identifier] will then be added to the kernel version string. For > instance, Alan's ac patches could include a file named patchdesc.ac2 > (containing a change log, perhaps), and the resulting kernel would be > identified as 2.2.0-pre6+ac2, both at boot and by uname. > > This may prove especially useful for tracking problems with kernels > built by distribution packagers and problems reported by automated > tools. > </quote> > > The patch now appends patches as -name rather than +name to avoid > issues that might exist with packaging tools and scripts.
Has anything happened with this patch?
I for one would love it to be merged. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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