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SubjectRe: [PATCH] kconfig: OVERRIDE: save kernel version in .config file
On Fri, Sep 17, 2004 at 10:43:34AM -0700, Randy.Dunlap wrote:
> On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 10:20:24 -0700 Randy.Dunlap wrote:
>
> | On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 17:43:46 +0200 Olaf Hering wrote:
> |
> | | Randy,
> | |
> | | we need a way to turn the timestamp off when running make oldconfig.
> | | Running make oldconfig gives always a delta, even if the .config is
> | | unchanged. This is bad for cvs repos, it generates conflicts now if 2
> | | people work on the same config file.
> | | Please provide a patch to not call ctime if a non-empty enviroment
> | | variable of your choice is set.
> |
> | How's this?
>
> Let's be a little safer in checking "NOTIMESTAMP".
>
> Omit .config file timestamp in the file if the environment variable
> "NOTIMESTAMP" exists and is non-null.
>
> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rddunlap@osdl.org>

Applied - but I named it KCONFIG_TIMESTAMP so people would not
think that kbuild suddenly stopped checking timestamps.

Sam
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