Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 10 Jan 2007 00:25:34 +0100 | From | Willy Tarreau <> | Subject | Re: .version keeps being updated |
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Hi Jean !
On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 10:20:57AM +0100, Jean Delvare wrote: > Hi all, > > Since 2.6.20-rc1 or so, running "make" always builds a new kernel with > an incremented version number, whether there has actually been any > change done to the code or configuration or not. This increases the > build time quite a bit. > > I've tracked it down to include/linux/compile.h always being updated, > and this is because .version is updated. I couldn't find what is > causing .version to be updated each time though. Can anybody help > there? Was this change made on purpose or is this a bug which we should > fix?
it contains the build number (#X). You have it in the Makefile : "expr 0$$(cat .old_version) + 1 >.version". I think you can block it with a "chattr +i .version" and see if make complains.
Regards, Willy
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