Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Fri, 14 Feb 1997 01:40:51 +0100 | From | Andries.Brouwer@cwi ... | Subject | Re: Version bug in 2.0.29? |
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H. Peter Anvin:
:: #define UTS_RELEASE "2.0.29"
: A worse problem is that "make oldconfig" goes into an infinite loop : over the sound stuff, at least in our configuration.
Well, you can have /bin/expr that is a symbolic link either to the good old /bin/expr.old (and Linux 2.0.29 will compile fine, but `make oldconfig' for 2.1.26 goes into an infinite loop), or to the latest /bin/expr.new (and Linux 2.1.26 will compile fine, but `make oldconfig' for 2.0.29 loops).
This means that we can no longer use the old syntax, and cannot use the new syntax either for the sake of compatibility.
Andries
PS: Five years of progress:
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root other 50196 Feb 11 23:41 /bin/expr.new* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root other 5148 Sep 5 1992 /bin/expr.old*
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