Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 12 Sep 2000 10:54:20 -0500 (CDT) | From | Oliver Xymoron <> | Subject | Re: [RFC] Changes file [was Re: modules directory] |
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On Tue, 12 Sep 2000, Simon Huggins wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 12, 2000 at 01:41:45AM -0500, Oliver Xymoron wrote: > > > > This is similar to my patch-names patch, which lets you add components > > > > to uname too. IIRC, it was rejected because it made things easier. > > > Erm? Not really. Not unless you want > > > 2.2.x-requires-modutils-2.3.99999-requires-pppd-x.y.z etc? > > No, that's not it at all. It's more for doing things like > > 2.4.0-pre8+ikd+xfs where ikd and xfs are patches you applied. With a > > little Makefile magic, they become part of the uname. > > Yes, you implied it solved what I was trying to solve being the people > complaining on list about make modules_install no longer working when > they hadn't read Documentation/Changes.
The thread had moved on by then to a trick for putting changelog entries in patches. With my patch, you can put the changelog entries in the same files that flag the uname additions.
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