Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 26 Feb 2002 00:01:56 +0100 | From | Matthias Andree <> | Subject | Re: Linux 2.4.18 |
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On Mon, 25 Feb 2002, Rainer Ellinger wrote:
> David S. Miller wrote: > > >We can avoid this kind of mess in the future if the "-rc*" releases > >really are "release candidates" instead of "just another diff". > > And how should EXTRAVERSION be accommodated?
sed/perl/awk -- a short five-liner "bless-rc-to-final" script should do. A fixed procedure to just fix the Makefile, removing the -rc tag, and copy over the stuff, can prevent that. If it's considered important enough by the maintainer, of course. - 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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