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    SubjectRe: changing local version requires full rebuild
    Hello!
    Quoting r. Sam Ravnborg (sam@ravnborg.org) "Re: changing local version requires full rebuild":
    > On Sun, Jan 16, 2005 at 05:22:42PM +0200, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
    > > Hi!
    > > Is it just me, or does changing the local version always require
    > > a full kernel rebuild?
    > >
    > > If so, I'd like to fix it, since I like copying
    > > my kernel source with --preserve and changing the
    > > local version, then going back to the old version in case of
    > > a crash.
    > > Its important to change the local version to force
    > > make install and make modules_install to put things in a separate
    > > directory.
    >
    > Just tried it out here.
    > After cp -Ra only a limited part of the kernel rebuilds.
    > o oiu.c in ieee directory - because it dependson the shell script
    > o A number of drivers that include version.h
    > - This should be changed so local version does not affect
    > the reast of version.h.
    > o Other stuff that is always build if kernel has changed
    >
    > Do you use "echo -mylocalver > localversion" to change the local version?
    >
    > Sam

    No, I do makemenuconfig to edit the version. Is that right?

    mst
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