Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 30 Dec 2005 11:15:27 +0100 | From | Erik Mouw <> | Subject | Re: patch for "scripts/package/buildtar" to pickup "localversion" on "/boot" file objects |
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On Thu, Dec 29, 2005 at 10:33:16PM -0800, Linda A. Walsh wrote: > BTW -- here is a "quick" patch to pick up the "local version" to append to > the files in "/boot" for the "tar[x]-pkg's"... > > --- scripts/package/buildtar.orig 2005-11-24 14:10:21.000000000 -0800 > +++ scripts/package/buildtar 2005-12-29 22:26:34.543513254 -0800 > @@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ > # > # Some variables and settings used throughout the script > # > -version="${VERSION}.${PATCHLEVEL}.${SUBLEVEL}${EXTRAVERSION}${EXTRANAME}" > +version="$(grep UTS_RELEASE include/linux/version.h| \ > + sed 's/^#[^"]*"// ; s/"$// ')"
A much easier way is to use:
version="${KERNELRELEASE}"
A patch for this is already in -mm, I expect/hope Linus will pick it up after 2.6.15.
Erik
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