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    SubjectRe: 2.6.19-git13: uts banner changes break SLES9 (at least)

    On Dec 11 2006 08:44, Linus Torvalds wrote:
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    >> Please revert this change.
    >
    >Well, that "get_kernel_version" is definitely buggered, and should be
    >fixed. And we do want the new behaviour for /proc/version.
    >
    >So I don't think we should revert it, but we should:
    >
    > - strongly encourage "get_kernel_version" users to just stop using that
    > crap. Ask the build system for the version instead or something, don't
    > expect to dig it out of the binary (if you create an RPM for any other
    > package, you sure as _hell_ don't start doing strings on the binary and
    > try to figure out what the kernel is - you do it as part of the build)
    >
    >What crud. I'm even slightly inclined to just let SLES9 be broken, just to
    >let people know how unacceptable it is to look for strings in kernel
    >binaries. But sadly, I don't think the poor users should be penalized for
    >some idiotic SLES developers bad taste.


    If you fix it now, it will anyhow only be fixed for >= 2.6.20, hence
    you don't break current/older SLES kernel builds.


    -`J'
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