Re: patch for "scripts/package/buildtar" to pickup "localversion" on "/boot" file objects

[Erik Mouw <erik@harddisk-recovery.com>]

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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