A small formatting fix, and add a few lines describing the origin of
the git-based "localversion" string for the kernel version.
Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index f977086..4d5aef6 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -80,13 +80,19 @@ config LOCALVERSION_AUTO
default y
help
This will try to automatically determine if the current tree is a
- release tree by looking for git tags that
- belong to the current top of tree revision.
+ release tree by looking for git tags that belong to the current
+ top of tree revision.
A string of the format -gxxxxxxxx will be added to the localversion
- if a git based tree is found. The string generated by this will be
+ if a git-based tree is found. The string generated by this will be
appended after any matching localversion* files, and after the value
- set in CONFIG_LOCALVERSION
+ set in CONFIG_LOCALVERSION. (The actual string is the first eight
+ characters produced by running the command:
+
+ $ git rev-parse --verify HEAD
+
+ which is done within the script "scripts/setlocalversion", in case
+ you were interested.)
Note: This requires Perl, and a git repository, but not necessarily
the git or cogito tools to be installed.
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Robert P. J. Day
Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry
Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA
http://fsdev.net/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page
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