On Sun, 4 Mar 2007, Randy Dunlap wrote: > On Sun, 4 Mar 2007 06:01:17 -0500 (EST) Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > > > > 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]> > > > > --- > > > > 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.) > > Please omit ", in case you were interested".
ok, will resubmit. > > > > Note: This requires Perl, and a git repository, but not necessarily > > the git or cogito tools to be installed. > > How can this be the case since a 'git' command is used, according to > your new documentation? i have no idea why that last part says that -- that's not part of my addition, it's the original text. in fact, there's nothing about scripts/setlocalversion that seems to require perl, so that last part is *doubly* odd. rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA http://fsdev.net/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page ======================================================================== - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
