Re: [PATCH] ver_linux: uniform output across various linux distros

2015-09-30 Thread Alexander Kapshuk
>> Signed-off-by: Alexander Kapshuk >> --- >> --- linux/scripts/ver_linux.orig2015-04-13 01:12:50.0 +0300 >> +++ linux/scripts/ver_linux2015-09-29 20:47:48.664509177 +0300 >> @@ -4,54 +4,112 @@ >> # /bin /sbin /usr/bin /usr/sbin /usr/local/bin, but it may >> # differ on your syst

Re: [PATCH] ver_linux: uniform output across various linux distros

2015-09-30 Thread Greg KH
On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 09:08:20PM +0300, Alexander Kapshuk wrote: > On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 7:43 PM, Greg KH wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 06:36:12PM +0300, Alexander Kapshuk wrote: > >> I've reread 'Documentation/SubmittingPatches', and opted for method 1 > >> to create the patch. > >> > >>

[PATCH] ver_linux: uniform output across various linux distros

2015-09-29 Thread Alexander Kapshuk
On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 7:43 PM, Greg KH wrote: > On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 06:36:12PM +0300, Alexander Kapshuk wrote: >> I've reread 'Documentation/SubmittingPatches', and opted for method 1 >> to create the patch. >> >> When you mentioned about the patch changing the formatting, were you >> referr

Re: [PATCH] ver_linux: uniform output across various linux distros

2015-09-29 Thread Greg KH
On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 06:36:12PM +0300, Alexander Kapshuk wrote: > I've reread 'Documentation/SubmittingPatches', and opted for method 1 > to create the patch. > > When you mentioned about the patch changing the formatting, were you > referring to the formatting of the actual script, or the outp

[PATCH] ver_linux: uniform output across various linux distros

2015-09-29 Thread Alexander Kapshuk
On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 10:42 PM, Alexander Kapshuk wrote: > On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 5:09 PM, Greg KH wrote: >> On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 07:50:37AM +0300, Alexander Kapshuk wrote: >>> Hello, >> >> Hi! >> >> First off, your Subject: is a bit odd, you might want to fix up your >> email client :) >>

Re: Subject: [PATCH] ver_linux: uniform output across various linux distros

2015-09-28 Thread Alexander Kapshuk
On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 12:56 AM, Randy Dunlap wrote: > On 09/27/15 21:50, Alexander Kapshuk wrote: >> >> - >> Sample output of the current implementation on Gentoo Linux: >> >> /usr/src/linux/scripts/ver_linux.orig >> If some fields are empty or look unusual yo

Re: Subject: [PATCH] ver_linux: uniform output across various linux distros

2015-09-28 Thread Randy Dunlap
On 09/27/15 21:50, Alexander Kapshuk wrote: > > - > Sample output of the current implementation on Gentoo Linux: > > /usr/src/linux/scripts/ver_linux.orig > If some fields are empty or look unusual you may have an old version. > Compare to the current minimal r

[PATCH] ver_linux: uniform output across various linux distros

2015-09-28 Thread Alexander Kapshuk
On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 5:09 PM, Greg KH wrote: > On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 07:50:37AM +0300, Alexander Kapshuk wrote: >> Hello, > > Hi! > > First off, your Subject: is a bit odd, you might want to fix up your > email client :) > >> >> Having run 'scripts/ver_linux' on my Gentoo system, as well as h

Re: Subject: [PATCH] ver_linux: uniform output across various linux distros

2015-09-28 Thread Greg KH
On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 07:50:37AM +0300, Alexander Kapshuk wrote: > Hello, Hi! First off, your Subject: is a bit odd, you might want to fix up your email client :) > > Having run 'scripts/ver_linux' on my Gentoo system, as well as having > looked through some recent bug reports on the kernel b

Subject: [PATCH] ver_linux: uniform output across various linux distros

2015-09-27 Thread Alexander Kapshuk
Hello, Having run 'scripts/ver_linux' on my Gentoo system, as well as having looked through some recent bug reports on the kernel bugzilla website showing the output of the script in question, I have observed that the output is not accurate across various distros. While the current implementation