From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 6 May 2001 04:36:40 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 6 May 2001 04:36:21 -0400 Received: from marine.sonic.net ([208.201.224.37]:50792 "HELO marine.sonic.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Sun, 6 May 2001 04:36:09 -0400 X-envelope-info: Date: Sun, 6 May 2001 01:36:05 -0700 From: Mike Castle To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [patch] 2.4 add suffix for uname -r Message-ID: <20010506013605.C31385@thune.mrc-home.com> Reply-To: Mike Castle Mail-Followup-To: Mike Castle , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <3437.989135106@ocs3.ocs-net> <20010506101217.H3988@marowsky-bree.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.6i In-Reply-To: <20010506101217.H3988@marowsky-bree.de>; from lmb@suse.de on Sun, May 06, 2001 at 10:12:17AM +0200 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, May 06, 2001 at 10:12:17AM +0200, Lars Marowsky-Bree wrote: > You assign a new EXTRAVERSION to the new kernel you are building, and keep the > old kernel at the old name. Except that some patches (ie, RAID, -ac) use EXTRAVERSION. There needs to be a new variable, say USERVERSION, that will *ONLY* be set during make USERVERSION=foo. mrc -- Mike Castle Life is like a clock: You can work constantly dalgoda@ix.netcom.com and be right all the time, or not work at all www.netcom.com/~dalgoda/ and be right at least twice a day. -- mrc We are all of us living in the shadow of Manhattan. -- Watchmen