Re: [PATCH] KCONFIG: Add some extra info regarding the kernel localversion.

[Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>]

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 <rpjday@mindspring.com>
> 
> ---
> 
> 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".

> 
>  	  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?


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