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, 5 May 2002 19:45:05 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 5 May 2002 19:45:04 -0400 Received: from mail.ocs.com.au ([203.34.97.2]:17670 "HELO mail.ocs.com.au") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Sun, 5 May 2002 19:45:03 -0400 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.2 06/23/2000 with nmh-1.0.4 From: Keith Owens To: dank@kegel.com Cc: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: kbuild 2.5 is ready for inclusion in the 2.5 kernel In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 05 May 2002 09:42:35 MST." <3CD560FB.C6736001@kegel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 06 May 2002 09:44:53 +1000 Message-ID: <8473.1020642293@ocs3.intra.ocs.com.au> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, 05 May 2002 09:42:35 -0700, Dan Kegel wrote: >Keith also says: >> I am temporarily omitting [modversions] which is (a) currently broken >> (b) is not being used in development kernels and (c) cannot be fixed >> without a radical redesign. Modversions is not needed right now and >> will be added later. Everything I have done in kbuild 2.5 is needed >> now > >[Caveat: I'm not much of a kernel hacker.] >My only concern with kbuild 2.5 was the lack of modversions, >but since Richard is promising to add them in before the >distros need them, You misquoted. Richard is not promising to add modversions, I am. I maintain both kbuild and modutils, the two halves of the modversion problem.