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From: Harry Putnam <reader@×××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: set local kenel version
Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2009 16:06:12
Message-Id: 87iqj0yv8u.fsf@newsguy.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] set local kenel version by Alan McKinnon
1 Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com> writes:
2
3 >> So for linux-2.6.30-gentoo-r1
4 >>
5 >> and in /usr/src/linux
6 >> cat localverion1:
7 >> _reader_
8 >>
9 >> Cat .version:
10 >> 1
11 >> And the symlink
12 >> ls -l localversion2
13 >> lrwxrwxrwx [...] Jun 12 18:01 localversion2 -> .version
14 >> I get this naming after a build:
15 >>
16 >> vimlinuz-2.6.30-gentoo-r1_reader_
17 >>
18 >> No version gets appended.
19 >>
20 >> I understood it should have also append the numeric version and
21 >> increment it each time I build that kernel.
22 >>
23 >> Anyone see where I'm dorking this up?
24 >
25 > I only see two thing:
26 >
27 > Did you set both
28 >
29 > () Local version - append to kernel release
30
31 That one needs to be left blank right? Else what ever you put there
32 will appear in kernel name and I'm using localversion files for that.
33
34 > [ ] Automatically append version information to the version string
35
36 This one is checked.
37
38 > In "General setup"?
39 >
40 > Second, you appear to have used a file called "localverion1" instead of
41 > "localversion1"
42 >
43 > Is that a real mistake, or just a typo in your mail?
44
45 Its a typo... I just checked to make sure though.. would have been nice if
46 a real missnaming was the problem.
47
48 ls -l /usr/src/linux/localversion*
49 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5 Jun 12 18:01 /usr/src/linux/localversion1
50 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 Jun 12 18:01 /usr/src/linux/localversion2 -> .version

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: set local kenel version Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>