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On Sat, 17 Jan 2009 08:45:04 -0600 |
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Harry Putnam wrote: |
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> Robert Bridge <robert@××××××××.com> writes: |
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> > On Fri, 16 Jan 2009 19:36:42 -0600 |
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> > reader@×××××××.com wrote: |
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> >> What I asked was if there is some tricky syntax I could use on that |
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> >> kernel setting that would do: linux-2.6.26-gentoo-$HOST-N |
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> >> Where N is an incremented number every time I build the kernel |
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> >> without running `mrproper'. |
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> > Not quite what you are asking, but would appending a timestamp to |
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> > the name work instead? It would pretty much guarantee a different |
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> > name for every build. |
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> A timestamp would be fine. What syntax would I use on the kernel |
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> config item: |
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> inside menuconfig => General Setup/Local Version [...] |
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> to get a timestamp? |
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How about an external tool? I use sed to fill in LOCALVERSION, e.g. |
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V=$( date "+%m%d.%H%M" ) |
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cp -p .config .config.old |
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sed s/LOCALVERSION.*/LOCALVERSION=\"$V\"/ < .config.old > .config |
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make vmlinux modules modules_install |
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HTH, |
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David |
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