On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 18:20, Matthias Klose <d...@ubuntu.com> wrote: > On 05/02/2011 09:53 PM, Diego Novillo wrote: >> >> Since google/gcc-4_6 follows the 4.6 branch, changes in minor >> revisions cause unnecessary churn in directory names. >> >> Fixed with this. OK for google/gcc-4_6? >> >> Google ref 4335466. >> >> * BASE-VER: Change to 4.6.x-google. >> >> diff --git a/gcc/BASE-VER b/gcc/BASE-VER >> index 4110f74..33d4edd 100644 >> --- a/gcc/BASE-VER >> +++ b/gcc/BASE-VER >> @@ -1 +1 @@ >> -4.6.1-google >> +4.6.x-google > > is this enough? the subminor version number is encoded in more places, e.g. > C++ headers, Go libraries, jar files.
It work here so far. All the places where the version number is encoded in ultimately get it from BASE-VER. For us, the important thing is to avoid the churn in installed directory names and such. What the version string says is not as important. Diego