Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, 9 Jan 2007 15:21:51 -0800 (PST) > Linus Torvalds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > On Tue, 9 Jan 2007, Andrew Morton wrote: > > > > > > > This new behavior of the kernel build system is likely to > > > > make developers angry pretty quickly. > > > > > > That might motivate them to fix it ;) > > > > Actually, how about just removing the incrementing version count entirely? > > I use it pretty commonly to answer the question "did I remember to install > that new kernel I just built before I rebooted"? By comparing `uname -a' > with $TOPDIR/.version.
I even have scripts that require this to identify kernels. Please don't remove it. -Andi - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
