Use filechk to detect if the content changed or not. Signed-off-by: Michal Marek <mmarek@xxxxxxx> --- Makefile | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile index 4e3575c..3aa232f 100644 --- a/Makefile +++ b/Makefile @@ -794,10 +794,13 @@ PHONY += $(vmlinux-dirs) $(vmlinux-dirs): prepare scripts $(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$@ +define filechk_kernel.release + echo "$(KERNELVERSION)$$($(CONFIG_SHELL) $(srctree)/scripts/setlocalversion $(srctree))" +endef + # Store (new) KERNELRELEASE string in include/config/kernel.release include/config/kernel.release: include/config/auto.conf FORCE - $(Q)rm -f $@ - $(Q)echo "$(KERNELVERSION)$$($(CONFIG_SHELL) $(srctree)/scripts/setlocalversion $(srctree))" > $@ + $(call filechk,kernel.release) # Things we need to do before we recursively start building the kernel -- 1.8.1.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kbuild" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html