The patch titled
Clarify the creation of the LOCALVERSION_AUTO string.
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
clarify-the-creation-of-the-localversion_auto-string.patch
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Subject: Clarify the creation of the LOCALVERSION_AUTO string.
From: "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Clarify the creation of the LOCALVERSION_AUTO string during kernel
configuration, and fix a couple typoes while we're there.
Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Sam Ravnborg <sam@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
init/Kconfig | 16 ++++++++++------
1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff -puN init/Kconfig~clarify-the-creation-of-the-localversion_auto-string init/Kconfig
--- a/init/Kconfig~clarify-the-creation-of-the-localversion_auto-string
+++ a/init/Kconfig
@@ -80,16 +80,20 @@ config LOCALVERSION_AUTO
default y
help
This will try to automatically determine if the current tree is a
- release tree by looking for git tags that
- belong to the current top of tree revision.
+ release tree by looking for git tags that belong to the current
+ top of tree revision.
A string of the format -gxxxxxxxx will be added to the localversion
- if a git based tree is found. The string generated by this will be
+ if a git-based tree is found. The string generated by this will be
appended after any matching localversion* files, and after the value
- set in CONFIG_LOCALVERSION
+ set in CONFIG_LOCALVERSION.
- Note: This requires Perl, and a git repository, but not necessarily
- the git or cogito tools to be installed.
+ (The actual string used here is the first eight characters produced
+ by running the command:
+
+ $ git rev-parse --verify HEAD
+
+ which is done within the script "scripts/setlocalversion".)
config SWAP
bool "Support for paging of anonymous memory (swap)"
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from rpjday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx are
git-alsa.patch
remove-unused-header-file-arch-arm-mach-s3c2410-basth.patch
git-powerpc.patch
git-drm.patch
git-infiniband.patch
git-input.patch
git-mtd.patch
git-netdev-all.patch
3c509-remove-unnecessary-include-of-linux-pm_legacyh.patch
delete-unused-header-file-linux-sdla_frh.patch
delete-unused-header-file-linux-if_wanpipe_commonh.patch
pcmcia-delete-obsolete-pcmcia_ioctl-feature.patch
git-scsi-misc.patch
scsi-fix-obvious-typo-spin_lock_irqrestore-in-gdthc.patch
remove-unused-header-file-arch-m68k-atari-atasoundh.patch
remove-unused-header-file-drivers-serial-crisv10h.patch
cris-remove-code-related-to-pre-22-kernel.patch
remove-unused-header-file-arch-um-kernel-tt-include-mode_kern-tth.patch
reiserfs-correct-misspelled-reiserfs_proc_info-to.patch
kconfig-centralize-the-selection-of-semaphore-debugging.patch
rocket-remove-modversions-include.patch
remove-unused-header-file-drivers-message-i2o-i2o_lanh.patch
remove-unused-header-file-drivers-char-digih.patch
delete-unused-header-file-math-emu-extendedh.patch
delete-unused-header-file-linux-awe_voiceh.patch
add-spaces-on-either-side-of-case-operator.patch
clarify-the-creation-of-the-localversion_auto-string.patch
some-grammatical-fixups-and-additions-to-atomich-kernel-doc.patch
remove-unused-header-file-drivers-video-riva-nv4refh.patch
video-add-spaces-on-either-side-of-the-case-operator.patch
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