Re: .version keeps being updated

[Andi Kleen]

Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Tue, 9 Jan 2007 15:21:51 -0800 (PST)
> Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxx> 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
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