Re: how to get of the the "plus" in 3.2.0+

[Jeff Chua]

On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 4:46 AM, David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, 13 Jan 2012, Jeff Chua wrote:
>
>> Every time I do a fresh compile of the kernel, it append the version
>> with a "+". How can I get rid of the annoying "+" without doing
>> another major recompile or before I even start the compiling?
>>
>
> The `+´ is emitted to indicate that you have modifications to your tree
> beyond an official release, so your tree is actually not 3.2.0 but rather
> it has additional changes on top of 3.2.0.
>
> To suppress it, use "make LOCALVERSION="
>
> The version string is written to include/generated/utsrelease.h at the
> beginning of the build.

Cool! That works!

Thanks,
Jeff
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