Re: Version bug in 2.0.29?

Peter Grace (kidmagic@insa.NWS.NET)
Sat, 8 Feb 1997 14:48:59 -0500 (EST)


Well, need fear not, for I talked to a man named Trevor about it, and he
says that make oldconfig INDEED has a bug, the "make oldconfig" doesn't
correctly update the version.h file, but he says "make menuconfig" does do
this correctly. So I beg of forgiveness for bothering you with this
matter.

On Sat, 8 Feb 1997, W. Reilly Cooley wrote:

>
> # I installed 2.0.29 last night.. apon returning to the machine this morning
> # and rebooting, I found it to still be 2.0.28. I remember doing everything
> # right, unzipping it, checking all symlinks, everything. I decided to
> # check the version.h in /usr/src/linux/include/linux, and it still said it
> # was 2.0.28.... This startled me incredibly, and I was wondering if its a
> # bug in the kernel, or was it just something I've done?
>
> I'm not much of an authority, but I don't think you should send this
> sort of thing to Linus.
>
> I don't know if this really counts as a 'bug'. Make the appropriate
> change, diff it, and post the patch. (Or, if you think you may be
> mistaken, d/l the patch to 2.0.29 and check it.)
>
> Wil
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