Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2002 10:33:08 +0000 From: Josef Karthauser <joe@tao.org.uk> To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> Cc: sheldonh@FreeBSD.ORG, rkw@Dataplex.Net, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: conf/6346: Kernel version strings need to relate to the source not the build Message-ID: <20020131103308.B77899@genius.tao.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <20020131065411.Q55810-100000@gamplex.bde.org>; from bde@zeta.org.au on Thu, Jan 31, 2002 at 06:58:10AM %2B1100 References: <20020130174141.C43943@genius.tao.org.uk> <20020131065411.Q55810-100000@gamplex.bde.org>
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--1LKvkjL3sHcu1TtY Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Jan 31, 2002 at 06:58:10AM +1100, Bruce Evans wrote: > On Wed, 30 Jan 2002, Josef Karthauser wrote: >=20 > > On Wed, Jan 30, 2002 at 05:40:41PM +0000, Josef Karthauser wrote: > > > Technically we could use the date in the latest $FreeBSD$ tag of the > > > source code, and then put this into vers.c at kernel build time. > > > > > > The following patch would do it. [patch cut] > That slows it down enough to be annoying. Also, the path shouldn't be > absolute. Yes, the path shouldn't be absolute I agree. With respect to time, we should have it switched on in /etc/make.conf if we don't want to use it. For most people, who don't rebuild their kernels 15 times a day (like me sometimes) there's a trade off between having a slightly longer kernel build vs having a date in the output of uname that is meaningful for support purposes. Joe --1LKvkjL3sHcu1TtY Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iEYEARECAAYFAjxZHWQACgkQXVIcjOaxUBbkAACfeyd6Jdg97QZ4AQPj9RNZSp6Z GxcAmgIlqYUPYaeYpgkW9xnRBfRSgU5D =hINZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --1LKvkjL3sHcu1TtY-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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