Re: oddment in build vs reported version

From: Sam Ravnborg
Date: Mon Feb 16 2004 - 15:49:40 EST


On Fri, Jan 30, 2004 at 11:06:01PM -0500, Gene Heskett wrote:
> I use a script to build new kernels, and this script controls the
> vmlinuz-version-number-s of the bzImage file copied to /boot when its
> done with the build. This scripts sets the vmlinuz-x.x.x filename
> correctly:
>
> VER=2.6.2-rc2-mm2
> and
> cp -f arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinuz-$VER && \
>
> So the vmlinuz is correctly named.
>
> The version number in the makefile is correct:
> VERSION = 2
> PATCHLEVEL = 6
> SUBLEVEL = 2
> EXTRAVERSION =-rc2-mm2
>
> But when the build is all done and rebooted to, uname -a spits this
> out:
> Linux coyote.coyote.den 2.6.2-rc2-mm1 #2 Fri Jan 30 11:04:30 EST 2004
> i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux
>
> WTF?
Please triple check that you copied the right vmlinuz.
noone else reported this problem.
Also make sute your grup/lilo points at the right kernel.

Sam
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