Re: Building .config into the kernel

Oliver Xymoron (oxymoron@waste.org)
Thu, 14 Jan 1999 09:54:39 -0600 (CST)

On Thu, 14 Jan 1999, Mitchell Blank Jr wrote:

> Although maybe we should encourage distributors to use the new 'EXTRAVERSION'
> variable in the makefile (i.e. 2.2.0-redhat6.0pl1 or something)

Trouble is, that doesn't patch cleanly. Redhat distributes patches
along with pristine source in the SRPMs, allowing you to upgrade the
source and still use the patches. If you have multiple patches fighting
over the EXTRAVERSION line, or Linus decides to remove it after the
-pre series, you get rejects.

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