Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265703AbUFRWZw (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Jun 2004 18:25:52 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265541AbUFRWVR (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Jun 2004 18:21:17 -0400 Received: from pfepb.post.tele.dk ([195.41.46.236]:24949 "EHLO pfepb.post.tele.dk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265510AbUFRWTp (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Jun 2004 18:19:45 -0400 Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2004 00:30:19 +0200 From: Sam Ravnborg To: "Randy.Dunlap" Cc: Sam Ravnborg , willy@w.ods.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] save kernel version in .config file Message-ID: <20040618223018.GA4952@mars.ravnborg.org> Mail-Followup-To: "Randy.Dunlap" , Sam Ravnborg , willy@w.ods.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20040617220651.0ceafa91.rddunlap@osdl.org> <20040618053455.GF29808@alpha.home.local> <20040618205602.GC4441@mars.ravnborg.org> <20040618150535.6a421bdb.rddunlap@osdl.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040618150535.6a421bdb.rddunlap@osdl.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1201 Lines: 28 On Fri, Jun 18, 2004 at 03:05:35PM -0700, Randy.Dunlap wrote: > On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 22:56:02 +0200 Sam Ravnborg wrote: > > | On Fri, Jun 18, 2004 at 07:34:55AM +0200, Willy Tarreau wrote: > | > On Thu, Jun 17, 2004 at 10:06:51PM -0700, Randy.Dunlap wrote: > | > > > | > > Is this interesting to anyone besides me? > | > > Save kernel version info when writing .config file. > | > > | > Very good idea Randy ! I've already used some wrong config picked out of 20, > | > and having a simple way to do a quick check is really an enhancement. BTW, > | > does KERNELRELEASE include the build number ? and could we include the > | > config date in the file too ? > | > | Date seems worthwhile. buildnumber does not make sense since we do not > | generate a new .config for each build. > > OK, I've added date, based on Sam's comments, but someone tell me, > when/why does filesystem-timestamp not work for this? Because date is easier to see in grep. Sam - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/