Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 13:54:30 -0500 (EST)
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To: Viktor Horvath <ViktorHorvath@gmx.net>
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Subject: Re: patches to 2.6.9 and 2.6.10 - make menuconfig shows "v2.6.8.1"
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On Thu, 27 Jan 2005, Viktor Horvath wrote:

> Hello everybody,
>
> today I patched myself up from 2.6.7 vanilla to 2.6.10 vanilla, but
> after all patches succeeded, "make menuconfig" shows "v2.6.8.1
> Configuration". Even worse, a compiled kernel calls in his bootlog
> himself "2.6.8.1". When installing the whole kernel package, this
> behaviour doesn't show up.
>
> Sorry if this is a dumb question, but I could not find an answer in the
> archives.
>
> Have a nice day,
> Viktor.

Check the Makefile, near the beginning:

# head Makefile
VERSION = 2
PATCHLEVEL = 6
SUBLEVEL = 10
EXTRAVERSION =
NAME=Woozy Numbat

Put in the numbers you expect.
Do `make clean ; make` all over again.

Cheers,
Dick Johnson
Penguin : Linux version 2.6.10 on an i686 machine (5537.79 BogoMips).
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