Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751800AbWIXJCa (ORCPT ); Sun, 24 Sep 2006 05:02:30 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751812AbWIXJCa (ORCPT ); Sun, 24 Sep 2006 05:02:30 -0400 Received: from pasmtpa.tele.dk ([80.160.77.114]:42146 "EHLO pasmtpA.tele.dk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751800AbWIXJCa (ORCPT ); Sun, 24 Sep 2006 05:02:30 -0400 Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2006 11:07:43 +0200 From: Sam Ravnborg To: Erik Mouw Cc: Frederik Deweerdt , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Make kernel -dirty naming optional Message-ID: <20060924090743.GB22731@uranus.ravnborg.org> References: <20060922120210.GA957@slug> <20060922104933.GA3348@harddisk-recovery.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060922104933.GA3348@harddisk-recovery.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1006 Lines: 29 On Fri, Sep 22, 2006 at 12:49:34PM +0200, Erik Mouw wrote: > On Fri, Sep 22, 2006 at 12:02:10PM +0000, Frederik Deweerdt wrote: > > Could you consider applying this patch (or indicate me a better way to > > do it). It can be handy to be able to keep the naming independent of > > git. > > FWIW, if I enable git name tagging, every kernel I compile is tagged as > "dirty", even if I cloned it directly from kernel.org and didn't make > any change to the source. That makes the "dirty" tag useless IMHO. make mrproper make allmodconfig make prepare make kernelrelease 2.6.18-ga5fa393b vi MAINTAINERS make prepare make kernelrelease 2.6.18-ga5fa393b-dirty So it wrks for me. Can you provice a few more details what steps you do when you see it failing. 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/