Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751900AbWIXKL6 (ORCPT ); Sun, 24 Sep 2006 06:11:58 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751914AbWIXKL6 (ORCPT ); Sun, 24 Sep 2006 06:11:58 -0400 Received: from dtp.xs4all.nl ([80.126.206.180]:55716 "HELO abra2.bitwizard.nl") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1751900AbWIXKL5 (ORCPT ); Sun, 24 Sep 2006 06:11:57 -0400 Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2006 12:11:55 +0200 From: Erik Mouw To: Sam Ravnborg Cc: Frederik Deweerdt , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Make kernel -dirty naming optional Message-ID: <20060924101155.GB9271@harddisk-recovery.nl> References: <20060922120210.GA957@slug> <20060922104933.GA3348@harddisk-recovery.com> <20060924090743.GB22731@uranus.ravnborg.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060924090743.GB22731@uranus.ravnborg.org> Organization: Harddisk-recovery.com User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1477 Lines: 44 On Sun, Sep 24, 2006 at 11:07:43AM +0200, Sam Ravnborg wrote: > On Fri, Sep 22, 2006 at 12:49:34PM +0200, Erik Mouw wrote: > > 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. make mrproper cp ../config-2.6 .config yes no | make oldconfig fakeroot make targz-pkg ... Tarball successfully created in /home/erik/git/linux-2.6/linux-2.6.18-g4f5537de-dirty.tar.gz (I use fakeroot in order to make sure that all files in the tarball are root.root. Otherwise I would have to chown /lib/modules or modprobe would complain.) Erik PS: I'm on holiday for a week, so don't expect an immediate reply. -- +-- Erik Mouw -- www.harddisk-recovery.com -- +31 70 370 12 90 -- | Lab address: Delftechpark 26, 2628 XH, Delft, The Netherlands | Data lost? Stay calm and contact Harddisk-recovery.com - 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/