Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.32-rc3
From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
To: Theodore Tso <tytso@mit.edu>
Cc: Dave Airlie <airlied@gmail.com>, G@mit.edu,
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> So the problem seems to be localized to those users/developers who are
> smart enough to use git, and dumb enough not to set
> CONFIG_LOCALVERSION_AUTO.  So big of a set this actually is, I can't
> say.  Do we have any statistics about how many bug reporters make this
> mistake?

Not -that- often but I did waste a considerable amount of
time in each case when reported that "2.6.N" had a bug that in fact was
due to somebody building some random git checkout. But yeah, I suppose I
should from now and always ask precisely what kernel was used and/or
enable CONFIG_LOCALVERSION_AUTO.

Cheers,
Ben.


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