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Re: [Sheflug] FYI ... 2.5.0 released.
>>>>> "Chris" == Chris J <cej [at] nccnet.co.uk> writes:
>> .. which was great, until I checked all the UK mirrors and
>> found it wasn't there. No 2.4.15, no 2.5 directory, and a
>> 2.4_IS_THE_LATEST.
>>
>> Grr.
>>
Chris> Hmm...mirrors'll update eventually :)
Chris> A quick scan of LKML also reveals that Linus forgot to
Chris> reset the version string in version.h ... so instead of
Chris> "uname -r" returning "2.4.15" it returns
Chris> "2.4.15-greased-turkey".
Chris> Anyone bothered by this can fix the "#define UTS_RELEASE"
Chris> in linux/include/linux/version.h manually :)
I'm assuming this is literally the only difference between 2.5.0 and
2.4.15 is that one line?
Seems a bit inconsistent not to have a 2.4.15->2.5.0 patch for good
measure tho.
Will modifying linux/include/linux/version.h not cause problems when
patching from 2.4.15 up to 2.4.15-pre1 or 2.4.16?
I'm assuming that patch matches the existing line before patching a
file - if it is expecting
#define UTS_RELEASE "2.4.15-greased-turkey"
but gets
#define UTS_RELEASE "2.4.15"
it'll barf?
Just a thought.
Baz.
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