Re: [Sheflug] FYI ... 2.5.0 released.

[Barrie Bremner <xxxxx [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>>>>> "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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