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Bug 376267 - linux-info.eclass: Future-proof for 3.x kernels
Summary: linux-info.eclass: Future-proof for 3.x kernels
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Eclasses (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal enhancement (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo Kernel Miscellaneous
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Reported: 2011-07-24 20:49 UTC by Stratos Psomadakis (RETIRED)
Modified: 2013-02-10 02:06 UTC (History)
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Description Stratos Psomadakis (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2011-07-24 20:49:37 UTC 
Atm, linux-3.0 is actually linux-3.0.0, since removing the SUBLEVEL variable from the Makefile would break userspace utils, including procps/uptime (patch available), depmod etc.

However, it's likely that future 3.x kernels will remove the extra unneeded variable from the Makefile (when patched userspace utils hit the distros I guess), and this will break the linux-info.eclass, and it'll need to be patched.

When I have some free time, I'll try to provide a patch for testing.

Thanks.
Comment 1 Rafał Mużyło 2011-07-24 21:39:15 UTC 
IIUC, the third digit will be claimed by stable queue releases, so the var may just change the meaning.
Comment 2 SpanKY gentoo-dev 2013-02-10 02:06:22 UTC 
not sure if anything needs to be done here anymore