Bug 376267

Summary:	linux-info.eclass: Future-proof for 3.x kernels
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Stratos Psomadakis (RETIRED) <psomas>
Component:	Eclasses	Assignee:	Gentoo Kernel Miscellaneous <kernel-misc>
Status:	RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Severity:	enhancement	CC:	kernel
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

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