[gentoo-user] Re: Append string on Kernel builds
David Relson writes: > How about an external tool? I use sed to fill in LOCALVERSION, e.g. > > V=$( date "+%m%d.%H%M" ) > cp -p .config .config.old > sed s/LOCALVERSION.*/LOCALVERSION=\"$V\"/ < .config.old > .config > > make vmlinux modules modules_install Ahaa ... that looks just like what I'm after... I didn't know about the env variable LOCALVERSION. I haven't actually tried this yet but it looks like what I'm after.. Thanks
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Append string on Kernel builds
On Sat, 17 Jan 2009 08:45:04 -0600 Harry Putnam wrote: > Robert Bridge writes: > > > On Fri, 16 Jan 2009 19:36:42 -0600 > > rea...@newsguy.com wrote: > >> What I asked was if there is some tricky syntax I could use on that > >> kernel setting that would do: linux-2.6.26-gentoo-$HOST-N > >> Where N is an incremented number every time I build the kernel > >> without running `mrproper'. > > > > Not quite what you are asking, but would appending a timestamp to > > the name work instead? It would pretty much guarantee a different > > name for every build. > > A timestamp would be fine. What syntax would I use on the kernel > config item: > > inside menuconfig => General Setup/Local Version [...] > > to get a timestamp? > How about an external tool? I use sed to fill in LOCALVERSION, e.g. V=$( date "+%m%d.%H%M" ) cp -p .config .config.old sed s/LOCALVERSION.*/LOCALVERSION=\"$V\"/ < .config.old > .config make vmlinux modules modules_install HTH, David
[gentoo-user] Re: Append string on Kernel builds
Robert Bridge writes: > On Fri, 16 Jan 2009 19:36:42 -0600 > rea...@newsguy.com wrote: >> What I asked was if there is some tricky syntax I could use on that >> kernel setting that would do: linux-2.6.26-gentoo-$HOST-N >> Where N is an incremented number every time I build the kernel without >> running `mrproper'. > > Not quite what you are asking, but would appending a timestamp to the > name work instead? It would pretty much guarantee a different name for > every build. A timestamp would be fine. What syntax would I use on the kernel config item: inside menuconfig => General Setup/Local Version [...] to get a timestamp?
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Append string on Kernel builds
On Fri, 16 Jan 2009 19:36:42 -0600 rea...@newsguy.com wrote: > What I asked was if there is some tricky syntax I could use on that > kernel setting that would do: linux-2.6.26-gentoo-$HOST-N > Where N is an incremented number every time I build the kernel without > running `mrproper'. Not quite what you are asking, but would appending a timestamp to the name work instead? It would pretty much guarantee a different name for every build. Just a thought, RobbieAB. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] Re: Append string on Kernel builds
Dirk Heinrichs writes: >> I like to use that and put `-$MYHOST' as string. I wondered if there >> is any way to set a numericly incrementing string. Maybe some trick >> syntax that can go in that spot? > > The build system does that automatically as long as you don't "make > mrproper", > see "uname -a" output. No.. its not the same as what I'm talking about. When you set the item in menuconfig: General Setup/Local Version [...] The string you set there is appended to that actual build product like vmlinuz-2.6.26-gentoo-$HOST The vmlinuz that gets sent to /boot/ when you say `make install' is named that way, along with the config-XXX and System-XXX that is moved there. Keeps things kind of tidy in /boot/ if you are mucking around with several kernels. What I asked was if there is some tricky syntax I could use on that kernel setting that would do: linux-2.6.26-gentoo-$HOST-N Where N is an incremented number every time I build the kernel without running `mrproper'.
