Re: 2.6.Stable and EXTRAVERSION

From: Chris Wright
Date: Wed Mar 09 2005 - 19:10:31 EST


* Justin M. Forbes (jmforbes@xxxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
> With the new stable series kernels, the .x versioning is being added to
> EXTRAVERSION. This has traditionally been a space for local modification.
> I know several distributions are using EXTRAVERSION for build numbers,
> platform and assorted other information to differentiate their kernel
> releases.

Well, it is the same scheme Linus used with 2.6.8.1...Is it posing a
real issue?

thanks,
-chris
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