Re: [patch 3/3, resend] kbuild: correctly skip tilded backups inlocalversion files

[Gerd Hoffmann]

  Hi,

> I mean, all by-hand modifications must be in the $(srctree) (let's get
> this term), $(objtree) is output *only*. Thus, i would propose to remove
> it from the path. Even dynamic SCM mechanism of adding local version
> doesn't use `localversion' files.

I use localversion-$foo files in both srctree (scm tags such as
"-hg<changeset>") and objtree (config tag, "-default", "-pae", ...) and
find it quite useful.  The login prompt usually includes $(uname -r), so
you easily see what kernel the machine runs at the moment ...

cheers,
  Gerd

-- 
Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@xxxxxxx>
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