Re: [PATCH] kbuild: Restore .version auto-increment behaviour for Debian/RPM packages

[Masahiro Yamada]

On Tue, Nov 15, 2022 at 9:09 AM Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Nov 14, 2022 at 1:02 AM Marc Zyngier <maz@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > diff --git a/scripts/package/mkdebian b/scripts/package/mkdebian
> > index 60a2a63a5e90..e5c983afddab 100755
> > --- a/scripts/package/mkdebian
> > +++ b/scripts/package/mkdebian
> > @@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ if [ -n "$KDEB_PKGVERSION" ]; then
> >         packageversion=$KDEB_PKGVERSION
> >         revision=${packageversion##*-}
> >  else
> > -       revision=$(cat .version 2>/dev/null||echo 1)
> > +       revision=$(init/build-version)
>
>
> This does not work for out-of-tree builds
> because init/build-version is a check-in source file.
>
>
>
> For example, "make O=/tmp/foo bindeb-pkg" fails with:
> .../linux/scripts/package/mkdebian: 93: init/build-version: not found
>
>
> The correct code is:
>
>
>           revision=$($srctree/init/build-version)
>
>
>
>
> >         packageversion=$version-$revision
> >  fi
> >  sourcename=$KDEB_SOURCENAME
> > diff --git a/scripts/package/mkspec b/scripts/package/mkspec
> > index 70392fd2fd29..9cbd45f497ba 100755
> > --- a/scripts/package/mkspec
> > +++ b/scripts/package/mkspec
> > @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ sed -e '/^DEL/d' -e 's/^\t*//' <<EOF
> >         Name: kernel
> >         Summary: The Linux Kernel
> >         Version: $__KERNELRELEASE
> > -       Release: $(cat .version 2>/dev/null || echo 1)
> > +       Release: $(init/build-version)
>
>
> Ditto.
>
>           Release: $($srctree/init/build-version)



No, mkspec needs no change because binrpm-pkg builds the kernel
_before_ generating the spec file.

If you increment the .version file here again, you would have
the revision mismatch between the package and the actual vmlinuz.



Please send the change for mkdebian only.



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> >         License: GPL
> >         Group: System Environment/Kernel
> >         Vendor: The Linux Community
> > --
> > 2.34.1
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> --
> Best Regards
> Masahiro Yamada



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Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada