>>>>> "Ethan" == Ethan Benson <erbenson@alaska.net> writes: [...] Ethan> just out of curiosity, why not use the extraversion feild Ethan> normally used for the pre1,2,3 etc tags, but is unused for Ethan> final kernel releases? Ethan> i would not work for a pre kernel very well but for Ethan> different builds of final kernels it should work fine no? I tried that and use it since a couple months (since July). I simpy patch linux/Makefile and put a "-NAME" after EXTRAVERSION. Works like a charm. That way I can have both kernels for the main machine and the notebook in one Packages file without conflict. Ethan> or am i missing something obvious? Nope, you don't... and even if you do, you're not alone ;-) Bye, J -- Jürgen A. Erhard juergen.erhard@gmx.net phone: (GERMANY) 0721 27326 My WebHome: http://members.tripod.com/Juergen_Erhard Internet Movie Database (http://www.imdb.com) "It's not apathy: It's zen!" -- Joe Mayer
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