Bug#341104: linux-patch-debian-2.6.14: dropping EXTRAVERSION from official kernel patches

[Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr>]

On Mon, Nov 28, 2005 at 02:04:12PM +0100, Pascal A. Dupuis wrote:
> Package: linux-patch-debian-2.6.14
> Version: 2.6.14-4
> Severity: minor
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I've just compiled a new kernel from
> linux-patch-debian-2.6.14_2.6.14-4_all.deb, 
> and  I noticed this includes the official patches 2.6.14.1 up to
> 2.6.14.3, except from the extraversion. So, by default the new kernel
> will be called vmlinuz-2.6.14, possibly overriding a previous
> 2.6.14. Furthermore, it is difficult to tell which version you
> run exactly. The fix is to run make-kpkg as:
> make-kpkg  --added-patches debian --append-to-version ".3" kernel-image
>  modules-image 
> 
> Is there some good reason to drop the EXTRAVERSION from official
> patches ? Why not keep it, or even modify it as something like
> ".3-debian" so that a 'uname -a' will make clear that the actual
> kernel is a 2.6.14, patched up to interim revision .3, and with
> specific debian patches ?

Please have a look at /proc/version, which should have all the info you need : 

Linux version 2.6.14-2-powerpc (Debian 2.6.14-3) (waldi@debian.org) (gcc
version 4.0.3 20051023 (prerelease) (Debian 4.0.2-3.sven.1)) #2 Thu Nov 10
11:55:12 UTC 2005

This is mine, for example, and you see that it is 2.6.14-2-powerpc official
kernel built from debian source 2.6.14-3. 

Friendly,

Sven Luther