Re: [Fwd: Re: Re: Third-Party Software Needs Non-Debian Format for Kernel Version]

[Thomas Vaughan <tevaughan@gmail.com>]

>> What I'm wondering is whether I can get uname to return the desired
>> format by somehow compiling a custom kernel.
>
> Yes you can, by getting the source code from kernel.org.
> If you simply copy the config from the Debians kernel, then IIRC
> # make-kpkg --initrd kernel-image kernel-headers
> won't use the Debians naming, but name the package and the output for
> uname -r and any string else as the original kernel.org name is.

Thank you very much! That worked well and was easy!

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Thomas E. Vaughan