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authorRobert P. J. Day <rpjday@mindspring.com>2007-05-01 17:08:11 -0400
committerSam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>2007-05-02 14:58:11 -0400
commit6e5a5420b7cdac356efbdc7832e90a805670b889 (patch)
tree44c560622e2eff6aa9e7f10d363ef24dc621344c /init/Kconfig
parenteda890af7959a79ab10a7a8ae979dadcdba41c58 (diff)
kbuild: clarify the creation of the LOCALVERSION_AUTO string.
Clarify the creation of the LOCALVERSION_AUTO string during kernel configuration, and fix a couple typoes while we're there. Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@mindspring.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
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diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index b170aa1d43bd..29d9e47ee0da 100644
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@@ -80,16 +80,20 @@ config LOCALVERSION_AUTO
80 default y 80 default y
81 help 81 help
82 This will try to automatically determine if the current tree is a 82 This will try to automatically determine if the current tree is a
83 release tree by looking for git tags that 83 release tree by looking for git tags that belong to the current
84 belong to the current top of tree revision. 84 top of tree revision.
85 85
86 A string of the format -gxxxxxxxx will be added to the localversion 86 A string of the format -gxxxxxxxx will be added to the localversion
87 if a git based tree is found. The string generated by this will be 87 if a git-based tree is found. The string generated by this will be
88 appended after any matching localversion* files, and after the value 88 appended after any matching localversion* files, and after the value
89 set in CONFIG_LOCALVERSION 89 set in CONFIG_LOCALVERSION.
90 90
91 Note: This requires Perl, and a git repository, but not necessarily 91 (The actual string used here is the first eight characters produced
92 the git or cogito tools to be installed. 92 by running the command:
93
94 $ git rev-parse --verify HEAD
95
96 which is done within the script "scripts/setlocalversion".)
93 97
94config SWAP 98config SWAP
95 bool "Support for paging of anonymous memory (swap)" 99 bool "Support for paging of anonymous memory (swap)"