[PATCH] kbuild: adjust .version updating
In order to maintain a more correct build number, updates to the
version
number should only be commited after a successful link of vmlinux, not
before (so that errors in the link process don't lead to pointless
increments).
Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@novell.com>
Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6a40588..485a11a1 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -641,8 +641,13 @@
# Generate new vmlinux version
quiet_cmd_vmlinux_version = GEN .version
cmd_vmlinux_version = set -e; \
- . $(srctree)/scripts/mkversion > .tmp_version; \
- mv -f .tmp_version .version; \
+ if [ ! -r .version ]; then \
+ rm -f .version; \
+ echo 1 >.version; \
+ else \
+ mv .version .old_version; \
+ expr 0$$(cat .old_version) + 1 >.version; \
+ fi; \
$(MAKE) $(build)=init
# Generate System.map
@@ -756,6 +761,7 @@
# vmlinux image - including updated kernel symbols
vmlinux: $(vmlinux-lds) $(vmlinux-init) $(vmlinux-main) $(kallsyms.o) FORCE
$(call if_changed_rule,vmlinux__)
+ $(Q)rm -f .old_version
# The actual objects are generated when descending,
# make sure no implicit rule kicks in