On Fri, 16 Jan 2009 19:36:42 -0600
reader@newsguy.com wrote:
> What I asked was if there is some tricky syntax I could use on that
> kernel setting that would do:  linux-2.6.26-gentoo-$HOST-N
> Where N is an incremented number every time I build the kernel without
> running `mrproper'.

Not quite what you are asking, but would appending a timestamp to the
name work instead? It would pretty much guarantee a different name for
every build.

Just a thought,
RobbieAB.