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Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 10:57:43 -0500
From: David Relson <relson@osagesoftware.com>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user]  Re: Append string on Kernel builds
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On Sat, 17 Jan 2009 08:45:04 -0600
Harry Putnam wrote:

> Robert Bridge <robert@robbieab.com> writes:
> 
> > 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.
> 
> A timestamp would be fine.  What syntax would I use on the kernel
> config item:
> 
>   inside menuconfig => General Setup/Local Version [...]  
> 
> to get a timestamp?
> 

How about an external tool?  I use sed to fill in LOCALVERSION, e.g.

  V=$( date "+%m%d.%H%M" )
  cp -p .config .config.old
  sed s/LOCALVERSION.*/LOCALVERSION=\"$V\"/ < .config.old > .config

  make vmlinux modules modules_install

HTH,

David