Re: kern/38563: have the kernel build spit out the kernel version info

[David Holland <dholland-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR kern/38563; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: David Holland <dholland-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost>
To: matthew green <mrg%eterna.com.au@localhost>
Cc: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost, kern-bug-people%netbsd.org@localhost,
        gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost, netbsd-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Subject: Re: kern/38563: have the kernel build spit out the kernel version
        info
Date: Sat, 3 May 2008 01:12:09 +0000

 On Sat, May 03, 2008 at 02:47:00AM +1000, matthew green wrote:
  > nice idea, but it can't go in with this patch.  it isn't
  > cross-compile friendly.
  > 
  > i also want the version.  perhaps we can print the 'version'
  > files contents instead, and not depend on a working "what".
 
 How about
 
    ${SED} '/const char sccs/!d;s/.*#)//;s/\\.*//' vers.c
 
 ?
 
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 David A. Holland
 dholland%netbsd.org@localhost