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@@ -548,6 +548,26 @@ export KBUILD_IMAGE ?= vmlinux # images. Default is /boot, but you can set it to other values export INSTALL_PATH ?= /boot +# If CONFIG_LOCALVERSION_AUTO is set, we automatically perform some tests +# and try to determine if the current source tree is a release tree, of any sort, +# or if is a pure development tree. +# +# A 'release tree' is any tree with a git TAG associated +# with it. The primary goal of this is to make it safe for a native +# git/CVS/SVN user to build a release tree (i.e, 2.6.9) and also to +# continue developing against the current Linus tree, without having the Linus +# tree overwrite the 2.6.9 tree when installed. +# +# Currently, only git is supported. +# Other SCMs can edit scripts/setlocalversion and add the appropriate +# checks as needed. + + +ifdef CONFIG_LOCALVERSION_AUTO + localversion-auto := $(shell $(PERL) $(srctree)/scripts/setlocalversion $(srctree)) + LOCALVERSION := $(LOCALVERSION)$(localversion-auto) +endif + # # INSTALL_MOD_PATH specifies a prefix to MODLIB for module directory # relocations required by build roots. This is not defined in the |