[PATCH] newvers.sh

David O'Brien obrien at FreeBSD.org
Mon Mar 15 14:28:15 UTC 2010


On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 09:13:03PM -0700, M. Warner Losh wrote:
> In message: <20100312171206.GA31761 at dragon.NUXI.org>
>             "David O'Brien" <obrien at freebsd.org> writes:
> : * Simplify SRCDIR calculation by directly finding the kernel sources
> :   based directly on one of them.
> : Reviewed by: dhw
> :   This change does not increase the kernel build time.  It also continues
> :   to restrict the revision to just the kernel sources, and not the whole
> :   tree.
> : Timing tests by: dhw
> 
> <patch omitted>
> 
> I have a better simplification, I think, that works for me for each of
> the tests that I've done (both traditional and buildkernel builds).

I also have other simplifications.  But want to do this in stages,
least there be some corner case or misunderstanding by someone.

> Can you confirm this works for you and also comment on the change
> itself?  It is a bigger change, but results in a simpler (I think)
> newvers.sh.
> Comments?

I would prefer to do this in stages so things aren't misunderstood.
This patch is one of the key parts that shows I am not making the
'svnversion' run take longer, and that it does not cover more of
the tree than before.

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-- David  (obrien at FreeBSD.org)


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