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Re: binutils version of snapshot builds
Matthias Klose <doko@ubuntu.com> writes:
> Configuring a snapshot build --with-pkgversion="Ubuntu 2.17.20070321cvs-1" (the
> latter beeing the package version) I end up with a version string:
>
> "GNU ld (Ubuntu 2.17.20070321cvs-1) 2.17.50.20070321"
I think trying to replace "GNU binutils" with something else is the wrong
thing to do. The vendor string should be an additional information in the
version string, not replacing anything. After all, the package bundle is
still GNU binutils. This also makes the first GNU redundant. The actual
version string should look like this:
ld (GNU binutils) 2.17.50.20070321
The vendor string should either be appended inside the parens, or put in
another pair of parens before the version.
Andreas.
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