[LinuxBIOS] [Fwd: Re: Patch file for Fedora 8 compile problems]

[Marc Karasek]

I have attached a awk script file that has a awk command to find the if 
you are currently running fc8 or not.  This uses the /proc/version 
string, so a custom kernel will prob fail on this check.


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ron minnich wrote:
> On Dec 17, 2007 8:18 AM, Marc Karasek <Marc.Karasek at sun.com> wrote:
>   
>> Was this option just keeping the Config.lb changes and using an
>> Environment Variable?
>>     
>
> no.
>
>   
>> If so were does the environment variable  get set?  Is it up to the
>> programmer or is it part of the build?
>>
>>     
>
> it would be part of the buildtarget step, which is not up to the
> programmer and is not part of the actual build. buildtarget is a sort
> of meta-build, wherein the build environment gets set up. This is the
> right place to capture distro issues. I don't know why it did not hit
> me sooner.
>
> thanks
>
> ron
>   
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