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NAME

linux_release_tag - prints kernel version of a Linux kernel Makefile

SYNOPSIS

linux_release_tag [ MAKEFILE ]

DESCRIPTION

This script extracts the version information from a Linux kernel makefile and prints it in the form of '2.6.24-rc13-git42'.

MAKEFILE must be a path to a valid kernel Makefile. If not specified, it defaults to /usr/src/linux/Makefile.

SEE ALSO

crucible, WWW::PkgFind, Test::Parser, Linux::Distribution

AUTHOR

Bryce Harrington [bryce at osdl dot org]

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2006 Bryce Harrington and Open Source Development Labs All Rights Reserved.

This script is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

REVISION

Revision: $Revision: 1.10 $