[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 2/4] build: use version number from config file

[Thomas Monjalon]

07/03/2019 14:35, Bruce Richardson:
> +#
> +# Version information completed when this file is processed for a build
> +#
> +CONFIG_RTE_VER_YEAR=__YEAR
> +CONFIG_RTE_VER_MONTH=__MONTH
> +CONFIG_RTE_VER_MINOR=__MINOR
> +CONFIG_RTE_VER_SUFFIX=__SUFFIX
> +CONFIG_RTE_VER_RELEASE=__RELEASE
[...]
> -/**
> - * Patch release number
> - *   0-15 = release candidates
> - *   16   = release
> - */
> -#define RTE_VER_RELEASE 0

So you are removing the special value 16.
Is it replaced by an empty value?

I think it is an issue for version comparison with RTE_VERSION_NUM() macro.
The -rc3 must be lower than the final release (which had number 16
for this reason).