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Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2013 09:12:40 +0200
From: Ivan Kanakarakis <ivan.kanak@...il.com>
To: musl@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: Feature request

The $(< file) syntax is bash-only iirc.
git describe --always is what I though of too ;-]
but you won't have "serial versioning".
unless there is a version numer suffixed by that.




On 29 October 2013 07:06, Luca Barbato <lu_zero@...too.org> wrote:

> On 29/10/13 05:54, Rich Felker wrote:
> > On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 03:48:21AM +0100, Luca Barbato wrote:
> >> On 29/10/13 03:33, Rich Felker wrote:
> >>> On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 08:13:09PM +0000, Paul Schutte wrote:
> >>>> Hi Guys,
> >>>>
> >>>> Would it be possible for you to add the version of musl to the output
> of
> >>>> libc.so ?
> >>>>
> >>>> root@...otage:~# /lib/libc.so
> >>>> musl libc/dynamic program loader
> >>>> usage: /lib/libc.so pathname [args]
> >>>>
> >>>> I have several machines with musl on it and it will be very helpful
> to see
> >>>> which version is installed.
> >>>
> >>> Indeed, this has been something I've wanted to add for a while, and
> >>> which should definitely be in for 1.0. It's just a matter of doing the
> >>> right thing in the build and release system to get the version in
> >>> there, and it's not clear what the version should read for git builds
> >>> between versions. I think this is a good chance to discuss that.
> >>
> >> git describe short signature might be the best option.
> >
> > Thanks for the git-fu help. I'm assuming you mean using something like
> > "git describe --tags"? Use of this could be contingent on either a
> > .git dir, or lack of a version file added to release tarballs. The
> > only thing that's not clear is how to handle non-release source trees
> > present on a build system that lacks a working git installation.
>
>     if [ -d .git ]; then
>         VER=$(git describe --always | sed -e "s:v::")
>         if [ x"$(git diff-index --name-only HEAD)" != x ]; then
>             VER="${VER}-dirty"
>         fi
>     elif [ -f .version ]; then
>         VER=$(< .version)
>     else
>         VER="Unknown"
>     fi
>
> Or something along the lines.
>
> lu
>



-- 
*Ivan c00kiemon5ter Kanakarakis*  >:3

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