>>>>> "Joey" == Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Karl> Also, to put a version string into a program, I use:
VERSION=$(shell dpkg-parsechangelog 2>/dev/null \
| gawk -F: \
'$$1 ~ /Version/ {version = gensub(/^ */,"",g,$$2)} \
END {printf("%s_SPI", version) }')
Joey> I've definitly considered adding version testing to
Joey> debhelper. Thanks for the shell fragmenet. I considered
Joey> making a dh_checkver, that takes a version number, and
Joey> returns 1 if the current version is older - that's let
Joey> debian/rules files abort with outdated versions of
Joey> debhelper. What do you think of that idea?
Ok... I thought that the `auto-debhelper' idea was good. m4 is very
powerful. It would allow more sophisticated automatic script
building. Thing is, do we need that? How often is there a package
that would even use it? YTMAWBN[1], I'm a beginner.
Karl> build-stamp: dh_testdir $(MAKE) VERSION=$(VERSION) touch
Karl> build-stamp
Karl> ... and then I use the VERSION in the C like this:
void
printCopyright (void)
{
fprintf (stderr,
"tmpreaper -- Version: " VERSION "\n"
"(c) 1997 Software in the Public Interest\n"
"This may be freely redistributed under the terms of the GNU
Public License.\n");
}
// 1 2 3 4 5 6
7 8
//
02345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890
Joey> Hang on, maybe I'm missing something - is the version
Joey> debhelper's version, or the version of your package?
The version of the package.
Note that I use `dpkg-parsechangelog', rather than the simpler:
LINE=$(head -1 changelog)
VERSION=$(expr $LINE : '.* (\(.*\))')
... since I thought that the reason for using `dpkg-parsechangelog'
was so folks could experiment with alternative changelog formats.
Is anyone doing that?
Footnotes:
[1] You Tell Me And We'll Both Know
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