Yo Hal! On Mon, 22 May 2017 23:26:05 -0700 Hal Murray via devel <devel@ntpsec.org> wrote:
> I think the tangle mentioned at Issue #313 needs wider discussion. > ntpsec | build version not updated after git pull (#313) > https://gitlab.com/NTPsec/ntpsec/issues/313 Yes. People forgetting to run configure is a persistent problem. > A while ago, we changed things to not use __DATE__. Maybe we didn't > get that right. Maybe the default should be to use __DATE__ with > configure options for alternates. I agree we need too do better, but I see no advantage to using __DATE__, and many disadvantages. > configure sets up NTPSEC_VERSION_STRING > ntptime is the only useage. Seems like a different issue than detecting an old or unusable configure. Do you propose a tie-in? > I'm assuming the EPOCH date will also be the date in the version > string. Bad assumption. I just looked and that is not the case. I agree is probably should be the same. > I'm happy to recompile everything after a git pull. 1) how do we know there has been a git pull, as opposed to another git op? 2) what about people not using git? > I'd like to get a new version string without rebuilding everything. The version string is set at configure time, which changes build/config.h. If you change build/config.h, then everything has to be rebuilt. And you should reuild everything on any configureation change. > I'd like the version string to indicate that I'm running something > built with local edits that haven't been committed yet. Yes, that has been requested before, we just have not come up with a solution yet. We need a way to tell if any source files are changes. But the kicker is, we can not use git to do so. Anyone building from a tar ball, or distro patched source, will not have git abailable. > I have a script to erase and build and another to build after an edit > so I have a handy place to put complicated recipies. Not very complicated yet. Maybe we should ship a default "install.sh" that does all that needs to be done. Then the next time someone skips a step they have even fewer excuses. RGDS GARY --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gary E. Miller Rellim 109 NW Wilmington Ave., Suite E, Bend, OR 97703 g...@rellim.com Tel:+1 541 382 8588 Veritas liberabit vos. -- Quid est veritas? "If you can’t measure it, you can’t improve it." - Lord Kelvin
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