On 02/29/2012 07:55 AM, Andreas Tscharner wrote: > On 29.02.2012 02:00, KB1JWQ wrote:>> [snip]
>> How do I sanely change the version number of each build so that it>> bumps >> the Debian changelog (else the deb build fails), the version>> number of the >> package, and probably the naming of the resulting .deb>> as well? >> Ultimately I want these debs to be put into a staging >> Jenkins has its own "version number"; I'd suggest to use it. It is in> the >> environment variable BUILD_NUMBER. You could use this number as> your >> "Debian Revision" (the last number in the Debian version number;> the one >> after the dash '-').>> There is also a Version Number Plugin, if you want to >> control your> version number should have more information.> See: >> https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/Version+Number+Plugin>> Best >> regards> Andreas Hi KB1JWQ, For similar purposes i use a similar small shellscript to add a suffix to the version number of the last item of the debian changelog: """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" #dch-version-suffixer.sh #!/bin/sh VERSION_SUFFIX=$1 sed -e "s/)/-${VERSION_SUFFIX})/" debian/changelog > temp.file mv temp.file debian/changelog echo "the new dch version is:" `head -1 debian/changelog` """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" And from a shell execution build step i call it like this: """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" cd $SOURCE_TREE_OF_PACKAGE_TO_BUILD dch-version-suffixer.sh ${BUILD_NUMBER} """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" Of course you can replace the ${BUILD_NUMBER} with ${BUILD_ID}, or anything provided the Version Number Plugin mentioned eariler. Or if you need explicitly increment the version number (which i think better if done by the package maintainer manually) you can call the dch -i (see `man dch` for details) from your shell execution buildstep. Best regards: zgyarmati -- Zoltan Gyarmati Gtalk: profi...@gmail.com MSN: profi...@theend.hu ICQ: 335693662 Skype: profikam3151 Phone number: 0036-30-608-30-79
