The $(< file) syntax is bash-only iirc. git describe --always is what I though of too ;-] but you won't have "serial versioning". unless there is a version numer suffixed by that. On 29 October 2013 07:06, Luca Barbato wrote: > On 29/10/13 05:54, Rich Felker wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 03:48:21AM +0100, Luca Barbato wrote: > >> On 29/10/13 03:33, Rich Felker wrote: > >>> On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 08:13:09PM +0000, Paul Schutte wrote: > >>>> Hi Guys, > >>>> > >>>> Would it be possible for you to add the version of musl to the output > of > >>>> libc.so ? > >>>> > >>>> root@sabotage:~# /lib/libc.so > >>>> musl libc/dynamic program loader > >>>> usage: /lib/libc.so pathname [args] > >>>> > >>>> I have several machines with musl on it and it will be very helpful > to see > >>>> which version is installed. > >>> > >>> Indeed, this has been something I've wanted to add for a while, and > >>> which should definitely be in for 1.0. It's just a matter of doing the > >>> right thing in the build and release system to get the version in > >>> there, and it's not clear what the version should read for git builds > >>> between versions. I think this is a good chance to discuss that. > >> > >> git describe short signature might be the best option. > > > > Thanks for the git-fu help. I'm assuming you mean using something like > > "git describe --tags"? Use of this could be contingent on either a > > .git dir, or lack of a version file added to release tarballs. The > > only thing that's not clear is how to handle non-release source trees > > present on a build system that lacks a working git installation. > > if [ -d .git ]; then > VER=$(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