[rancid] Re: Adding version tags into CVS/config files

[Lance Vermilion]

John,

Are you saying that @VERSION@ will return the version of rancid?
I am interested in knowing what the other core script versions are as well.
Where is the @VERSION@ variable stored?
Are the values in VERSION $Id: scriptname,v version?

-- 

-Lance <lance at gheek.net>


On Mon, Sep 25, 2006 at 02:27:13PM -0700, john heasley wrote:
> To me, the more interesting bit is just the release, not the CVS revision.
> That is simple as replacing @VERSION at .  Also, hpuifilter -v will report
> the version.
> 
> Mon, Sep 25, 2006 at 05:00:28PM -0400, Burton Windle:
> > 
> > 
> > On Mon, 25 Sep 2006, Lance Vermilion wrote:
> > 
> > > Hey all,
> > >
> > > I have seen the question "What version of (rancid/clogin/etc) am I 
> > > running?" come up a few different times. I know that each script has its 
> > > own version etc. It would be nice to have something like what is below 
> > > add at the top of each config. This would make it extremely clear what 
> > > was used to collect the configs and what versions are being used.
> > >
> > 
> > Speaking from experience as one of those people who has recently asked 
> > that same question...
> > 
> > I checked the rancid script for a -v, -V, or --version argument first, 
> > then went searching the text of the script for a (non-CVS) version. I 
> > never thought of checking the CVS repo for the RANCID version; having an 
> > argument to the program (or in this case, the script) and have it spit out 
> > the version would be, IMHO, very handy (and more in-line with other Unixy 
> > apps, so more likey to be stumbled upon by the typical admin).
> > 
> > Having to dig in the CVS repo is, I would think, unlikey to get found 
> > without some handholding, be it FAQ or list.
> > 
> > 
> > -- 
> > Burton Windle                           bwindle at fint.org
> > 
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