[Buildroot] [PATCH] core: add a 'make version' rule

[Arnout Vandecappelle <arnout@mind.be>]

On 27-10-15 15:29, Yann E. MORIN wrote:
> We often ask people for the version they are using when they ask for
> help (either on the list or on IRC). Some of them do not even know which
> version they are using.
> 
> Add a make rule to dump the full version string.

 Anything wrong with 'make print-version'? :-)

 I already marked it as rejected.

 Regards,
 Arnout

> 
> Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
> Cc: Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@uclibc.org>
> ---
>  Makefile | 6 +++++-
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
> index 853d185..3cf0c0c 100644
> --- a/Makefile
> +++ b/Makefile
> @@ -88,10 +88,14 @@ DATE := $(shell date +%Y%m%d)
>  # Need to export it, so it can be got from environment in children (eg. mconf)
>  export BR2_VERSION_FULL := $(BR2_VERSION)$(shell $(TOPDIR)/support/scripts/setlocalversion)
>  
> +.PHONY: version
> +version:
> +	@echo $(BR2_VERSION_FULL)
> +
>  noconfig_targets := menuconfig nconfig gconfig xconfig config oldconfig randconfig \
>  	defconfig %_defconfig allyesconfig allnoconfig silentoldconfig release \
>  	randpackageconfig allyespackageconfig allnopackageconfig \
> -	print-version olddefconfig
> +	print-version olddefconfig version
>  
>  # Some global targets do not trigger a build, but are used to collect
>  # metadata, or do various checks. When such targets are triggered,
> 


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