[GRASS-dev] Re: [GRASS GIS] #587: svn versions should better reflect svn rev

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#587: svn versions should better reflect svn rev
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  Reporter:  hamish       |       Owner:  martinl  
      Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  reopened 
  Priority:  major        |   Milestone:  6.4.0    
 Component:  default      |     Version:  6.4.0 RCs
Resolution:               |    Keywords:  g.version
  Platform:  All          |         Cpu:  All      
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Comment (by glynn):

 Replying to [comment:14 hamish]:

 >  - or, modify the main Makefile and add "`svnversion -n .`" somewhere.
 see  http://subversion.tigris.org/faq.html#version-value-in-source   But
 that gives the rev of the overall repo, not just the branch we are using.

 You need to handle the case of compiling from a snapshot tarball on a
 system which doesn't have "svn".

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/ticket/587#comment:19>
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