[Bug 1842133] Re: findutils shows wrong version number
I found the upstream fix for this issue. git://git.sv.gnu.org/findutils : commit 1cc207f6ebddd3609c995f17756f995cf8847c32 Author: Bernhard Voelker Date: 2017-10-30 21:54:19 +0100 maint: make inter-release --version output more useful Now, each snapshot has a version "number" like 4.6-131-219-gda920ee, which indicates that it is built using the 131st change set (in _some_ repository) following the "v4.6" tag, and that da920ee is a prefix of the commit SHA1. Prior to this commit, "find --version" reported "4.7.0-git". As of that commit, it reports "4.6.0.157-1cc2" The very latest as of today reports "4.7.0.12-6975a". *If* this were to be addressed for Ubuntu 18.04, it could be done by backporting this patch from upstream. I express no opinion on whether that would be worth doing. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1842133 Title: findutils shows wrong version number To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/findutils/+bug/1842133/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1842133] Re: findutils shows wrong version number
> I could submit a bug report against the upstream findutils component. Should I do so? No please don't, there is no point. As noted above less old versions in Debian (and Ubuntu) already report a more helpful version string. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1842133 Title: findutils shows wrong version number To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/findutils/+bug/1842133/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1842133] Re: findutils shows wrong version number
> First off: Ubuntu/Debian do not ship "patched version of the GNU findutils > package [...] based on release 4.6.0". OK. When I do "apt-get source findutils" I get a "findutils_4.6.0+git+20170828-2.debian.tar.xz" file that does include two patches, but neither of them seems to be relevant to this issue. The "findutils_4.6.0+git+20170828.orig.tar.xz" file I get from the same apt-get command unpacks to a "findutils-4.7.0-gitfindutils-4.7.0-git" directory. I just built findutils revision febde26dd0e66dda5d4060fa29b85443ddc6a865 from source, and the resulting "find" command does print "find (GNU findutils) 4.7.0-git" when invoked with "--version". So it seems to be an upstream issue. "info findutils", which loads /usr/share/info/find.info.gz, also reports version 4.7.0-git. Whatever the cause, I suggest that "4.7.0-git" is misleading, since release 4.7.0 did not yet exist. I could submit a bug report against the upstream findutils component. Should I do so? (To be clear, I'm not saying this is a major, or even necessarily significant, problem.) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1842133 Title: findutils shows wrong version number To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/findutils/+bug/1842133/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1842133] Re: findutils shows wrong version number
First off: Ubuntu/Debian do not ship "patched version of the GNU findutils package [...] based on release 4.6.0". The ship a GIT snapshot. e.g. 4.6.0+git+20170828-2 is upstream GIT as of 2017-08-28. /usr/share/doc/findutils/changelog.Debian.gz even has the full respective GIT revision. (febde26dd0e66dda5d4060fa29b85443ddc6a865.). To clearly show that we are *not* shipping a upstream /release/ we are using a +git version. The version number upstream GIT snapshots report depends a little bit on the way they are built (git present or not when make dist is invoked, et.al), they might show 4.7.0-git or 4.6.0.235-f254 (That is 4.6.0+git+20190510-2). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1842133 Title: findutils shows wrong version number To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/findutils/+bug/1842133/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1842133] Re: findutils shows wrong version number
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