On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 2:38 PM, Ryan Schmidt <subversion-20...@ryandesign.com> wrote: > On Nov 25, 2011, at 10:06, Jannis wrote: > >> 2. And changed the relevant line in DESCRIPTION to: >> >> Version: 0.5.0.$LastChangedRevision$ >> >> >> This works partially but changes the line in DESCRIPTION to (for example): >> >> Version: 0.5.0.$LastChangedRevision: 28 $ >> >> I need, however: >> >> Version: 0.5.0.28 >> >> >> Is there any way to achieve this? In case you have any solution, try to post >> it understandable to a SVN-newbi :-). > > Write a script that runs at build time that generates the DESCRIPTION file, > possibly from a template. > > See also: > > http://subversion.apache.org/faq.html#version-value-in-source
I updated something like this, based on the older RPM package building for Subversion, and which I submitted as part of new packaging 1.7.1, it's in the archives at http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.subversion.devel/132223