Tushar Teredesai wrote:
> The version info is as easy as adding a "echo $VERSION >
> ~$PKG/.version" in the script. What is the advantage of having that

Or rather than the .version file, Brett Neumeier gave me the idea that 
if we use the .plan and .project files we can use the "pinky" command 
from coreutils to query this data easily. Also, if there is more info 
than simply the version, we can echo that to the .project file as well. 
For instance, it might be useful to also echo the names of patches applied:

eric:~$ pinky -l openssl
Login name: openssl                     In real life:  OpenSSL
Directory: /usr/src/openssl             Shell:  /bin/bash
Project: openssl-0.9.8h
openssl-0.9.8g-fix_manpages-1.patch

eric:~$


Cheers,
  -Eric

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