Aaron Madlon-Kay <[email protected]> wrote: > It's common in Go to specify version strings as linker flags. Grep the > ports tree like so to see existing ports that successfully set these > flags. It's not uncommon to use the string 'unknown' for e.g. the git > commit when it is redundant or not readily available. > > % grep -R -- "-ldflags '-X" . > ./devel/git-sizer/Portfile:build.args -ldflags '-X > main.BuildVersion=${version}' > ./devel/shfmt/Portfile:build.pre_args -ldflags '-X > main.version=${version}' > ./security/mkcert/Portfile:build.args -ldflags '-X > main.Version=${version}' > ./www/minio-mc/Portfile: -ldflags '-X > ${goproj}/cmd.Version=${relversion} \ > ./www/minio/Portfile: -ldflags '-X ${goproj}/cmd.Version=${relversion} \ > Aarons-MBP:macports-ports amake% grep -R -- "-ldflags.*-X" . > ./devel/git-sizer/Portfile:build.args -ldflags '-X > main.BuildVersion=${version}' > ./devel/shfmt/Portfile:build.pre_args -ldflags '-X > main.version=${version}' > ./security/mkcert/Portfile:build.args -ldflags '-X > main.Version=${version}' > ./www/minio-mc/Portfile: -ldflags '-X > ${goproj}/cmd.Version=${relversion} \ > ./www/minio/Portfile: -ldflags '-X ${goproj}/cmd.Version=${relversion} \ > ./www/caddy/Portfile:build.args -ldflags \"-X > ${go.package}/${name}/caddymain.gitTag=v${version}\" > ./sysutils/go2port/Portfile:build.args -ldflags "'-X > main.version=${version}'" > ./sysutils/go2port/Portfile~:build.args -ldflags "'-X > main.version=${version}'" > ./sysutils/chezmoi/Portfile:build.args -ldflags \"-X > main.version=${version} -X main.builtBy=macports\"
Thanks. I know actually about this mechanism, but I guess I should have specified that I don’t know how to find out what the exact names of the flags are that I should set. Is there an easy way to find out? Should I go and read the source code? Or ask the developers? Nils.
