Thanks Alex, I have it all working now.
Jeff On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 1:37 PM, Alexander Dahl <p...@lespocky.de> wrote: > Hei Jeff, > > On 01.11.2012 19:22, Jeff Horn wrote: > > echo $(shell git rev-parse --verify HEAD) > $(ROOTDIR)/etc/revision > > I personally use `git describe --tags` for this, but that's more a > question of taste. > > > That works fine for creating the file in the platform/root directory. > When > > I started to use the UBI image I noticed that file was missing from my > root > > filesystem. I see that the ubi.make script does a targetinstall to > > platform/images/working_dir and then generates the UBI image from there. > > Which obviously does not have my revision. How can I fix/modify my line > > above so it makes it into both the root directory and the UBI image. > > What about creating the file in projectroot/etc/revision, putting a > placeholder e.g. @REVISION@ in it and using something like this in your > rule: > > @$(call install_alternative, somepackage, 0, 0, 0644, \ > /etc/revision) > @$(call install_replace, somepackage, /etc/revision, \ > @REVISION@, $(shell git rev-pares --verify HEAD) ) > > Like this the file gets in the package file and should be installed in > the UBI image. We have a similar approach working in our BSP. > > Greets > Alex > > > -- > ptxdist mailing list > ptxdist@pengutronix.de > >
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