Re: How to obtain current package version number?
On 20030306T080640+0100, Marc Haber wrote:
> Because I don't find that approach very elegant, and it is also error
> prone. Imagine a local user diverting the file that I use for package
> version indication. The information which version is installed is
> already there, in the dpkg database. I only need to be able to access
> it.
You could also hardcode the version in the program itself, and do this
hardcoding automatically at build time. See grep-dctrl for an example
on how to do this (especially its configure.in).
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