From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mp2 ([2001:41d0:2:4a6f::]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits)) by ms11 with LMTPS id KD/QIg+RD1/xRgAA0tVLHw (envelope-from ) for ; Wed, 15 Jul 2020 23:28:15 +0000 Received: from aspmx1.migadu.com ([2001:41d0:2:4a6f::]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits)) by mp2 with LMTPS id iEjPHg+RD19ELQAAB5/wlQ (envelope-from ) for ; Wed, 15 Jul 2020 23:28:15 +0000 Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by aspmx1.migadu.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E5EF294013C for ; Wed, 15 Jul 2020 23:28:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([::1]:59258 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jvqou-0005DE-HI for larch@yhetil.org; Wed, 15 Jul 2020 19:28:12 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:39756) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jvqon-0005D4-KF for bug-guix@gnu.org; Wed, 15 Jul 2020 19:28:05 -0400 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:42531) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jvqok-00050O-GT for bug-guix@gnu.org; Wed, 15 Jul 2020 19:28:05 -0400 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1jvqok-0007XA-Cs for bug-guix@gnu.org; Wed, 15 Jul 2020 19:28:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Subject: bug#42212: Guix version rendered as 0.0-git in info manual Resent-From: Ludovic =?UTF-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?= Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-guix@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2020 23:28:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 42212 X-GNU-PR-Package: guix X-GNU-PR-Keywords: To: Arun Isaac Received: via spool by 42212-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B42212.159485564628916 (code B ref 42212); Wed, 15 Jul 2020 23:28:02 +0000 Received: (at 42212) by debbugs.gnu.org; 15 Jul 2020 23:27:26 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:54077 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1jvqnv-0007W5-EW for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 15 Jul 2020 19:27:26 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:53946) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1jvqnt-0007Vs-Bq for 42212@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 15 Jul 2020 19:27:09 -0400 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:38601) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jvqnm-0004qy-Nl; Wed, 15 Jul 2020 19:27:02 -0400 Received: from [2a01:e0a:1d:7270:af76:b9b:ca24:c465] (port=49706 helo=ribbon) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1jvqnl-00055e-HG; Wed, 15 Jul 2020 19:27:02 -0400 From: Ludovic =?UTF-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?= References: <877dviv1d0.fsf@systemreboot.net> <878sfs9vak.fsf@gnu.org> <871rlczc8i.fsf@systemreboot.net> X-URL: http://www.fdn.fr/~lcourtes/ X-Revolutionary-Date: 29 Messidor an 228 de la =?UTF-8?Q?R=C3=A9volution?= X-PGP-Key-ID: 0x090B11993D9AEBB5 X-PGP-Key: http://www.fdn.fr/~lcourtes/ludovic.asc X-PGP-Fingerprint: 3CE4 6455 8A84 FDC6 9DB4 0CFB 090B 1199 3D9A EBB5 X-OS: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2020 01:26:59 +0200 In-Reply-To: <871rlczc8i.fsf@systemreboot.net> (Arun Isaac's message of "Thu, 16 Jul 2020 03:12:37 +0530") Message-ID: <87tuy8741o.fsf@gnu.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.3 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Score: -2.3 (--) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-Spam-Score: -1.0 (-) X-BeenThere: bug-guix@gnu.org List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Guix List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: 42212@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: bug-guix-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org Sender: "bug-Guix" X-Scanner: scn0 Authentication-Results: aspmx1.migadu.com; dkim=none; dmarc=none; spf=pass (aspmx1.migadu.com: domain of bug-guix-bounces@gnu.org designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=bug-guix-bounces@gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -1.01 X-TUID: KIr/hrNwPWkr Hi, Arun Isaac skribis: >> The =E2=80=9C0.0-git=E2=80=9D string comes from (guix self). As noted t= here, we can=E2=80=99t >> really afford to change the version string at each commit, or we=E2=80= =99d have >> to rebuild the manual at each commit. >> >> We could perhaps choose a more meaningful version string, though, maybe >> by looking at the closest tag or something. > > That sounds good, and `git describe` could provide us with the closest > tag. Unfortunately, (git) doesn't seem to be available during `guix > pull`. I'm trying to come up with workarounds. Do you have any ideas? I=E2=80=99m not sure exactly. (guix self) receives a commit ID as #:version (though it doesn=E2=80=99t have to; it can be a random string too, as in =E2=80=98build-aux/compile-as-derivation.scm=E2=80=99). Maybe when (guix channels) =E2=80=98build-from-source=E2=80=99 invokes =E2= =80=98build=E2=80=99, it could pass it an optional short version identifier guaranteed to rarely change. (There=E2=80=99s a (git describe) module in Guile-Git that might be helpful.) That version identifier must then be passed from =E2=80=98build-aux/build-self.scm=E2=80=99 all the way to =E2=80=98info-man= ual=E2=80=99 in (guix self). Thoughts? Ludo=E2=80=99.