Thanks Alex,

I have it all working now.

Jeff


On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 1:37 PM, Alexander Dahl <post@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
>
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