[Python-Dev] Expose Subversion revision number to Python

[LD 'Gus' Landis]

Hi,

  So, what does one get when built on a system not connected to
  the net? say from a tarball?  It can happen, ya know.

Cheers,
  --ldl

On 12/18/05, "Martin v. Löwis" <martin at v.loewis.de> wrote:
> Barry Warsaw wrote:
> > Yes, here's my thought: I have a mod to Makefile.pre.in and
> > getbuildinfo.c so that when we don't find .svn directory, we don't
> > define the BUILD macro when we compile getbuildinfo.c.  Then, in that
> > file we have something like:
> >
> > #ifndef BUILD
> > #define BUILD "$Revision$"
> > #endif
>
> What does that achieve? It will give you the latest revision at which
> getbuildinfo was changed (currently 41744).
>
> Regards,
> Martin
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