Help about does not expand __VERSION__ variable about nixnote2-packaging HOT 6 CLOSED

To fix this simply uncomment line 36 in rules. But replace 2.0-beta-4-0+git$(date +%Y%m%d) with desired version. Perhaps 2.0-beta-7-0+$(date +%Y%m%d) or 2.0-beta-7-0+git$(date +%Y%m%d) be enough.

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Thanks once more @vitaleon - for now I have plumped for nixnote2-daily+git$(date +%Y%m%d) just for the moment, to get SOMETHING appearing. However in the longer run I'd like to get this version pulled automatically from the version created in the recipe

waiting for code update to build before testing

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despite the fact that the code in https://github.com/baumgarr/nixnote2/blob/master/help/about.html says __VERSION__ this appears as "nixnote2-daily+" rather than the fuller version string above

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trying with 'shell' prefix in rules makefile

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Moreover you can try something like
DEBVER := $(shell dpkg-parsechangelog --show-field Version)
override_dh_auto_build:
sed -i "s/VERSION/$(DEBVER)/" help/about.html
to automatically set version from changelog

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Daily PPA now correctly displays Help / About version as nixnote2-daily+YYYYMMDD

This was achieved by updating the debian / rules file to substitute with the system date at the end of the build process:

override_dh_auto_build:
    sed -i "s/__VERSION__/nixnote2-daily+$(shell date +%Y%m%d)/" help/about.html

Issue Closed.

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