[Libvirt-cim] [PATCH] Add revision information to the VSMS

[Kaitlin Rupert]

Dan Smith wrote:
> # HG changeset patch
> # User Dan Smith <danms at us.ibm.com>
> # Date 1208209155 25200
> # Node ID 606a412caaf41e1d49ca47809ec0e94e65f29785
> # Parent  67e30fff0026214f509e688bdb082d07ffd267f2
> Add revision information to the VSMS
> 
> This is done at build time, if possible.  If not, the changeset/revision
> at the last automake run will be used.  This should make it work for the
> tarball/release case as well as the RPM build.
> 
> The way this works, if you build, then apply a patch or pull a new changeset,
> the exposed revision/version information will be stale unless you do a clean.
> Since this is really just for the purposes of test-tracking, I think this
> is a reasonable restriction that can be minded by the people doing testing.
> 
> The changeset hash and revision number are exposed in aptly-named properties
> of the VSMS for each platform.  If anyone has a better place for these to
> show up, or a better format, please bring it up.
> 
> Changes:
>  - Update the VSMS schema for the new values
> 

Tested this out - looks great to me.  +1

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Kaitlin Rupert
IBM Linux Technology Center
kaitlin at linux.vnet.ibm.com