[yocto] : git tag and PV variable

[Alexander Kanavin]

On 02/24/2016 05:35 PM, Khem Raj wrote:
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>     I have this command in my qmake pro files:____
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>     VERSION = $$system(git describe --abbrev=0 --tags)____
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>     __ __
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>     I would like to have the package manager follow the tag versioning.____
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>     __ __
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>     Which means I would like to have something like:____
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>     PV = "git describe --abbrev=0 --tags"____
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>     SRC_URI = "${STUDIEL_GIT}/core.git;protocol=file;tag=${PV}"____
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>     __ __
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>     It does not work for sure. What is the correct way to do this ?
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>
> ​SRC_URI is required by fetcher and there is nothing to git describe
> before it is fetched.​
> so thats your problem.

It's possible however to write an external script that updates the PV 
version in the recipe, but it needs to be run outside of bitbake.

Alex