Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] tools/xl: Add 'xen_version' to `xl info` [and 3 more messages]

[Ian Jackson <Ian.Jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Andrew Cooper writes ("[PATCH] tools/xl: Add 'xen_version' to `xl info`"):
> Getting the full Xen version in an easily scriptable way is awkward,
> especially if trying to piece together from xen_{major,minor,extra}.
> 
> This reflects $(XEN_FULLVERSION) in the build system (but under a more
> sensible name, as $(XEN_VERSION) is just the major number).

Applied, thanks.

Matt Wilson writes ("Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] tools/xl: Add 'xen_version' to `xl 
info`"):
> On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 10:21:24AM +0100, George Dunlap wrote:
> > Is there actually a reason to print it separately at all?  Why not
> > replace the individual lines with the unified line?
> 
> Please don't do that. I'm sure that there are scripts out there that
> stitch together the parts into a version string. They'll break if we
> remove the parts.

Quite.

Thanks,
Ian.

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