Bug 940181

Summary:	sys-firmware/ipxe - reported version is misleading
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Bertrand Jacquin <bertrand>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Virtualization Team <virtualization>
Status:	UNCONFIRMED ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	bertrand
Priority:	Normal	Keywords:	PullRequest
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
See Also:	https://github.com/gentoo/gentoo/pull/38749
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Bertrand Jacquin 2024-09-23 19:29:40 UTC

Hi,

When using pxe image built with sys-firmware/ipxe, version is reported as 1.0.0+ which can be quiet confusing when trying to figure out if binary has been updated properly in different places where it may be deployed.

  iPXE> show version
  builtin/version:string = 1.0.0+




Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Bertrand Jacquin 2024-09-23 19:30:36 UTC

version can be tuned by setting VERSION= in call to make as per https://github.com/ipxe/ipxe/blob/master/src/Makefile#L209-L237

Comment 2 Bertrand Jacquin 2024-09-23 19:35:34 UTC

PR to address the issue: https://github.com/gentoo/gentoo/pull/38749

Comment 3 Larry the Git Cow gentoo-dev

2024-11-02 12:46:04 UTC

The bug has been referenced in the following commit(s):

https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=158560fbdabfcabbb9f3d5f83528a6921b067aae

commit 158560fbdabfcabbb9f3d5f83528a6921b067aae
Author:     Bertrand Jacquin <bertrand@jacquin.bzh>
AuthorDate: 2024-09-23 19:31:34 +0000
Commit:     Joonas Niilola <juippis@gentoo.org>
CommitDate: 2024-11-02 12:45:59 +0000

    sys-firmware/ipxe: set version as from gentoo PV
    
    By default, iPXE build include 1.0.0+ as version which can be confusing
    when troubleshooting network boot. Set version as from ebuild PV.
    
    Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/940181
    Signed-off-by: Bertrand Jacquin <bertrand@jacquin.bzh>
    Closes: https://github.com/gentoo/gentoo/pull/38749
    Signed-off-by: Joonas Niilola <juippis@gentoo.org>

 sys-firmware/ipxe/ipxe-1.21.1_p20230601-r1.ebuild | 138 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 138 insertions(+)