[vbox-dev] SVN questions

[Martin Simmons]

>>>>> On Fri, 09 Sep 2011 12:43:48 -0500, Perry Halbert said:
> 
> Two questions
> 
> I have looked through the code for some time and just can't seem to see it.
> 
> Building DEB from SVN:
> What tag and where would I put it to *not build the *-dbg...  .deb?
> 
> Also when building deb, the release version is built into the file name 
> but the release version is not included in the about screen like it is 
> when building a *.run (it just shows r0).  What would I need to do to 
> include the release number in the about information?

Try creating a file callled SVN_REVISION at the top level of the source tree
containing the line

svn_revision := nnnnn

The deb/rpm build scripts get their revision number from that variable.
Oracle's build process has some unpublished steps.

__Martin