[Qemu-devel] [Bug 1673373] [NEW] qemu -version output is incorrect with configure --with-pkgversion

[Jordan Justen]

Public bug reported:

Since qemu v2.7.0, up to the current master
(1883ff34b540daacae948f493b0ba525edf5f642)
the pkgversion feature appears to have a bug:

$ ./configure --target-list=x86_64-softmmu --with-pkgversion=foo

Results in this output:

$ x86_64-softmmu/qemu-system-x86_64 -version
QEMU emulator version 2.8.90(foo)
Copyright (c) 2003-2017 Fabrice Bellard and the QEMU Project developers

This appears to have been introduced in:

67a1de0d19 Makefile: Derive "PKGVERSION" from "git describe" by default

The previous commit (077de81a4c) produces this output:

$ x86_64-softmmu/qemu-system-x86_64 -version
QEMU emulator version 2.6.50 (foo), Copyright (c) 2003-2008 Fabrice Bellard

** Affects: qemu
     Importance: Undecided
     Assignee: Jordan Justen (jljusten)
         Status: New

** Changed in: qemu
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Jordan Justen (jljusten)

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Title:
  qemu -version output is incorrect with configure --with-pkgversion

Status in QEMU:
  New

Bug description:
  Since qemu v2.7.0, up to the current master
  (1883ff34b540daacae948f493b0ba525edf5f642)
  the pkgversion feature appears to have a bug:

  $ ./configure --target-list=x86_64-softmmu --with-pkgversion=foo

  Results in this output:

  $ x86_64-softmmu/qemu-system-x86_64 -version
  QEMU emulator version 2.8.90(foo)
  Copyright (c) 2003-2017 Fabrice Bellard and the QEMU Project developers

  This appears to have been introduced in:

  67a1de0d19 Makefile: Derive "PKGVERSION" from "git describe" by
  default

  The previous commit (077de81a4c) produces this output:

  $ x86_64-softmmu/qemu-system-x86_64 -version
  QEMU emulator version 2.6.50 (foo), Copyright (c) 2003-2008 Fabrice Bellard

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