[mythtv-users] Does this CVS command fetch the *current* version?

[Jay R. Ashworth]

On Wed, Aug 25, 2004 at 09:51:02PM -0700, Bruce Markey wrote:
> Jay R. Ashworth wrote:
> > cvs -z3 -d :pserver:mythtv at cvs.mythtv.org:/var/lib/mythcvs checkout
> > mythtv
> > 
> > I ask, because I just retrieved it to see if it would fix a couple
> > problems, but the backend log still start with
> > 
> > 2004-08-25 23:02:43 mythbackend version: 0.15.20040525-1 www.mythtv.org
> 
> That's the library version to let plugins, frontends and
> backends know if they can run with the installed libraries.
> Due to some changes a few months back, this no longer needs
> to change very often. So it doesn't really tell you the
> approximate date of the source code anymore, just that it's
> compatible with other executables.

As it happens, I *am* now running the 0528 version... but it would sure
be nice if CVS provided a way to pick out the CVS date/tag and plug it
into your sources so runtime could identify it.

But, if memory serves, I'm not the first once to say that.  :-)

Cheers,
-- jra
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