Package: coreutils Version: 9.5-1 Severity: wishlist tags -1 patch Hi! Coreutils supports building with --with-packager flags that make tools output Debian-specific version numbers.
The attached patch to debian/rules adds the following parameters to the ./configure invocation: --with-packager=Debian --with-packager-version=$(DEB_VERSION) which should turn the command-line tool --versions output into: jas@kaka:~/src/coreutils/src$ LANG=C ./id --version id (GNU coreutils) 9.5 Packaged by Debian (9.5-1) Copyright (C) 2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Written by Arnold Robbins and David MacKenzie. jas@kaka:~/src/coreutils/src$ /Simon
--- rules.orig 2025-01-27 09:10:24.472485199 +0100 +++ rules 2025-01-27 09:10:29.192485181 +0100 @@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ d=debian/coreutils override_dh_auto_configure: - dh_auto_configure -- --enable-install-program=arch --with-openssl=auto-gpl-compat + dh_auto_configure -- --enable-install-program=arch --with-openssl=auto-gpl-compat \ + --with-packager=Debian --with-packager-version=$(DEB_VERSION) %: dh $@ --with autoreconf
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