For the GPO: Write the current git hash to /etc/emulab/version when

installing the clientside on an image.

clientside/GNUmakefile.in

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ endif
 include $(TESTBED_SRCDIR)/GNUmakerules
 
 client:		client-subdirs
-client-install: client client-mkdirs client-install-subdirs
+client-install: client client-mkdirs client-install-subdirs client-setversion
 control-install: control-install-subdirs
 subboss:	subboss-subdirs
 subboss-install: client subboss-install-subdirs
@@ -77,6 +77,13 @@ client-mkdirs:
 	-mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(CLIENT_BINDIR)
 	-mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(CLIENT_MANDIR)
 
+#
+# Attempt to find a git commit hash and stash in /etc/emulab.
+#
+client-setversion: setversion
+	@echo "Setting Version info"
+	@perl setversion
+
 # How to recursively descend into subdirectories to make general
 # targets such as `all'.
 %.MAKE:

clientside/configure

@@ -4880,7 +4880,7 @@ done
 
 # END Python detection.
 
-outfiles="Makeconf GNUmakefile \
+outfiles="Makeconf GNUmakefile setversion \
 	  lib/GNUmakefile \
           lib/libtb/GNUmakefile \
           lib/tmcd/GNUmakefile \

clientside/configure.in

@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ AC_CHECK_HEADERS([Python.h],
 AC_SUBST(PYTHON_INCLUDE)
 # END Python detection.
 
-outfiles="Makeconf GNUmakefile \
+outfiles="Makeconf GNUmakefile setversion \
 	  lib/GNUmakefile \
           lib/libtb/GNUmakefile \
           lib/tmcd/GNUmakefile \

clientside/setversion.in

+#!/usr/bin/perl -w
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2000-2012 University of Utah and the Flux Group.
+# 
+# {{{EMULAB-LICENSE
+# 
+# This file is part of the Emulab network testbed software.
+# 
+# This file is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+# under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at
+# your option) any later version.
+# 
+# This file is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+# ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU Affero General Public
+# License for more details.
+# 
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+# along with this file.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+# 
+# }}}
+#
+# Set the version and build info into the DB, at a toplevel install.
+#
+use English;
+use Getopt::Std;
+use POSIX qw(strftime);
+
+#
+# Configure variables
+#
+my $SRCDIR    = "@top_srcdir@";
+my $ETCEMULAB = "/etc/emulab";
+my $VERSION   = "$ETCEMULAB/version";
+my $GITTHING  = "tools/git/current_branch_head";
+
+#
+# Use the upper level tool to get the git hash, unless we were configured
+# as part of the full emulab tree, in which case SRCDIR is already at
+# the top of the tree.
+#
+my $path = (-e "$SRCDIR/$GITTHING" ? $SRCDIR : "$SRCDIR/..");
+my $hash = `cd $path; $GITTHING`;
+if ($?) {
+    print STDERR
+	"*** $0:\n".
+	"    Unable to get commit hash for source tree\n";
+    exit(0);
+}
+else {
+    chomp($hash);
+}
+print "Hash is $hash\n";
+if (-e "$ETCEMULAB") {
+    print "Writing to $VERSION\n";
+    system("echo '$hash' > $VERSION");
+    exit(1)
+	if ($?);
+}
+exit(0);

configure

@@ -7600,7 +7600,7 @@ outfiles="$outfiles Makeconf GNUmakefile \
 # this turned out to be a major headache. Instead, just duplicate the file
 # lists here and in clientside.
 #
-outfiles="$outfiles clientside/GNUmakefile \
+outfiles="$outfiles clientside/GNUmakefile clientside/setversion \
  clientside/lib/GNUmakefile clientside/lib/libtb/GNUmakefile \
  clientside/lib/tmcd/GNUmakefile \
  clientside/GNUmakefile clientside/event/GNUmakefile \

configure.in

@@ -1228,7 +1228,7 @@ outfiles="$outfiles Makeconf GNUmakefile \
 # this turned out to be a major headache. Instead, just duplicate the file
 # lists here and in clientside.
 #
-outfiles="$outfiles clientside/GNUmakefile \
+outfiles="$outfiles clientside/GNUmakefile clientside/setversion \
  clientside/lib/GNUmakefile clientside/lib/libtb/GNUmakefile \
  clientside/lib/tmcd/GNUmakefile \
  clientside/GNUmakefile clientside/event/GNUmakefile \