allow overriding VERSION value in Makefile

akhilerm · akhilerm · commit 6f4d975c402d · 2024-05-06T22:18:04.000+05:30
this allows using a custom version string while building runc without modifying the VERSION file Signed-off-by: Akhil Mohan <akhilerm@gmail.com> (cherry picked from commit 9d9273c) Signed-off-by: Akhil Mohan <akhilerm@gmail.com>
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ PROJECT := github.com/opencontainers/runc
 BUILDTAGS ?= seccomp
 
 COMMIT ?= $(shell git describe --dirty --long --always)
-VERSION := $(shell cat ./VERSION)
+VERSION ?= $(shell cat ./VERSION)
 LDFLAGS_COMMON := -X main.gitCommit=$(COMMIT) -X main.version=$(VERSION)
 
 GOARCH := $(shell $(GO) env GOARCH)
