allow overriding VERSION value in Makefile

akhilerm · akhilerm · commit 9d9273c92645 · 2024-05-05T16:52:37.000+05:30
this allows using a custom version string while building runc
without modifying the VERSION file

Signed-off-by: Akhil Mohan &lt;akhilerm@gmail.com&gt;
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ BUILDTAGS ?= seccomp urfave_cli_no_docs
 BUILDTAGS += $(EXTRA_BUILDTAGS)
 
 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)
