build: add single source of DPDK version number

[dpdk.git] / meson.build

diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index e945a27..0dd0e2d 100644 (file)
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
 # Copyright(c) 2017 Intel Corporation
 
 project('DPDK', 'C',
-       version: '19.05.0-rc0',
+       # Get version number from file.
+       # Use "more" rather than "cat" for windows compatibility.
+       version: run_command('more', files('VERSION')).stdout().strip(),
        license: 'BSD',
        default_options: ['buildtype=release', 'default_library=static'],
        meson_version: '>= 0.47.1'