From 93b50857edbee33c7c6522d4d5971b5081c5b7c1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Robert Hensing <robert@roberthensing.nl>
Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2024 17:25:32 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] packaging: Restore .version value altering behavior

---
 src/libutil/package.nix | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/libutil/package.nix b/src/libutil/package.nix
index 1996a6c4d..8ba6daa2a 100644
--- a/src/libutil/package.nix
+++ b/src/libutil/package.nix
@@ -81,9 +81,14 @@ mkMesonDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   disallowedReferences = [ boost ];
 
   preConfigure =
+    # TODO: change release process to add `pre` in `.version`, remove it before tagging, and restore after.
+    ''
+      chmod u+w ./.version
+      echo ${version} > ../../.version
+    ''
     # Copy some boost libraries so we don't get all of Boost in our
     # closure. https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/45462
-    lib.optionalString (!stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic) (''
+    + lib.optionalString (!stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic) (''
       mkdir -p $out/lib
       cp -pd ${boost}/lib/{libboost_context*,libboost_thread*,libboost_system*} $out/lib
       rm -f $out/lib/*.a