RE: [PATCH 0/3] Advertise OS version

From: rsbecker@nexbridge.com <rsbecker@nexbridge.com>
Date: Jun 19, 2024, 14:57 UTC
Message-ID: <000701dac259$0a768bb0$1f63a310$@nexbridge.com>
In-Reply-To: <20240619145246.GB957055@coredump.intra.peff.net>

On Wednesday, June 19, 2024 10:53 AM, Peff wrote:

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>On Wed, Jun 19, 2024 at 10:41:54AM -0400, rsbecker@nexbridge.com wrote:
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>> >A configuration knob that would allow it to be disabled entirely, or
>> >be enabled with more details to be sent would also be fine with me.
>>
>> While in the code, can I suggest including the OpenSSL version used in
>> the build? This came up in at a customer a few weeks ago and they
>> could not answer the question of what git build they were using.
>> Turned out it used the wrong OpenSSL header compared to what they had
>> installed.
>
>At the point you are dealing one-on-one with somebody, I don't think protocol-level
>messages like this are the best spot for debugging. But it might make sense to teach
>"git version --build-options" to report the openssl version.

Much better idea. Will look into it. Thanks.