New variable $exim_version. Bug 306

diff --git a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
index 8ef56d1e3bbb7d717f9e38ff696b65ee59eedc61..1486b005c6662eddf51f9671ce3818f68ee5ce43 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
+++ b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
@@ -11372,6 +11372,13 @@ This variable contains the path to the Exim binary.
 .vindex "&$exim_uid$&"
 This variable contains the numerical value of the Exim user id.
 
+.vitem &$exim_version$&
+.vindex "&$exim_uid$&"
+This variable contains the version string of the Exim build.
+The first character is a major version number, currently 4.
+Then after a dot, the next group of digits is a minor version number.
+There may be other characters following the minor version.
+
 .vitem &$found_extension$&
 .vindex "&$found_extension$&"
 This variable is available when Exim is compiled with the

diff --git a/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff b/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff
index f40fbedfd9a95f0a10995ad588ff4747bfe94ca1..8cb2d0dbdd40b4ef380481c8635a0270a5efb07d 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff
+++ b/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff
@@ -6,6 +6,14 @@ Before a formal release, there may be quite a lot of detail so that people can
 test from the snapshots or the CVS before the documentation is updated. Once
 the documentation is updated, this file is reduced to a short list.
 
+Version 4.86
+------------
+
+ 1. Support for using the system standard CA bundle.
+
+ 2. New expansion items $config_file, $config_dir, containing the file
+    and directory name of the main configuration file. Also $exim_version.
+
 Version 4.85
 ------------
 
@@ -25,9 +33,6 @@ Version 4.85
     server certs used for TLS match the result of the MX lookup. It does
     not use the same mechanism as DANE.
 
- 4. New expansion items $config_file, $config_dir, containing the file
-    and directory name of the main configuration file. 
-
 
 Version 4.84
 ------------

diff --git a/src/src/expand.c b/src/src/expand.c
index 0e9dff27fe5edc5b7c01f6b6413b825523ce0b83..850439083fb98ca695ecff17b96adefcfbc79f82 100644 (file)
--- a/src/src/expand.c
+++ b/src/src/expand.c
@@ -503,6 +503,7 @@ static var_entry var_table[] = {
   { "exim_gid",            vtype_gid,         &exim_gid },
   { "exim_path",           vtype_stringptr,   &exim_path },
   { "exim_uid",            vtype_uid,         &exim_uid },
+  { "exim_version",        vtype_stringptr,   &version_string },
 #ifdef WITH_OLD_DEMIME
   { "found_extension",     vtype_stringptr,   &found_extension },
 #endif

diff --git a/test/scripts/0000-Basic/0002 b/test/scripts/0000-Basic/0002
index 11fa1cd138948efee5265efc0cf4e353e6d9a64b..328f5a3caa264928b6aeed6eba665accd88e91fe 100644 (file)
--- a/test/scripts/0000-Basic/0002
+++ b/test/scripts/0000-Basic/0002
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ exim -be
 # Some fixed variables
 
 exim_path: $exim_path
+exim_version: $exim_version
 config_dir: $config_dir
 config_file: $config_file
 primary_hostname: $primary_hostname

diff --git a/test/stdout/0002 b/test/stdout/0002
index 00ac02a2e76cf95ee5ea4c1ce09caa6c9e48fcd5..6c195b2691f783bc7c99d8c63fcb1510e533cd45 100644 (file)
--- a/test/stdout/0002
+++ b/test/stdout/0002
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 > # Some fixed variables
 > 
 > exim_path: TESTSUITE/eximdir/exim
+> exim_version: x.yz
 > config_dir: TESTSUITE
 > config_file: TESTSUITE/test-config
 > primary_hostname: myhost.test.ex