uhd: get the version string from the api

1 files changed, 22 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/host/lib/version.cpp.in b/host/lib/version.cpp.in
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index 000000000..f3a5afc45
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+++ b/host/lib/version.cpp.in
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+//
+// Copyright 2010 Ettus Research LLC
+//
+// This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+//
+
+#include <uhd/version.hpp>
+
+std::string uhd::get_version_string(void){
+    return "@CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION@";
+}