From c0fcb67c3126d6327d35a9196c1cf25d1f0e11ab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Steffen Nurpmeso <steffen@sdaoden.eu>
Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2017 22:10:02 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Introduce *version-hexnum*

---
 gen-version.h  |  1 +
 make-config.in |  3 +++
 nail.1         | 15 ++++++++++-----
 nail.h         |  7 ++++---
 4 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gen-version.h b/gen-version.h
index 03808d07..c996b625 100644
--- a/gen-version.h
+++ b/gen-version.h
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@
 #define n_VERSION_MAJOR "14"
 #define n_VERSION_MINOR "9"
 #define n_VERSION_UPDATE "5"
+#define n_VERSION_HEXNUM "0x0E009005"
diff --git a/make-config.in b/make-config.in
index e39143eb..1bb0f546 100644
--- a/make-config.in
+++ b/make-config.in
@@ -287,6 +287,9 @@ _update-version:
 	printf >> ./version.tmp "#define n_VERSION_MAJOR \"$${vmaj}\"\n";\
 	printf >> ./version.tmp "#define n_VERSION_MINOR \"$${vmin}\"\n";\
 	printf >> ./version.tmp "#define n_VERSION_UPDATE \"$${vupd}\"\n";\
+	printf >> ./version.tmp \
+		"#define n_VERSION_HEXNUM \"0x%02X%03X%03X\"\n" \
+		"$${vmaj}" "$${vmin}" "$${vupd}";\
 	$(cmp) ./version.tmp ./gen-version.h >/dev/null 2>&1 && exit;\
 	$(mv) ./version.tmp ./gen-version.h;\
 	trap : 0 1 2 15
diff --git a/nail.1 b/nail.1
index bc04b2f7..172a71de 100644
--- a/nail.1
+++ b/nail.1
@@ -11998,11 +11998,16 @@ is sufficient to disable verbosity as such.
 .Mx
 .Mx
 .Mx
-.It Va version , version-date , version-major , version-minor , version-update
-\*(RO \*(UA version information: the first variable contains a string
-containing the complete version identification, the latter three contain
-only digits: the major, minor and update version numbers.
-The date is in ISO 8601 notation.
+.It Va version , version-date , \
+  version-hexnum , version-major , version-minor , version-update
+\*(RO \*(UA version information: the first variable is a string with
+the complete version identification, the second the release date in ISO
+8601 notation without time.
+The third is a 32-bit hexadecimal number with the upper 8 bits storing
+the major, followed by the minor and update version numbers which occupy
+12 bits each.
+The latter three variables contain only decimal digits: the major, minor
+and update version numbers.
 The output of the command
 .Ic version
 will include this information.
diff --git a/nail.h b/nail.h
index 6221bee2..1022c899 100644
--- a/nail.h
+++ b/nail.h
@@ -1796,9 +1796,10 @@ ok_v_ssl_protocol,                  /* {chain=1} */
    ok_b_verbose,                       /* {vip=1} */
    ok_v_version,                       /* {virt=n_VERSION} */
    ok_v_version_date,                  /* {virt=n_VERSION_DATE} */
-   ok_v_version_major,                 /* {virt=n_VERSION_MAJOR} */
-   ok_v_version_minor,                 /* {virt=n_VERSION_MINOR} */
-   ok_v_version_update,                /* {virt=n_VERSION_UPDATE} */
+   ok_v_version_hexnum,                /* {virt=n_VERSION_HEXNUM,posnum=1} */
+   ok_v_version_major,                 /* {virt=n_VERSION_MAJOR,posnum=1} */
+   ok_v_version_minor,                 /* {virt=n_VERSION_MINOR,posnum=1} */
+   ok_v_version_update,                /* {virt=n_VERSION_UPDATE,posnum=1} */
 
    ok_b_writebackedited
 
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