build: get version from /etc/openwrt_release if applicable

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/build/mkversion.sh b/build/mkversion.sh
index 2361e5f3b9..ce6eb83667 100755
--- a/build/mkversion.sh
+++ b/build/mkversion.sh
@@ -11,10 +11,17 @@ else
 fi
 
 cat <<EOF > $1
+local pcall, dofile, _G = pcall, dofile, _G
+
 module "luci.version"
 
-distname    = "${2:-OpenWrt}"
-distversion = "${3:-Development Snapshot}"
+if pcall(dofile, "/etc/openwrt_release") and _G.DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION then
+	distname    = ""
+	distversion = _G.DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION
+else
+	distname    = "${2:-OpenWrt}"
+	distversion = "${3:-Development Snapshot}"
+end
 
 luciname    = "$variant"
 luciversion = "${5:-svn}"