From bb2b832c58f68931ff8e0e026e750097facb2bc3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Isaac Connor <isaac@zoneminder.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2021 12:59:17 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Allow overriding the version for packpack

---
 utils/packpack/startpackpack.sh | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/utils/packpack/startpackpack.sh b/utils/packpack/startpackpack.sh
index e2e8bccb3..7c60bc478 100755
--- a/utils/packpack/startpackpack.sh
+++ b/utils/packpack/startpackpack.sh
@@ -220,7 +220,9 @@ setdebpkgname () {
 
     # Set VERSION to {zm version}~{today's date}.{number of commits} e.g. 1.31.0~20170605.82
     # Set RELEASE to the packpack DIST variable e.g. Trusty
-    export VERSION="${versionfile}~${thedate}.${numcommits}"
+    if [ "" == "$VERSION" ]; then
+      export VERSION="${versionfile}~${thedate}.${numcommits}"
+    fi
     export RELEASE="${DIST}"
 
     checkvars