jq 1.8.x

[volphy]

Current Amazon Linux 2023 release provides jq 1.7.1:
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/linux/al2023/release-notes/all-packages-AL2023.8.html

This jq release works very well but it has a pesky bug:

$ jq --version
jq-

This flag is useful in various CICD scenarios.

There are several open issues in GitHub e.g.,
jqlang/jq#3343

Anyway, in jq 1.8.x the above-mentioned issue is fixed (MacOS):
$ jq --version
jq-1.8.1

I know that jq 1.8.0 contains some backwards-incompatible changes:
https://github.com/jqlang/jq/releases/tag/jq-1.8.0

Is it possible that jq be upgraded to 1.8.x in Amazon Linux 2023?

[alexey-tsvetnov]

@volphy, if the main goal is to have correct version output, there is no need in updating it to another branch.

The patch that fixes the issue looks pretty straight forward: https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/jq/blob/rawhide/f/fix-version-output.patch
Fedora applies it to the 1.7.1 version, https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/jq/blob/rawhide/f/jq.spec#_28
and it looks correct:

$ docker run -it --rm fedora:42 bash -c 'dnf install -yq jq &>/dev/null && rpm -q jq; jq --version'
jq-1.7.1-11.fc42.x86_64
jq-1.7.1

I confirm that AL2023's jq package doesn't fix it (hopefully yet):

$ docker run -it --rm public.ecr.aws/amazonlinux/amazonlinux:2023 bash -c 'dnf install -yq jq &>/dev/null && rpm -q jq; jq --version'
jq-1.7.1-50.amzn2023.x86_64
jq-

I'll let the SIG owners know about the issue.

[volphy]

Will there be a jq 1.7.1 with the fix in the next released version of Amazon Linux 2023?

[xcawolfe-amzn]

@volphy @alexey-tsvetnov The fix has been accepted and will be out in a future release! The fix will be out with the current jq 1.7.1 version under the -51 release. Thanks!