distro FEATURE upstream RPM packaging
diff --git a/distro/scripts/upstream-version.sh b/distro/scripts/upstream-version.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+# get latest upstream libnetconf2 version from github
+
+RLS_URL=https://api.github.com/repos/CESNET/libnetconf2/releases
+VERSION=$(curl -s $RLS_URL | grep tag_name | cut -d '"' -f 4 | sort --version-sort | tail -n 1)
+VERSION=${VERSION#v}
+echo $VERSION