<profile> <id>update-distroVersion</id> <activation> <property> <name>!distroVersion</name> </property> </activation> <build> <plugins> <plugin> <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId> <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId> <executions> <execution> <id>echo-distroVersion-to-file</id> <phase>generate-resources</phase> <goals> <goal>exec</goal> </goals> <configuration> <executable>sh</executable> <arguments> <argument>-c</argument> <argument> (echo -n "distroVersion="; grep -o -e [1-9] /etc/issue | head -n 1) > ${distroVersionFile} </argument> </arguments> </configuration> </execution> </executions> </plugin> <plugin> <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId> <artifactId>properties-maven-plugin</artifactId> <executions> <execution> <id>read-distroVersion-property</id> <phase>process-resources</phase> <goals> <goal>read-project-properties</goal> </goals> <configuration> <files> <file>${distroVersionFile}</file> </files> </configuration> </execution> </executions> </plugin> </plugins> </build> </profile>