From 24c35d7954b4ed6bee8f4cb865913f63107292b2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Storm Dragon <stormdragon2976@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2026 15:08:19 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Add ability to report version to cthulhu.

---
 README.md                                          | 7 +++++++
 distro-packages/ArchLinux/wine-access-git/PKGBUILD | 2 +-
 main.cpp                                           | 5 +++++
 3 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a613c82..81f25a6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -151,6 +151,13 @@ does not ignore; a source archive without `.git` reports revision `unavailable`.
 It identifies the helper sidecar being executed, rather than a separate
 installed version file or the installed package database.
 
+The sidecar also embeds the release as a NUL-terminated `YYYY.MM.DD` string
+in the ELF section `.wine_access.version`. Readers can inspect that section
+without executing the helper or initializing Wine. Updated Cthulhu builds
+append `wine-access YYYY.MM.DD` to command-line and spoken version reports
+when the selected installed helper provides this metadata. This identifies
+the files on disk; a helper already running can still use an older build.
+
 Query an installed executable directly, for example:
 
 ```sh
diff --git a/distro-packages/ArchLinux/wine-access-git/PKGBUILD b/distro-packages/ArchLinux/wine-access-git/PKGBUILD
index 7c2d6d7..89f2575 100644
--- a/distro-packages/ArchLinux/wine-access-git/PKGBUILD
+++ b/distro-packages/ArchLinux/wine-access-git/PKGBUILD
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Maintainer: Storm Dragon <storm_dragon@stormux.org>
 pkgname=wine-access-git
-pkgver=r60.gde31e5b
+pkgver=r61.g17052c5
 pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc='Wine accessibility helper with MSAA, NVDA Controller, and Tolk compatibility for screen readers'
 arch=('x86_64')
diff --git a/main.cpp b/main.cpp
index 44d8f70..c2b0b1d 100644
--- a/main.cpp
+++ b/main.cpp
@@ -35,6 +35,11 @@
 #include <string>
 
 namespace {
+// Read directly by readers without starting Wine or initializing a prefix.
+// Keep this in the sidecar so it identifies the installed executable itself.
+__attribute__((used, section(".wine_access.version")))
+const char installedVersion[] = WINE_ACCESS_VERSION;
+
 ReaderEndpoint readerEndpoint = CthulhuEndpoint;
 constexpr int DBUS_TIMEOUT_MS = 500;
 GDBusConnection *connection = nullptr;