refactor core version pkg imports out of json interpolation/decode pathway.

common/packer_config.go

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ package common
 type PackerConfig struct {
 	PackerBuildName     string            `mapstructure:"packer_build_name"`
 	PackerBuilderType   string            `mapstructure:"packer_builder_type"`
-	PackerCoreVersion   bool              `mapstructure:"packer_core_version"`
+	PackerCoreVersion   string            `mapstructure:"packer_core_version"`
 	PackerDebug         bool              `mapstructure:"packer_debug"`
 	PackerForce         bool              `mapstructure:"packer_force"`
 	PackerOnError       string            `mapstructure:"packer_on_error"`

helper/config/decode.go

@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ func Decode(target interface{}, config *DecodeOpts, raws ...interface{}) error {
 		} else {
 			config.InterpolateContext.BuildName = ctx.BuildName
 			config.InterpolateContext.BuildType = ctx.BuildType
+			config.InterpolateContext.CorePackerVersionString = ctx.CorePackerVersionString
 			config.InterpolateContext.TemplatePath = ctx.TemplatePath
 			config.InterpolateContext.UserVariables = ctx.UserVariables
 			if config.InterpolateContext.Data == nil {
@@ -261,6 +262,7 @@ func DetectContext(raws ...interface{}) (*interpolate.Context, error) {
 	var s struct {
 		BuildName               string            `mapstructure:"packer_build_name"`
 		BuildType               string            `mapstructure:"packer_builder_type"`
+		CorePackerVersionString string            `mapstructure:"packer_core_version"`
 		TemplatePath            string            `mapstructure:"packer_template_path"`
 		Vars                    map[string]string `mapstructure:"packer_user_variables"`
 		SensitiveVars           []string          `mapstructure:"packer_sensitive_variables"`
@@ -276,6 +278,7 @@ func DetectContext(raws ...interface{}) (*interpolate.Context, error) {
 	return &interpolate.Context{
 		BuildName:               s.BuildName,
 		BuildType:               s.BuildType,
+		CorePackerVersionString: s.CorePackerVersionString,
 		TemplatePath:            s.TemplatePath,
 		UserVariables:           s.Vars,
 		SensitiveVariables:      s.SensitiveVars,

packer/build.go

@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ func (b *CoreBuild) Prepare() (warn []string, err error) {
 	packerConfig := map[string]interface{}{
 		BuildNameConfigKey:     b.Type,
 		BuilderTypeConfigKey:   b.BuilderType,
-		CoreVersionConfigKey:   version.Version,
+		CoreVersionConfigKey:   version.FormattedVersion(),
 		DebugConfigKey:         b.debug,
 		ForceConfigKey:         b.force,
 		OnErrorConfigKey:       b.onError,

template/interpolate/funcs.go

@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/hashicorp/packer/common/packerbuilderdata"
 	commontpl "github.com/hashicorp/packer/common/template"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/packer/common/uuid"
-	"github.com/hashicorp/packer/version"
 	strftime "github.com/jehiah/go-strftime"
 )
 
@@ -242,8 +241,12 @@ func funcGenUuid(ctx *Context) interface{} {
 }
 
 func funcGenPackerVersion(ctx *Context) interface{} {
-	return func() string {
+	return func() (string, error) {
-		return version.FormattedVersion()
+		if ctx == nil || ctx.CorePackerVersionString == "" {
+			return "", errors.New("packer_version not available")
+		}
+
+		return ctx.CorePackerVersionString, nil
 	}
 }
 

template/interpolate/i.go

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ type Context struct {
 	// rendered within.
 	BuildName               string
 	BuildType               string
+	CorePackerVersionString string
 	TemplatePath            string
 }