allow overriding VERSION value in Makefile

this allows using a custom version string while building runc
without modifying the VERSION file

Signed-off-by: Akhil Mohan <akhilerm@gmail.com>
(cherry picked from commit 9d9273c)
Signed-off-by: Akhil Mohan <akhilerm@gmail.com>

Makefile

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ PROJECT := github.com/opencontainers/runc
 BUILDTAGS ?= seccomp
 
 COMMIT ?= $(shell git describe --dirty --long --always)
-VERSION := $(shell cat ./VERSION)
+VERSION ?= $(shell cat ./VERSION)
 LDFLAGS_COMMON := -X main.gitCommit=$(COMMIT) -X main.version=$(VERSION)
 
 GOARCH := $(shell $(GO) env GOARCH)