On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 3:28 PM, John Calcote <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Jim, > > > Don't use make to do this - just use autoconf, and let your configure > script deal with it: > > configure.ac > ------------ > AC_INIT(...) > ... > svnrev=`svnversion .` > AC_SUBST(svnrev) > ... > AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile ... poll.spec) > AC_OUTPUT > ------------ > > Now create a file called poll.spec.in that contains an exact copy of your > existing poll.spec, but add the autoconf substitution variable, @svnrev@ > where it make sense. > > In a Makefile.am in the directory containing your poll.spec file, add > > EXTRA_DIST = ... poll.spec > > I use this trick all the time and it works great! In fact, I generate most > of my rpm and debian build scripts this way. > > Regards, > John > > Hi John, Thanks, but the problem with this solution is that I would have to rerun the .configure step each time. Forgetting to do that is as as easy as forgetting to edit the spec file. Jim.
