Jim Meyering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Simon Josefsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Jim Meyering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >>> For example, now when I run "make dist", rather than getting the always >>> identically-named coreutils-6.9+.tar.gz, I get tarballs with more >>> meaningful names: >>> >>> coreutils-6.9.220.gdd469.tar.gz >>> coreutils-6.9.223.g624d1.tar.gz >> >> Neat! I'd like this in gnulib, so I can use it in my projects to make >> automatic releases during development cycles. I've been thinking of how >> to achieve that for some time, but this seems to be a good solution. >> >> I'd prefer to avoid any non-numeric symbols though, doesn't autoconf >> gnits mode complain? > > Yes. From coreutils' ChangeLog, back in Feb: > > Remove the "gnits" option; it prohibits my using "+" as a version > string suffix, and all it does (beyond the default "gnu" option) > is to _require_ the THANKS file. > * configure.ac (AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE): Remove it.
I've run into this when working on experimental branches with special version naming too... I've dropped the gnits mode from all of my projects now. /Simon
