Not exactly. It is used[1] by the packaging script... just sourced to get some environment variables.
[1] https://github.com/alonbl/openvpn-build/blob/master/windows-nsis/build#L55 2012/3/8 Samuli Seppänen <sam...@openvpn.net>: > Is this meant to allow using these variables[1] in the NSIS script(s)? > > -- > Samuli Seppänen > Community Manager > OpenVPN Technologies, Inc > > irc freenode net: mattock > > [1] > > OPENVPN_PACKAGE_NAME="@PACKAGE_NAME@" > OPENVPN_PACKAGE_TARNAME="@PACKAGE_TARNAME@" > OPENVPN_PACKAGE_VERSION="@PACKAGE_VERSION@" > OPENVPN_PACKAGE_HOST="@host@" > > >> Signed-off-by: Alon Bar-Lev <alon.bar...@gmail.com> >> --- >> .gitignore | 1 + >> Makefile.am | 5 +++++ >> configure.ac | 1 + >> version.sh.in | 4 ++++ >> 4 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) >> create mode 100644 version.sh.in >> >> diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore >> index e7232cf..2f72ed8 100644 >> --- a/.gitignore >> +++ b/.gitignore >> @@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ m4/ltsugar.m4 >> m4/ltversion.m4 >> m4/lt~obsolete.m4 >> >> +version.sh >> msvc-env-local.bat >> config-msvc-local.h >> config-msvc-version.h >> diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am >> index 5293518..68aa0a8 100644 >> --- a/Makefile.am >> +++ b/Makefile.am >> @@ -69,3 +69,8 @@ endif >> dist_noinst_HEADERS = \ >> config-msvc.h \ >> config-msvc-version.h.in >> + >> +if WIN32 >> +rootdir=$(prefix) >> +root_DATA = version.sh >> +endif >> diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac >> index d53a74a..0f2a62e 100644 >> --- a/configure.ac >> +++ b/configure.ac >> @@ -904,6 +904,7 @@ AC_SUBST([OPTIONAL_PKCS11_HELPER_LIBS]) >> AM_CONDITIONAL([WIN32], [test "${WIN32}" = "yes"]) >> >> AC_CONFIG_FILES([ >> + version.sh >> Makefile >> build/Makefile >> build/msvc/Makefile >> diff --git a/version.sh.in b/version.sh.in >> new file mode 100644 >> index 0000000..2af5a36 >> --- /dev/null >> +++ b/version.sh.in >> @@ -0,0 +1,4 @@ >> +OPENVPN_PACKAGE_NAME="@PACKAGE_NAME@" >> +OPENVPN_PACKAGE_TARNAME="@PACKAGE_TARNAME@" >> +OPENVPN_PACKAGE_VERSION="@PACKAGE_VERSION@" >> +OPENVPN_PACKAGE_HOST="@host@" > >