Re: Dynamic package version numbers with Autoconf and Automake (was: Re: Automake 1.12.0b test release)

2012-08-15 Thread Roger Leigh
On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 06:57:02PM -0500, Bob Friesenhahn wrote: > AC_INIT(m4_esyscmd([scripts/pkginfo.sh package_name]), > m4_esyscmd([scripts/pkginfo.sh package_version]), > m4_esyscmd([scripts/pkginfo.sh package_bugreport])) > > Unfortunately, the values passed to AC_INIT are ca

Re: Dynamic package version numbers with Autoconf and Automake

2012-08-15 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
On Wed, 15 Aug 2012, Miles Bader wrote: (3) The final version info is updated (using VCS info and/or autoconf version info) at make time using a script, and when it changes, only causes a source file (e.g., version.c) to change. This means that although some things are rebuilt after a

Re: Dynamic package version numbers with Autoconf and Automake

2012-08-15 Thread Robert Boehne
On 08/15/12 08:45, Bob Friesenhahn wrote: On Wed, 15 Aug 2012, Miles Bader wrote: (3) The final version info is updated (using VCS info and/or autoconf version info) at make time using a script, and when it changes, only causes a source file (e.g., version.c) to change. This means tha