FIXED: Autoconf, snapshot builds, git-version-gen, and groff's version number

At 2022-05-28T13:15:31-0500, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > I'll have to try Ralph's suggestion regarding git-version-gen's > --fallback option; I had already made one attempt, but maybe I > misunderstood or misused it. No, I found a bug in the git-version-gen script. It needs the following patch.

git-version-gen not working with Savannah/cgit snapshots

[please keep the groff list in CCs so its developers can see responses] Hello gnulib team, I'm trying to get groff shipshape for a release candidate and have been trying many different build scenarios. One issue that I noticed, as did others long before me[3], is that the snapshot archives that

Re: git-version-gen not working with Savannah/cgit snapshots

Hi Branden, > -elif test "x$fallback" = x || git --version >/dev/null 2>&1; then > +elif test "x$fallback" = x && ! git --version >/dev/null 2>&1; then > v=UNKNOWN > else > v=$fallback I don't think that's a bug. The --fallback option is documented like this: --fallback VERSION

Re: git-version-gen not working with Savannah/cgit snapshots

Hi Bruno, Thank you for the quick response! At 2022-06-04T00:38:23+0200, Bruno Haible wrote: > Hi Branden, > > > -elif test "x$fallback" = x || git --version >/dev/null 2>&1; then > > +elif test "x$fallback" = x && ! git --version >/dev/null 2>&1; then > > v=UNKNOWN > > else > > v=$fa