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Re: RFE: allow for computed version number
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Bruno Haible |
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Re: RFE: allow for computed version number |
Date: |
Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:29:37 +0200 |
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Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> > > AM_INIT_VERSION([$$version], [version=`sh $(top_srcdir)/gen-version`])
>
> Here's a slightly different idea. The basic unit of granularity in
> makefiles is a target, or a file. The problem we're facing is that the
> version is clumped together with all other information inside
> config.status, config.h, Makefile files. So let's separate it by
> declaring a special file that contains the version (whether that be
> .version or another name), say, by some AM_VERSION_FILE macro.
That's a good working hypothesis. If you can add something like this to
automake, it would solve ca. 2/3 of the problem.
Later on we can see how to accommodate the remaining use-case of a
lazily computed version.
Bruno
- Re: RFE: allow for computed version number, Ralf Wildenhues, 2009/06/02
- Re: RFE: allow for computed version number, Ralf Wildenhues, 2009/06/04
- Re: RFE: allow for computed version number, Peter Johansson, 2009/06/04
- Re: RFE: allow for computed version number, Bob Friesenhahn, 2009/06/04
- Re: RFE: allow for computed version number, Peter Johansson, 2009/06/05
- Re: RFE: allow for computed version number, Bob Friesenhahn, 2009/06/05
- Re: RFE: allow for computed version number, Ralf Wildenhues, 2009/06/05
- Re: RFE: allow for computed version number, Bob Friesenhahn, 2009/06/05
- Re: RFE: allow for computed version number, William Pursell, 2009/06/05
- Re: RFE: allow for computed version number, Bob Friesenhahn, 2009/06/05
Re: RFE: allow for computed version number,
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Re: RFE: allow for computed version number, Bruno Haible, 2009/06/11