Re: Cleanup initialization of configure process (issue 549350043 by address@hidden)

[dak]

On 2020/01/08 17:48:36, hahnjo wrote:
> On 2020/01/08 16:43:24, dak wrote:
> > mailto:address@hidden writes:
> >
> > > Reviewers: dak,
> > >
> > > Message:
> > > On 2020/01/08 16:18:25, dak wrote:
> > >>
https://codereview.appspot.com/549350043/diff/581410043/configure.ac
> > >> File configure.ac (right):
> > >
> > >
> > >

https://codereview.appspot.com/549350043/diff/581410043/configure.ac#newcode7
> > >> configure.ac:7: AC_INIT([LilyPond], [2.21.0],
> mailto:[address@hidden],
> > >> [lilypond], [http://lilypond.org/])
> > >> Hardwiring the version number in this manner is a real
maintenance drag.
> > >> Couldn't autogen.sh create a VERSION.AC file (or something like
it)
> > containing
> > >> only the version number that is just included here?
> > >
> > > I agree that it's essentially duplicated, but it's not that we
bump the
> > > version every day. To make sure there's no divergence, I added a
check
> > > that the one provided in AC_INIT and in VERSION are the same.
> > >
> > > Ideally, I'd like to get rid of the VERSION completely, but
apparently
> > > you can build the website without configure'ing the project. I
wasn't
> > > sure if that is still used, so I went for this solution.
> >
> > That doesn't answer my question, does it?

> Maybe I mis-understood your suggestion: I thought you're asking if
configure can
> create a file that can be used in place of the current version.

I have not written a word about "configure" in my question.  I asked
about autogen.sh .

> That doesn't
> work because "make website" can be called without configure'ing (not
sure if
> that is used, it's certainly different from how other projects using
the GNU
> build system works)

> But re-reading your question, you're maybe proposing to have a file
that is
> included by Autoconf when generating configure? I think that's not
possible with
> the documented functionality of Autoconf because you can only do very
few things
> before calling AC_INIT. I've not come across something that can read a
file in
> that situation.

Shouldn't

AC_INIT([LilyPond], include(`VERSION.AC'),
mailto:[address@hidden], [lilypond], [http://lilypond.org/])

work?

https://codereview.appspot.com/549350043/