Sam Steingold wrote: > >> > AC_INIT > >> > AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(foo.c) > >> > . $srcdir/version.sh > >> > AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(my package, $VERSION_NUMBER) > >> > >> Are you _sure_ it works? > >> ... > >> Specifically, the code above will result in empty PACKAGE_* variables. > > > > Yes, the PACKAGE_* variables are empty afterwards. If you need them, you > > have to assign them explicitly: > > PACKAGE_NAME='my package' > > PACKAGE_VERSION=$VERSION_NUMBER > > etc. > > no, this does _not_ work. > all the substitution code is done when AC_INIT is over. > nothing you can do in configure.ac after AC_INIT can change what > configure will substitute for @PACKAGE_VERSION@. Huh? Works for me. When I use this in a configure.ac . $srcdir/../version.sh AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(gettext-runtime, $VERSION_NUMBER) PACKAGE_NAME=gettext-runtime PACKAGE_TARNAME=gettext-runtime-$VERSION_NUMBER PACKAGE_VERSION=$VERSION_NUMBER PACKAGE_STRING="GNU gettext-runtime $VERSION_NUMBER" PACKAGE_BUGREPORT="bug-gnu-gettext@xxxxxxx" I get this in config.status: s,@PACKAGE_NAME@,gettext-runtime,;t t s,@PACKAGE_TARNAME@,gettext-runtime-0.14.3,;t t s,@PACKAGE_VERSION@,0.14.3,;t t s,@PACKAGE_STRING@,GNU gettext-runtime 0.14.3,;t t s,@PACKAGE_BUGREPORT@,bug-gnu-gettext@xxxxxxx,;t t So the substitution of @PACKAGE_VERSION@ works. The only thing that doesn't work is the C macros PACKAGE_NAME etc. in config.h (they all get defined to empty strings), but you can easily work around it by using this in Makefile.am: AM_CPPFLAGS = -DMY_PACKAGE_NAME=\"@PACKAGE_NAME@\" ... Bruno _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf