Re: AC_INIT receiving PACKAGE_VERSION from outside

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> * Bruno Haible <oehab@xxxxxxxxx> [2005-03-11 17:31:51 +0100]:
>
> Sam Steingold wrote:
>> > But this one works:
>> >
>> >   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@.
look at clisp/src/configure.

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