Alexandre Duret-Lutz wrote: > AC_INIT([foobar], m4_normalize(m4_include([version]))) > > And write down your version string in the `version' file. Ah, thanks for the great trick! > (m4_normalize strips extra spaces and new lines.) The call to m4_normalize appears to be needed, since usually a file or an esyscmd output ends in a newline. But it is not documented. Could in be documented in the autoconf manual? > 2) you don't break `autoconf --trace AC_INIT' so any build tool can > retrieve your version without knowing where it is stored. ... assuming these build tools are run from the same directory. If a tool is run from a subdirectory, it needs to m4_include([../version]) instead. > Beware that sourced shell scripts add hidden dependency to > ./config.status. Yes, we add a dependency from version.sh to config.status. > Almost no configure.ac I have seen sourcing a version script do define > CONFIG_STATUS_DEPENDENCIES as they should. Thanks for the tip. I missed that too :-) Bruno _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf
