On Sun, Apr 16, 2006 at 12:58:08PM +0200, Alexandre Duret-Lutz wrote: > I'm leery of assuming that Autoconf's version will always be at > this spot in the output of --version. Sometimes people customize their > copy and tweak --version to reflect so: > > % gcc --version > gcc (GCC) 4.0.3 (Debian 4.0.3-1) > Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc. > This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO > warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. > > This sounds legitimate for me. --version really is a human > thing in my opinion. With respect to `--version' output, GNU Coding Standards state, `The first line is meant to be easy for a program to parse; the version number proper starts after the last space.' Customizing `gcc --version' in this way certainly is common, but it does violate the Coding Standards. _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf
