I am now able to answer my own question. The new form of
AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE adds this unwanted stuff if one does not pass
no-define as another option:
"By default this macro AC_DEFINEʼs PACKAGE and VERSION. This can be
avoided by passing the no-define option (see List of Automake
options)"
I am not sure what the value of adding another redundant definition is
but it seems that is what Automake decided to do.
The problem is that I have a subordinate package which also uses
VERSION but the definition is not the same.
Bob
On Tue, 5 Jan 2021, Bob Friesenhahn wrote:
I am *still* working to update GraphicsMagick to support the 5-part AC_INIT
plus new-style AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE. I am using Autoconf 2.69 and Automake
1.16.3.
Something which is very much unwanted is now the generated config.h has added
these
/* Name of package */
#define PACKAGE "GraphicsMagick"
/* Version number of package */
#define VERSION "1.4.020210102"
These definitions are unexpected.
What produces these definitions and how can I get rid of them?
Bob
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