Re: config.status --version and regression testing

[Lars J. Aas]

On Tue, Apr 10, 2001 at 10:25:32AM -0700, Paul Eggert wrote:
: > > Anyways, I've tried a slightly changed format:
: > > 
: > >   $ ./config.status --version
: > >   GNU Autoconf config.status 2.49e
: > >   configured by ../autoconf/configure, generated by GNU Autoconf 2.49e,
: > >     for host "nfs.trh.sim.no", with options ""
: 
: Can you please omit the 'for host "nfs.trh.sim.no"' part of that
: output line, or at least provide a way to do so?  It makes regression
: testing difficult.

Sure, if there's consensus on it.  I included it since it was already part
of the version information given by config.status:

-$CONFIG_STATUS generated by $as_me (Autoconf AC_ACVERSION).
-Configured on host $ac_hostname by
-  `echo "[$]0 $ac_configure_args" | sed 's/[[\\""\`\$]]/\\\\&/g'`"
+AC_PACKAGE_NAME config.status AC_PACKAGE_VERSION
+configured by [$]0, generated by GNU Autoconf AC_ACVERSION,
+  for host \"$ac_hostname\", with options \"`echo "$ac_configure_args" | sed 
's/[[\\""\`\$]]/\\\\&/g'`\"

I figured it was there for a reason.

  Lars J