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Re: [Elrond] Bug#281364: autoconf: configure doesn't show version for --
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Paul Eggert |
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Re: [Elrond] Bug#281364: autoconf: configure doesn't show version for --version |
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Tue, 16 Nov 2004 09:58:07 -0800 |
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Ben Pfaff <address@hidden> writes:
> When the old style of AC_INIT is used (with a single argument
> that indicates a file to check for) recent Autoconf omits
> Autoconf version info from the generated configure's --version
> output. Using the modern style of AC_INIT fixes the problem.
As you mentioned, this bug is low priority. If someone would take the
time to write a good patch that'd be nice, but in the mean time the
simplest solution is to use the modern style of AC_INIT.