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Re: specify AC_INIT version externally
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Ralf Wildenhues |
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Re: specify AC_INIT version externally |
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Thu, 7 Jan 2010 21:07:41 +0100 |
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Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-10-28) |
* Carsten Heinrici wrote on Thu, Jan 07, 2010 at 09:00:06PM CET:
> why not including just another m4 file which defines the version number?
> example:
That is a possibility.
> ./version.m4
> m4_define([VERSION_NUMBER],[1.2.3])
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> ./package/configure.ac
> m4_include([../version.m4])
> AC_INIT([package],VERSION_NUMBER)
FWIW, it is a bit safer wrt. m4 quoting to use something like
AC_INIT([package], m4_defn([VERSION_NUMBER])
(unfortunately, normal quoting won't work here).
Cheers,
Ralf