Re: [PATCH] configure: print proper message for test releases

[Stefano Lattarini]

On 12/10/2011 06:51 PM, Stefano Lattarini wrote:
> Another minor maintenance patch to be applied after the 1.11.2 release.
> 
I've rebased the patch on latest maint, squashed in the fixlet below
(suggested by a more careful reading of HACKING), and pushed to maint.

The updated patch attached, for reference.

Regards,
  Stefano

-*-*-

  diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
  index 47a6dfd..d268855 100644
  --- a/configure.ac
  +++ b/configure.ac
  @@ -221,12 +221,16 @@ AC_OUTPUT

   # Inform the user if this version of automake is a beta release or
   # a development snapshot.
  +# According to HACKING, the version of a development snapshot should
  +# end with an "odd" letter (a, c, ...), the version of a test release
  +# should end wit an "even" letter (b, d, ...).

  -am_version_rx='[[1-9]\.[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?]'
  +am_stable_version_rx='[[1-9]\.[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?]'
  +am_beta_version_rx="[$am_stable_version_rx[bdfhjlnprtvxz]]"

   am_release_type=`AS_ECHO(["$PACKAGE_VERSION"]) | LC_ALL=C awk ["
  -  /^$am_version_rx[a-z]$/ { print \"beta version\"; exit(0); }
  -  /^$am_version_rx$/ { print \"stable\"; exit(0); }
  +  /^$am_stable_version_rx$/ { print \"stable\"; exit(0); }
  +  /^$am_beta_version_rx$/ { print \"beta version\"; exit(0); }
     { print \"development snapshot\"; }"]`

   test "$am_release_type" = stable || cat <<EOF

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