I was trying to learn how to use GNU global with emacs and was surprised that M-x semanticdb-enable-gnu-global-databases gave an error that it can't find the version number of GNU Global. Turns out the problem is that --version no longer identifies the program as *GNU* global. It simply says "global (Global) 6.6.10".
The solution is to change line 66 of libutil/version.c so that it uses PACKAGE_NAME instead of sysname.
66 fprintf(stdout, "%s (%s) %s\n", name, PACKAGE_NAME, VERSION);
After using PACKAGE_NAME, it works correctly:
$ ./global/global --version
global (GNU GLOBAL) 6.6.10
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Thanks!
--b9