Hi, On Sat, 2008-11-08 at 21:42 +0100, Mark Wielaard wrote: > The langtools now use a new ant based build Makefile. This new build > does not obey the setting of MILESTONE to the magic string "fcs" like > the rest of the build to get version strings without an -internal build > string marker. > > We use this feature in IcedTea to make sure the version strings of all > the tools are correct in releases (we additionally have some tweaks so > the version string can embed the hg tip node number and/or a distro > specific indicator). > > Attached is a patch that fixes up the ant build Makefile to do the same > as the original Makefile-classic with respect to the release string when > MILESTONE is set to "fcs".
So, is this patch useful? And if so anything I can do to help make it go in sooner? Or should we just keep this divergence in IcedTea? Thanks, Mark
