Re: setting $VERSION at runtime

2006-01-28 Thread NotFound
On 1/23/06, Brian Dessent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I've been using the following solution suggested by a friend to use a version number extracted from a source file: AC_MSG_CHECKING(for version number in $srcdir/version.cpp) VERSION_MAJOR=`grep 'version::Major' $srcdir/version.cpp | \

Re: setting $VERSION at runtime

2006-01-24 Thread Bruce Korb
Hi Brian/Ralf, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: If you're ultimately out to set the AC_INIT version argument, you may want to read this thread (completely!) http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.sysutils.autoconf.general/6129 esp. http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.sysutils.autoconf.general/6169 and then d

Re: setting $VERSION at runtime

2006-01-23 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
Hi Brian, * Brian Dessent wrote on Mon, Jan 23, 2006 at 11:34:09PM CET: > > We have an application where the version number (for the purposes of > creating a dist tarball) is determined by grepping for $Revision $ in > the toplevel ChangeLog. Because this is not a static value, it means we > can

Re: setting $VERSION at runtime

2006-01-23 Thread Daniel Reed
On Mon, 23 Jan 2006, Brian Dessent wrote: Is there any way of setting this value of VERSION for the "dist" rule at runtime? For posting development snapshots, I use: snapshottime = `date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M` snap: README echo "#define NAIM_SNAPSHOT \"-${snapshottime} (development snapshot)\

Re: setting $VERSION at runtime

2006-01-23 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
On Mon, 23 Jan 2006, Bruce Korb wrote: What is your goal? If your desire is to have a version that always "bumps" without having to think about it, you might want to consider thinking again. :) As you have noticed, by using ChangeLog you have to manually do something else. What it boils down

Re: setting $VERSION at runtime

2006-01-23 Thread Bruce Korb
Brian Dessent wrote: We have an application where the version number (for the purposes of creating a dist tarball) is determined by grepping for $Revision $ in the toplevel ChangeLog. Because this is not a static value, it means we can't just set VERSION when running automake, since a commit cou

setting $VERSION at runtime

2006-01-23 Thread Brian Dessent
We have an application where the version number (for the purposes of creating a dist tarball) is determined by grepping for $Revision $ in the toplevel ChangeLog. Because this is not a static value, it means we can't just set VERSION when running automake, since a commit could cause it to bump wi