Re: setting $VERSION at runtime

[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't just set VERSION when running automake, since a commit could cause
> it to bump without regenerating any Makefiles or such.

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 decide for yourself whether that's what you need.

Cheers,
Ralf