Re: RFE: allow for computed version number

[Peter Johansson]

Hi Ralf,

Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> You could then experiment with suitable rules to keep the file up to
> date, depending on the VCS.  VCS hooks could ensure to update (or
> remove, or otherwise outdate) the file.  All rules that need the version
> can just depend upon the file, and read from it afterwards, that nicely
> avoids any duplicate work.  The file should conceptually live in the
> source tree as it is a source property not a build one (though newline
> encoding may make this a bit ugly for cross-platform mounts).
> Maintainer mode could even be used to avoid updates to this file.
>
> What do you think of this approach?
>
>   
I think that is an excellent direction and it is fairly easy to 
propagate that information into a `version.c' or similar file. However, 
I wonder if it's possible, using this approach, to also override 
$(VERSION) (or dirstdir) in the Makefile?

Thanks,
Peter

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