Re: [PATCH] gnumach: configure: add --with-version-suffix=STRING

[Thomas Schwinge]

Hi!

On Wed, 3 Oct 2012 17:50:38 +0200, Pino Toscano <toscano.pino@tiscali.it> wrote:
> Alle martedì 2 ottobre 2012, Thomas Schwinge ha scritto:
> > On Mon, 1 Oct 2012 19:59:35 +0200, Pino Toscano 
> <toscano.pino@tiscali.it> wrote:
> > > Alle giovedì 27 settembre 2012, Thomas Schwinge ha scritto:
> > > >       --with-pkgversion=PKG   Use PKG in the version string in
> > > >       place
> > > > 
> > > > of "GCC"
> > > > 
> > > > Without setting that:
> > > >     i686-pc-gnu-gcc (GCC) 4.7.0 20110905 (experimental)
> > > > 
> > > > With setting it:
> > > >     gcc (Debian 4.7.1-7) 4.7.1
> > > > 
> > > > (Search for case-insensitive pkgversion in config/acx.m4,
> > > > gcc/Makefile.in, gcc/toplev.c, gcc/version.c.)  Would that seem
> > > > reasonable for GNU Mach, too?

> I see, so you are suggesting to modify the default version string to be 
> something like:
> | gnumach (GNU Mach) 1.3.99
> with --with-pkgversion affecting the part in brackets, so
> --with-pkgversion="My own, #1" would produce
> | gnumach (My own, #1) 1.3.99

Yes.  But if you don't think that's worth it/don't feel like working on
that, please just commit your previous patch.

> ? If so, then what should be the prefix and the default pkgversion to 
> use?

I think what you suggested about looks fine.


Grüße,
 Thomas

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