Re: Cleanup initialization of configure process (issue 549350043 by address@hidden)

[Carl Sorensen]

How about

AC_INIT([LilyPond],m4_esyscmd(echo `VERSION.AC'))

The documentation says it is permissible to use m4_esyscmd as part of the 
package information strings in AC_INIT.

Carl


On 1/8/20, 11:49 AM, "lilypond-devel on behalf of address@hidden" 
<lilypond-devel-bounces+c_sorensen=address@hidden on behalf of address@hidden> 
wrote:

    On 2020/01/08 18:03:36, dak wrote:
    
    > >
    > > But re-reading your question, you're maybe proposing to have a file
    that is
    > > included by Autoconf when generating configure? I think that's not
    possible
    > with
    > > the documented functionality of Autoconf because you can only do
    very few
    > things
    > > before calling AC_INIT. I've not come across something that can read
    a file in
    > > that situation.
    
    > Shouldn't
    
    > AC_INIT([LilyPond], include(`VERSION.AC'),
    mailto:[address@hidden],
    > [lilypond], [http://lilypond.org/])
    
    > work?
    
    Hm, doesn't work.  Looks like I need to look more closely at what
    autoconf does.
    
    https://codereview.appspot.com/549350043/