Re: makeinfo --version

[Patrice Dumas]

On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 03:47:21PM -0800, Karl Berry wrote:
> 
> Yes, I remember that too.  I didn't really care then, but now the 0.01
> is causing a practical problem.  Is there some reason I'm missing why
> 0.01 is actively *preferable* to 4.99/5.0?
> 
> My thought is simply to change
> $VERSION = '0.01';
> to
> $VERSION = '4.99';
> in *.pm.  Or 5.0 if you prefer, whatever.
> 
> This eliminates the (very real) problem with redhat configure, while not
> requiring Yet Another generated version of texi2any.  It's just a
> number, so Why not choose a number that eliminates the hassle?

Ok, I'll do that change.

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Pat