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Diffstat (limited to 'm4/init-package-version.m4')
| -rw-r--r-- | m4/init-package-version.m4 | 34 |
1 files changed, 30 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/m4/init-package-version.m4 b/m4/init-package-version.m4 index f131a84..823afc6 100644 --- a/m4/init-package-version.m4 +++ b/m4/init-package-version.m4 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -# init-package-version.m4 serial 1 (gettext-0.18) -dnl Copyright (C) 1992-2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +# init-package-version.m4 serial 3 +dnl Copyright (C) 1992-2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc. dnl This file is free software, distributed under the terms of the GNU dnl General Public License. As a special exception to the GNU General dnl Public License, this file may be distributed as part of a program @@ -61,6 +61,28 @@ dnl the same distribution terms as the rest of that program. # . $srcdir/../version.sh # gl_INIT_PACKAGE(PACKAGE, $VERSION_NUMBER) # AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([OPTIONS]) +# +# and after changing version.sh, the developer can directly configure and build: +# +# make distclean +# ./configure +# make +# +# Some other packages use another approach: +# +# AC_INIT(PACKAGE, +# m4_normalize(m4_esyscmd([. ./version.sh; echo $VERSION_NUMBER]))) +# AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(WITNESS) +# AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([OPTIONS]) +# +# but here, after changing version.sh, the developer must first regenerate the +# configure file: +# +# make distclean +# ./autogen.sh --skip-gnulib +# ./configure +# make +# # gl_INIT_PACKAGE(PACKAGE-NAME, VERSION) # -------------------------------------- @@ -77,7 +99,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([gl_INIT_PACKAGE], m4_bpatsubst(m4_dquote( m4_defn([AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE])), [AC_PACKAGE_NAME], [gl_INIT_DUMMY])), - [AC_PACKAGE_TARNAME], [gl_INIT_DUMMY])), + [AC_PACKAGE_TARNAME], [gl_INIT_EMPTY])), [AC_PACKAGE_VERSION], [gl_INIT_DUMMY]) [AC_SUBST([PACKAGE], [$1]) AC_SUBST([VERSION], [$2]) @@ -85,7 +107,11 @@ AC_DEFUN([gl_INIT_PACKAGE], m4_define([AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE], m4_defn([gl_RPL_INIT_AUTOMAKE])) ]) -m4_define([gl_INIT_DUMMY], []) +m4_define([gl_INIT_EMPTY], []) +dnl Automake 1.16.4 no longer accepts an empty value for gl_INIT_DUMMY. +dnl But a macro that later expands to empty works. +m4_define([gl_INIT_DUMMY], [gl_INIT_DUMMY2]) +m4_define([gl_INIT_DUMMY2], []) AC_DEFUN([gl_RPL_INIT_AUTOMAKE], [ m4_ifval([$2], [m4_fatal([After gl_INIT_PACKAGE, the two-argument form of AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE cannot be used.])]) |