cvs commit: hugs98/src version.h.in Makefile.in version.h

[Jeffrey R Lewis]

On Friday 04 October 2002 02:56 am, Ross Paterson wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 03, 2002 at 09:16:42PM -0700, Jeff Lewis wrote:
> > lewie       2002/10/03 21:16:42 PDT
> >
> >   Modified files:
> >     src                  Makefile.in
> >   Added files:
> >     src                  version.h.in
> >   Removed files:
> >     src                  version.h
> >   Log:
> >   Automatically generate dates for version strings.  Override automat=
ic
> >   dates by editing version.h.in.
>
> Wouldn't it be better if version.h were generated by configure rather
> than make?  And if you used the 3-letter month name, there'd be room
> for RC1 etc.

If it were generated by configure, it would most certainly be out of date=
 most of the time (but perhaps you re-run configure more than I do ;-).

For RC1-ish things, those will be the least common form of version name, =
and in that case, I'd just override by tweaking version.h.in.

But, we could have another switch in that file that generates an `RC' for=
m of release string which uses the 3-letter form.

--Jeff