[PATCH] autogenerate include/version.h ...

[Alexander Bokovoy]

On Mon, Aug 11, 2003 at 07:11:12AM -0400, Ken Cross wrote:
> metze:
> 
> Maybe I'm all alone in this, but...
> 
> If I understand it, the only way to modify the version in your new scheme is
> to manually modify the VERSION file.  I currently use cvs to automatically
> update my version numbers (very handy).  I currently use:
> 
>   #define VERSION build_version_string()
> 
> where build_version_string() is a simple function I wrote to extract the
> version from a cvs string like:
> 
>   #define CVS_REVISION "$Revision: 1.21 $"
> 
> The function just extracts "1.21" from the string and adds it to the
> version:
> 
>   smbd -V
>   Version 3.0.0rc1-1.21
> 
> Will --with-samba-version='build_version_string()' work?  
> 
> If not, is there a way to let the VENDOR_SUFFIX be a function (as opposed to
> a static #define)?
Very good point, Ken.

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/ Alexander Bokovoy