Re: [PATCH] Make inter-release --version output more useful.

[Ralf Wildenhues]

* Jim Meyering wrote on Sat, Oct 27, 2007 at 09:09:21PM CEST:
> Ralf Wildenhues <address@hidden> wrote:
> > * Jim Meyering wrote on Sat, Oct 27, 2007 at 07:38:23PM CEST:
> > [...git-version-gen...]
> >> +        COREUTILS-[0-9]*) v=`echo "$v" | sed 's/^COREUTILS-//;s/_/./g'` ;;
> >
> > Does that need adjustment for Autoconf?
> 
> No, since autoconf's preceding tag is of the right form.

Ok. thanks.

> It's harmless, and I preferred to keep the scripts in sync.

Sure.

> > * Jim Meyering wrote on Sat, Oct 27, 2007 at 08:11:39PM CEST:
> >>
> >> I suppose we should be using gnulib-tool to pull in
> >> build-aux files, including announce-gen.
> >
> > Why?  Except for announce-gen, all files are installed by `automake -a'.
> 
> So, what do you think about removing them and suggesting automake -a
> in README-hacking?

Sure.  Actually, I would suggest, in case a build tree is already
around,
  ( PATH=$build/tests:$PATH; autoreconf -vi )

(the subshell so $PATH is not permanently damaged, and the semicolon, so
autoreconf is taken from the current tree, too, if present),
or for simplicity, since users are likely to build in-tree anyway,
  ( PATH=`pwd`/tests:$PATH; autoreconf -vi )

Cheers,
Ralf