Re: Set the version number in the texinfo manuals using configure

[Jay Belanger]

Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> writes:

> IMO, the changes introduced with revno 101857 do more trouble than
> the problem they are supposed to solve.
>
> I understand the need to ease the maintenance burden, and support the
> measures to do so.  But I think the means chosen in this case are not
> well thought out, to say the least.  For starters, this breaks the
> Windows build:
>
>   make[1]: Entering directory `D:/gnu/bzr/emacs/trunk/doc/emacs'
>   makeinfo --force emacs.texi
>   emacs.texi:8: @include `emacsver.texi': No such file or directory.
>   emacs.texi:32: warning: undefined flag: EMACSVER.
>   emacs.texi:102: warning: undefined flag: EMACSVER.
>   emacs.texi:113: warning: undefined flag: EMACSVER.
>   D:\gnu\bzr\emacs\trunk\doc\emacs//anti.texi:12: warning: undefined flag: 
> EMACSVER.
>   make[1]: *** [../../info/emacs] Error 1
>   make[1]: Leaving directory `D:/gnu/bzr/emacs/trunk/doc/emacs'
>   make: *** [info-gmake] Error 2

So is the problem that EMACSVER shouldn't be used, or that something
caused emacsver.texi to disappear?