Re: Bugs in unexpand(1) version 6.10

[Jim Meyering]

Mike Frysinger <address@hidden> wrote:
...
>> > i was thinking a common change to the version-etc module to add a
>> > "packager" field rather than having every package out there allow people
>> > to tweak PACKAGE_NAME.  what do you think of that ?
>>
>> Sounds sensible.
>> The question then becomes whether to change version_etc
>> (probably not), or to add a new interface that takes
>> the additional parameter.
>>
>> Does anyone prefer to add a parameter to version_etc?
>
> i prefer modifying version_etc as this would go a long way in acknowledging
> that end users are not the main consumer of software.  they get it by way of
> distro packagers.
>
> however, i dont think it needs to modify the function prototype ?  if the m4
> set up a PACKAGE_PACKAGER define, the version_etc module could use that.  if
> the person running configure doesnt specify the --with-packager=... option,
> then  it wont show up in the output.

That sounds even better.
Post the patch!