Re: Commited: RE: PATCH: Re: zsh and autoconf-2.50

[Peter Stephenson <pws@xxxxxxx>]

"Andrej Borsenkow" wrote:
> It requires literal
> version number; having two versions (in configure.in and Config/version.mk)
> is obviously silly. I'm inclined to put version in configure.{in,ac} and
> create version.mk out of version.mk.in. This means the least changes in
> Makefiles.

That's a pain in the neck.  Your solution is about the only way round.

> Please add any copyrights you feel needed.

Copyright on configuration stuff traditionally seems to be lax --- probably
because it would make it impossible for projects with different copyrights
otherwise.

> Note, that config.cache is incompatible between two versions. 2.50 by
> default does not cache anything; you can persuade it but then better remove
> old cache.

Can we turn this on, or is there some good reason for not having it?

-- 
Peter Stephenson <pws@xxxxxxx>                  Software Engineer
CSR Ltd., Unit 300, Science Park, Milton Road,
Cambridge, CB4 0XL, UK                          Tel: +44 (0)1223 392070


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