AC_INIT receiving PACKAGE_VERSION from outside

[Sam Steingold]

Is there a way to keep the package version outside of
configure.ac:AC_INIT?

e.g., the following:
--- version.sh ---
myversion="1.2.3.4"
--- version.sh ---

--- configure.ac ---
. ./version.sh
AC_INIT(my package, ${myversion})
--- configure.ac ---

does not work because the version argument in AC_INIT is quoted.

so, can I keep the package version outside of configure.ac (so that I do
not have to regenerate the configure script whenever I bump the
version)?

thanks!

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