Re: Why do I need both AC_INIT and AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE???

[Alexandre Duret-Lutz]

>>> "Bill" == Bill Moseley <address@hidden> writes:

[...]

 Bill> How do you use a shell variable in AC_INIT?

 Bill> The docs for AC_INIT say:

 Bill> It is preferable that the arguments of `AC_INIT' be static, i.e.,
 Bill> there should not be any shell computation, but they can be
 Bill> computed by M4.

 Bill> And indeed:

 Bill> configure.in:5: warning: AC_INIT: not a literal: $VERSION

Consider m4 macros.  Static is just a way to say `known at compile
time' (i.e. when Autoconf runs).

m4_define([MAJOR], 1)
m4_define([MINOR], 2)
AC_INIT([foo], [MAJOR.MINOR], address@hidden)
AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE  

(AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE already defines the VERSION variable you don't
need to do it.)

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Alexandre Duret-Lutz