diff -r -c3 --unidirectional-new-file hello-2.4.orig/gen-version hello-2.4/gen-version
*** hello-2.4.orig/gen-version	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
--- hello-2.4/gen-version	2009-05-31 12:10:00.000000000 +0200
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*** 0 ****
--- 1,2 ----
+ #!/bin/sh
+ echo 2.4-20090531-2133
diff -r -c3 --unidirectional-new-file hello-2.4.orig/configure.ac hello-2.4/configure.ac
*** hello-2.4.orig/configure.ac	2008-12-09 19:49:08.000000000 +0100
--- hello-2.4/configure.ac	2009-05-31 12:05:21.000000000 +0200
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*** 8,17 ****
  dnl WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law; without even the
  dnl implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
  
! AC_INIT([GNU Hello], [2.4], address@hidden)
  
  dnl Must come before AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE.
  AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([build-aux])
  AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([readme-alpha])
  
  # Minimum Autoconf version required.
--- 8,19 ----
  dnl WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law; without even the
  dnl implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
  
! AC_INIT([GNU Hello], [-], address@hidden)
  
  dnl Must come before AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE.
  AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([build-aux])
+ AM_INIT_VERSION([$$version], [version=`sh $(top_srcdir)/gen-version`])
+ 
  AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([readme-alpha])
  
  # Minimum Autoconf version required.
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*** 24,29 ****
--- 26,32 ----
  dnl Checks for programs.
  # We need a C compiler.
  AC_PROG_CC
+ AM_PROG_CC_C_O
  
  # Since we use gnulib: gl_EARLY must be called as soon as possible after
  # the C compiler is checked.  The others could be later, but we just
diff -r -c3 --unidirectional-new-file hello-2.4.orig/src/hello.c hello-2.4/src/hello.c
*** hello-2.4.orig/src/hello.c	2008-12-03 19:48:12.000000000 +0100
--- hello-2.4/src/hello.c	2009-05-31 11:49:51.000000000 +0200
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*** 187,193 ****
  static void
  print_version (void)
  {
!   printf ("hello (GNU %s) %s\n", PACKAGE, VERSION);
    /* xgettext: no-wrap */
    puts ("");
    
--- 187,193 ----
  static void
  print_version (void)
  {
!   printf ("hello (GNU %s) %s\n", PACKAGE, version);
    /* xgettext: no-wrap */
    puts ("");
    
diff -r -c3 --unidirectional-new-file hello-2.4.orig/src/system.h hello-2.4/src/system.h
*** hello-2.4.orig/src/system.h	2008-11-27 20:48:24.000000000 +0100
--- hello-2.4/src/system.h	2009-05-31 11:50:07.000000000 +0200
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*** 37,40 ****
--- 37,42 ----
  /* Check for errors on write.  */
  #include "closeout.h"
  
+ extern char const version[];
+ 
  #endif /* HELLO_SYSTEM_H */
diff -r -c3 --unidirectional-new-file hello-2.4.orig/src/version.c hello-2.4/src/version.c
*** hello-2.4.orig/src/version.c	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
--- hello-2.4/src/version.c	2009-05-31 11:49:58.000000000 +0200
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*** 0 ****
--- 1,4 ----
+ #include <config.h>
+ #include "system.h"
+ 
+ char const version[] = VERSION;
diff -r -c3 --unidirectional-new-file hello-2.4.orig/src/Makefile.am hello-2.4/src/Makefile.am
*** hello-2.4.orig/src/Makefile.am	2008-11-27 20:48:24.000000000 +0100
--- hello-2.4/src/Makefile.am	2009-05-31 12:10:24.000000000 +0200
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*** 20,28 ****
  bin_PROGRAMS = hello
  hello_SOURCES = hello.c system.h
  
! hello_LDADD = @LIBINTL@ ../gnulib/lib/libgnu.a
  
  localedir = $(datadir)/locale
  
  AM_CPPFLAGS = -I$(top_srcdir)/gnulib/lib -I$(top_builddir)/gnulib/lib
  DEFS = -DLOCALEDIR=\"$(localedir)\" @DEFS@
--- 20,33 ----
  bin_PROGRAMS = hello
  hello_SOURCES = hello.c system.h
  
! hello_LDADD = @LIBINTL@ ../gnulib/lib/libgnu.a libversion.a
  
  localedir = $(datadir)/locale
  
  AM_CPPFLAGS = -I$(top_srcdir)/gnulib/lib -I$(top_builddir)/gnulib/lib
  DEFS = -DLOCALEDIR=\"$(localedir)\" @DEFS@
+ 
+ noinst_LIBRARIES = libversion.a
+ libversion_a_SOURCES = version.c
+ libversion_a_CPPFLAGS = $(AM_CPPFLAGS) address@hidden@echo -DVERSION=\"$(VERSION)\"`
+ libversion_a-version.$(OBJEXT) : $(top_srcdir)/gen-version