Re: Allow bootstrap from git repository

[Ralf Wildenhues]

Hi Peter,

* Peter O'Gorman wrote on Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 05:43:36AM CEST:
> * Makefile.am: Expect mkstamp to return only rev date.
> * libltdl/config/mkstamp: return a revision and date based on the
> number of lines in the input and the topmost date.

Hmm, I was almost saying "OK", except the last nit below:

> +# Generate a revision that looks similar to CVS revision by using 1.
> +# then the last 2 digits of the year +30 (so that the revision number

Two digit will *always* be enough, just like 640K!  ;-)

> +# is greater than the last cvs revision, and the number of lines
> +# in the ChangeLog. For those pulling from the savannah git repository
> +# it should be possible to go from this revision number to the git
> +# revision fairly easily. The number will also always increase,e ven

s/e ven/ even/

> +# when we rotate ChangeLogs in the new year.

But how do you ensure @MACRO_SERIAL@ increases after ChangeLog rotation?

> +awk 'BEGIN {
> +     dated=0;
> +}
> +/^20/ {
> +     if (dated == 0) {
> +             dated=1;
> +             datestr=$1;
> +     }
> +}
> +END {
> +     yr=substr(datestr,3,2) + 30;
> +     print "1." yr NR " " datestr;
> +}'