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From: Simon Marchi <simon.marchi@polymtl.ca>
To: Enze Li <lienze2010@hotmail.com>,
	gdb-patches@sourceware.org,
	Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] gdb: AC_INIT should be called with package and version arguments
Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2021 21:52:00 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <6b270217-7410-9ae2-cfeb-a05c158704c2@polymtl.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <MEAP282MB02939521165FE852BBC1ED40DD979@MEAP282MB0293.AUSP282.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM>

On 2021-11-13 23:09, Enze Li via Gdb-patches wrote:
> This patch adds package and version parameters to AC_INIT and
> regenerates the configure script.

Just wondering, is there practical reason to change this other than to
"do things right"?  I'm not against it, I would just like to know the
motivation behind it.

> diff --git a/gdb/version.m4 b/gdb/version.m4
> new file mode 100644
> index 00000000000..2fa57f680ef
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/gdb/version.m4
> @@ -0,0 +1 @@
> +m4_define([GDB_VERSION], [12.0.50])
> 

We already have the version number in gdb/version.in.  I don't know if
we want to hardcode it at two places.  At least, this should be
coordinated with Joel, responsible for the release process including
bumping the version number.

Simon


  reply	other threads:[~2021-11-15  2:52 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-11-14  4:09 Enze Li
2021-11-15  2:52 ` Simon Marchi [this message]
2021-11-21 13:03   ` Joel Brobecker
2021-11-23 13:40     ` Enze Li
2021-11-24  7:44       ` Joel Brobecker
2021-11-23 13:22   ` Enze Li

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