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From: Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com>
To: Simon Marchi <simon.marchi@polymtl.ca>
Cc: 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, 21 Nov 2021 17:03:21 +0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <YZpDmTrL+6l99veV@adacore.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <6b270217-7410-9ae2-cfeb-a05c158704c2@polymtl.ca>

Hi Enze Li, hi Simon,

On Sun, Nov 14, 2021 at 09:52:00PM -0500, Simon Marchi wrote:
> 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.

Agreed. Can we have the configure script get the information from
gdb/version.in?

-- 
Joel

  reply	other threads:[~2021-11-21 13:03 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
2021-11-21 13:03   ` Joel Brobecker [this message]
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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