On Wednesday 09 October 2002 12:10 pm, Ross Paterson wrote:
On Fri, Oct 04, 2002 at 06:09:13AM -0700, Jeffrey R Lewis wrote:
On Friday 04 October 2002 02:56 am, Ross Paterson wrote:
Wouldn't it be better if version.h were generated by configure rather than make? And if you used the 3-letter month name, there'd be room for RC1 etc.
If it were generated by configure, it would most certainly be out of date most of the time (but perhaps you re-run configure more than I do ;-).
I see your point. Still, your scheme has a couple of defects: - if anything is changed, hugs.c and server.c get recompiled - if only those two are changed, the version number is unaffected
How about a little version.c with nothing in it but a getVersion() function, and making that depend on everything else?
C'mon, Ross, admit it, ya just like pickin' nits ;-) Don't worry, we love ya for it. Your first point is of course correct, but is purely an optimization. If the shoe pinches, your suggestion of creating version.c is the way to go. Your second point is just plain wrong. If I touch hugs.c, and type `make', the version gets regenerated. --Jeff