[LUG] CVS configure.in and AC_INIT

[Andrew Rogers <andrew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm trying to get my head around the standards for publishing GNU 
software. I have had a quick look at the GNU Coding Standards

http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards.html

and the Hello World example.

The version number is specified in configure.ac as 
"AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(hello, 2.1.0)". From here the version number finds its 
way into Makefile via autoconf, configure, automake, etc.

The source code for cvs has in its configure.in "AC_INIT([Concurrent 
Versions System (CVS)],[1.12.9],[bug-cvs@xxxxxxx],[cvs])"

The standards documents seems to lack any info on CVS.

My question is how does the version number get into configure.in? What 
is the standard way of converting the CVS tag 'Release_1_12_9' into 
'1.12.9' as in the configure.in file?

Regards
Andrew


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