Simon Josefsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Jim Meyering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> For example, now when I run "make dist", rather than getting the always
>> identically-named coreutils-6.9+.tar.gz, I get tarballs with more
>> meaningful names:
>>
>> coreutils-6.9.220.gdd469.tar.gz
>> coreutils-6.9.223.g624d1.tar.gz
>
> Neat! I'd like this in gnulib, so I can use it in my projects to make
> automatic releases during development cycles. I've been thinking of how
> to achieve that for some time, but this seems to be a good solution.
>
> I'd prefer to avoid any non-numeric symbols though, doesn't autoconf
> gnits mode complain?
Yes. From coreutils' ChangeLog, back in Feb:
Remove the "gnits" option; it prohibits my using "+" as a version
string suffix, and all it does (beyond the default "gnu" option)
is to _require_ the THANKS file.
* configure.ac (AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE): Remove it.
