bug#7333: [PATCH] {maint} Fix a bug in variable concatanation with `+='.

2010-11-10 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
* Glenn Morris wrote on Tue, Nov 09, 2010 at 08:34:23AM CET: Ralf Wildenhues wrote (on Mon, 8 Nov 2010 at 22:46 +0100): The commands above (Bcc:ed to control at debbugs) should merge and close both bugs. The (first) close didn't work, I think it was because your version number started

bug#7333: [PATCH] {maint} Fix a bug in variable concatanation with `+='.

2010-11-10 Thread Glenn Morris
Actually, that was probably too glib a response. The version number information is probably used in other places, and needs to be sortable so that the fixed/found commands can work. So I don't think arbitrary version strings can work. You could use the date of a commit perhaps.

bug#7333: [PATCH] {maint} Fix a bug in variable concatanation with `+='.

2010-11-10 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
* Glenn Morris wrote on Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 09:46:01PM CET: Actually, that was probably too glib a response. The version number information is probably used in other places, and needs to be sortable so that the fixed/found commands can work. So I don't think arbitrary version strings can