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Re: Configure options --with-bugurl, --with-pkgversion
On Tue, 20 Feb 2007, Andreas Schwab wrote:
> "Joseph S. Myers" <joseph@codesourcery.com> writes:
>
> > Standard output would be more like
> >
> > GNU ld (GNU Binutils 2.17.50 20070220) 2.17.50
> >
> > where the text after the last space is the real version number, and
> > --with-pkgversion replaces the "GNU Binutils 2.17.50 20070220".
>
> But that is not what pkgversion is supposed to do, if I understand
> <http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/ConfigVersion> correctly. It should rather
> specify an additional version tag (a vendor identifier) _extending_ the
> existing one.
It was originally designed and implemented as --with-versuffix which did
simply add an extra tag, but on further examination it turned out that
this extra tag broke things expecting the GNU Coding Standards format, so
it was adjusted to --with-pkgversion which specifies a package name and
version - going in the place where the GNU Coding Standards say a package
name and version go.
For example, --with-pkgversion="XYZ Linux Binutils 2.17.50-27" where -27
is the build number. Or whatever such format is convenient.
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Joseph S. Myers
joseph@codesourcery.com