[Gambas-user] trunk_version.h

[Bruce Steers]

On Sun, 20 Feb 2022 at 16:02, Tobias Boege via User <
user at lists.gambas-basic.org> wrote:

> On Sun, 20 Feb 2022, Bruce Steers wrote:
> > I have been searching (I'm sure i found it once) for the routine that
> > creates/updates the trunk_version.h file in /main
> >
> > The reason is i often do not use the ./reconf-all or ./configure commands
> > when compiling and just run make / make install as it's quicker and the
> > type of update did not require the full reconf.
> >
> > But now i have noticed just running make install does not update
> > trunk_version.h so gbx3 -V shows the wrong thing.
> >
> > So i want to move/copy the routine that creates trunk_version.h to the
> make
> > install if i can.
> >
>
> The source code is in main/Makefile.in and from there the configure process
> writes it into the Makefile. As you can see, it is part of BUILT_SOURCES
> and
> therefore a (.PHONY) prerequisite of the "all" target. That means that the
> file should *always* be regenerated when you run "make".
>
> The header is updated whenever the current git HEAD changes and this causes
> gbx.c and gbc.c to need recompilation because they include the header and,
> in turn, make install will do this recompilation if it needs to happen.
> This makes the trunk_version.h updates as consistent as it gets, but of
> course you have to run "make" under main/. Without attempting to recompile
> the compiler/interpreter, the version tag displayed in the IDE cannot
> change.
>
> When working on a non-main component of Gambas (e.g. under comp/), one can
> easily forget to recompile and reinstall main/, but that's where the
> version
> is stored.
>
> Best,
> Tobias
>

Thank you Tobias , i will see what i can do with that information :)

Respects
BruceS
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