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missing serial number in some automake-provided m4 files

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From: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-automake <at> gnu.org
Subject: missing serial number in soem automake-provided m4 files
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2011 10:43:36 +0200

Hello automakers.

I've recently noticed that some *.m4 files in the Automake distribution
lack a serial number:

  $ cd ~/src/automake
  $ grep -L '# *serial' m4/*.m4
  m4/amversion.m4
  m4/auxdir.m4
  m4/gcj.m4
  m4/install-sh.m4
  m4/mkdirp.m4
  m4/python.m4
  m4/runlog.m4
  m4/strip.m4
  m4/upc.m4

Is there a reason for this?  If not, should we add serial numbers to
those files?

Thanks,
  Stefano

Message #10 received at 8483 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues <at> gmx.de>
To: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 8483 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#8483: missing serial number in soem automake-provided m4 files
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2011 23:08:33 +0200

* Stefano Lattarini wrote on Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 10:43:36AM CEST:
> I've recently noticed that some *.m4 files in the Automake distribution
> lack a serial number:
> 
>   $ cd ~/src/automake
>   $ grep -L '# *serial' m4/*.m4
>   m4/amversion.m4
>   m4/auxdir.m4
>   m4/gcj.m4
>   m4/install-sh.m4
>   m4/mkdirp.m4
>   m4/python.m4
>   m4/runlog.m4
>   m4/strip.m4
>   m4/upc.m4
> 
> Is there a reason for this?

Not that I know of.

> If not, should we add serial numbers to those files?

Yes, please.  Please do a rough check of history, in case they used to
have a serial number at one time.  Pick one that is higher than that.
If master and branch-1.11 have different versions of files, master
should have its serial bumped by a few, let's say five at least, so we
don't run into trouble when we update 1.11.  Patches against active
branches preapproved.

Thanks,
Ralf

Message #13 received at 8483 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini <at> gmail.com>
To: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues <at> gmx.de>
Cc: 8483 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, automake-patches <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#8483: missing serial number in soem automake-provided m4 files
Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2011 12:47:12 +0200

tags 8483 patch
close 8483
thanks

Hello Ralf, sorry for the delay.

On Tuesday 12 April 2011, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> * Stefano Lattarini wrote on Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 10:43:36AM CEST:
> > I've recently noticed that some *.m4 files in the Automake distribution
> > lack a serial number:
> > 
> >   $ cd ~/src/automake
> >   $ grep -L '# *serial' m4/*.m4
> >   m4/amversion.m4
> >   m4/auxdir.m4
> >   m4/gcj.m4
> >   m4/install-sh.m4
> >   m4/mkdirp.m4
> >   m4/python.m4
> >   m4/runlog.m4
> >   m4/strip.m4
> >   m4/upc.m4
> > 
> > Is there a reason for this?
> 
> Not that I know of.
> 
> > If not, should we add serial numbers to those files?
> 
> Yes, please.  Please do a rough check of history, in case they used to
> have a serial number at one time.
>
They didn't.

> Pick one that is higher than that.
> If master and branch-1.11 have different versions of files, master
> should have its serial bumped by a few, let's say five at least, so we
> don't run into trouble when we update 1.11.
>
Done; the files that differed were `python.m4', `install-sh.m4' and
`gcj.m4'.  Also, while the file `amversion.in' was the same in the two
branches, the file `amversion.m4' generated from it is expected to
change among different automake versions (as it contains references
to `@VERSION@' and `@APIVERSION@'), so I've bumped the serial number
of `amversion.in' too after merging into master.

> Patches against active branches preapproved.
>
Pushed.

Regards,
  Stefano

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