does this work?

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c473a4132e703338c4ae735f00ea3788b0013324..dc0c69f74ac5d9724a685128933e57fee79c86ed 100644 (file)
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,9 +1,15 @@
 #                                               -*- Autoconf -*-
 # Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 AC_PREREQ(2.57)
+
 AC_INIT(libdns, 1.1.0, libdns@nlnetlabs.nl, libdns)
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([packet.c])
 
+# remove this line in a release
+#VERSION_ADD=`date`
+VERSION_ADD=`date +"%Y%m%d"`
+PACKAGE_VERSION="$PACKAGE_VERSION $VERSION_ADD"
+
 #OURCPPFLAGS='-ansi -pedantic -D_POSIX_C_SOURCE=200112 -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=600'
 OURCPPFLAGS='-ansi -D_POSIX_C_SOURCE=200112 -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=600'
 CPPFLAGS=${CPPFLAGS:-${OURCPPFLAGS}}