From: Bruno Haible Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2005 12:04:25 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Explain the role of the AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION argument. X-Git-Tag: v0.14.2~89 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=67e44927ecc9d8fa2e8b9e733f4fd07e18d18eb9;p=thirdparty%2Fgettext.git Explain the role of the AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION argument. --- diff --git a/gettext-tools/doc/ChangeLog b/gettext-tools/doc/ChangeLog index 278da89a0..9204a7503 100644 --- a/gettext-tools/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/gettext-tools/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2005-02-06 Bruno Haible + + * gettext.texi (Files under CVS): Explain the role of the + AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION argument. + 2005-02-05 Bruno Haible * gettext.texi (Release Management): New section. diff --git a/gettext-tools/doc/gettext.texi b/gettext-tools/doc/gettext.texi index 294323baa..343df7fe9 100644 --- a/gettext-tools/doc/gettext.texi +++ b/gettext-tools/doc/gettext.texi @@ -7259,6 +7259,18 @@ and adds to the package's pre-build script an invocation of @code{autopoint} invocation will copy into the right place the @code{gettext} infrastructure files that have been omitted from the CVS. +The version number used as argument to @code{AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION} is +the version of the @code{gettext} infrastructure that the package wants +to use. It is also the minimum version number of the @samp{autopoint} +program. So, if you write @code{AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION(0.11.5)} then the +developers can have any version >= 0.11.5 installed; the package will work +with the 0.11.5 infrastructure in all developers' builds. When the +maintainer then runs gettextize from, say, version 0.12.1 on the package, +the occurrence of @code{AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION(0.11.5)} will be changed +into @code{AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION(0.12.1)}, and all other developers that +use the CVS will henceforth need to have GNU code{gettext} 0.12.1 or newer +installed. + @node autopoint Invocation, , Files under CVS, CVS Issues @subsection Invoking the @code{autopoint} Program