Borrow this feature from libguestfs, so it is possible to "watermark"
the virt-v2v executable with a extra string to the version string.
---
configure.ac | 30 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 00246f29..e2418564 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -15,7 +15,14 @@
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
-AC_INIT([virt-v2v],1.41.8)
+# The major, minor, and release fields MUST be numbers. Packagers can
+# add extra information using --with-extra="..." which may be any
+# freeform string.
+m4_define([v2v_major], [1])
+m4_define([v2v_minor], [41])
+m4_define([v2v_release], [8])
+
+AC_INIT([virt-v2v],v2v_major.v2v_minor.v2v_release)
# Headings within the configure script output.
m4_define([HEADING],
@@ -37,6 +44,25 @@ AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
dnl Initialize libtool.
LT_INIT
+dnl Extra string, a freeform string defined by packagers.
+AC_ARG_WITH([extra],
+ [AS_HELP_STRING([--with-extra],
+ [extra version string (for use by packagers)])],
+ [v2v_extra="$withval"],
+ [v2v_extra=]
+)
+
+AC_MSG_NOTICE([virt-v2v version v2v_major.v2v_minor.v2v_release$v2v_extra])
+
+dnl Split up the version string.
+AC_DEFINE([PACKAGE_VERSION_MAJOR],[v2v_major],[Major version number.])
+AC_DEFINE([PACKAGE_VERSION_MINOR],[v2v_minor],[Minor version number.])
+AC_DEFINE([PACKAGE_VERSION_RELEASE],[v2v_release],[Release number.])
+AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([PACKAGE_VERSION_EXTRA],["$v2v_extra"],[Extra version
string.])
+PACKAGE_VERSION_FULL="v2v_major.v2v_minor.v2v_release${v2v_extra}"
+AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([PACKAGE_VERSION_FULL],["$PACKAGE_VERSION_FULL"],[Full
version string.])
+AC_SUBST([PACKAGE_VERSION_FULL])
+
dnl Early gnulib initialization.
HEADING([Configuring Gnulib])
gl_EARLY
@@ -79,8 +105,6 @@ dnl These are required to get common/*/Makefile.am files
dnl to work. We should further decouple these in future XXX
AM_CONDITIONAL([ENABLE_APPLIANCE],[true])
AM_CONDITIONAL([HAVE_PYTHON],[false]) dnl Disables a test
-AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([PACKAGE_VERSION_FULL],["$PACKAGE_VERSION"],[Version
string.])
-AC_SUBST([PACKAGE_VERSION_FULL], [$PACKAGE_VERSION])
dnl Produce output files.
HEADING([Generating output files])
--
2.23.0