From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: elfring@users.sourceforge.net (SF Markus Elfring)
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2015 08:44:24 +0200
Subject: [Cocci] [PATCH v3 1/2] autotools: simplify the way to determine
 version information
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> -AC_INIT([coccinelle], m4_esyscmd([cat ./version | tr -d '\n']), [cocci at systeme.lip6.fr], [], [http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/])
> +AC_INIT([coccinelle], m4_esyscmd([./version.sh]), [cocci at systeme.lip6.fr], [], [http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/])

I find such a fine-tuning of a build script interesting.

Can it be that this update will only get active if the script "configure"
can be regenerated by a command like "autoreconf --install"?
http://www.gnu.org/savannah-checkouts/gnu/autoconf/manual/autoconf-2.69/html_node/autoreconf-Invocation.html

Regards,
Markus