From fef7ed43edfbde6c6536bea88d6b56c1f27fe0e0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Patrick McDermott <patrick.mcdermott@libiquity.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2019 23:34:39 -0400
Subject: Makefile.am: Override PACKAGE_STRING with git-describe output

This makes the test suite output and log a little more informative.

Copied from pro-archman.
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(limited to 'Makefile.am')

diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 3514baa..ece0410 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Process this file with automake to produce an input makefile.
 #
-# Copyright (C) 2013-2016  Patrick "P. J." McDermott
+# Copyright (C) 2013-2017  Patrick "P. J." McDermott
 #
 # This file is part of the ProteanOS Development Kit.
 #
@@ -26,6 +26,16 @@ else
 PACKAGE_VERSION_GIT = $(PACKAGE_VERSION)
 endif
 
+# PACKAGE_STRING is used in the test suite output and log.
+# PACKAGE_VERSION can't be overridden.  Automake ignores it in the IN_GIT
+# conditional (and throws a warning), and setting it to $(PACKAGE_VERSION_GIT)
+# outside the conditional causes PACKAGE_VERSION_GIT to reference itself.
+# VERSION is not set here because it is used by:
+#   * Automake's distdir macro
+#   * Automake's distdir target (which checks for $(VERSION) in NEWS)
+#   * Our release target
+PACKAGE_STRING = $(PACKAGE_NAME) $(PACKAGE_VERSION_GIT)
+
 MANUAL = ProteanOS Development Kit Manual
 TEXTDOMAIN = $$(printf '%s\n' '$(PACKAGE)' | sed -e 's|-|_|g')
 
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