build version and date

Derek Atkins derek at ihtfp.com
Thu Dec 16 17:14:14 EST 2010


On Thu, December 16, 2010 5:03 pm, Christian Stimming wrote:
> Am Donnerstag, 16. Dezember 2010 schrieb Geert Janssens:
>> On Thursday 16 December 2010, jh wrote:
>> > On Wed, 2010-12-15 at 21:34 -0800, J. Alex Aycinena wrote:
>> > > The last couple of times that I've done an 'svn update' and rebuilt
>> my
>> > > working copy of gnucash, I've noticed that the splash screen shows
>> > > 'built from svn r19910 on 2010-12-06' even though this is not the
>> > > case. The 'About ...' shows the same. Previously it always showed
>> the
>> > > correct data. It is the same on both of my systems. Are others
>> seeing
>> > > the same or is it something about my systems?
>> > >
>> > > Alex
>> >
>> > Same problem here since a couple of days. No update of the working
>> > version since 19913.
>> > Juergen
>>
>> The svn version is read from a generated file, gnc-svninfo.h. This file
>> has
>> recently been moved to another directory. It's possible that the old
>> file
>> is still available and being found before the new file.
>
> I've implemented the include path with directory. This way, the new file
> should be picked correctly now. Does it work with r19952 and higher again?

I'm scared this might break different build scenarios, like building
outside the sourcedir.  The sources as-is certainly build from a clean
checkout.  Maybe just force-remove the file during "clean" in the old
location?

> Christian

-derek




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