From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bastien Subject: Re: difficulty installing 7.9 with the new build system: org-version not informative Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2012 22:12:31 +0200 Message-ID: <87zk5ieno0.fsf@altern.org> References: <87393a28bk.fsf@Rainer.invalid> <87k3wmzql1.fsf@Rainer.invalid> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:42656) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1T5MiS-0006fq-Nd for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 25 Aug 2012 16:12:21 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1T5MiR-0006Jp-Fx for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 25 Aug 2012 16:12:20 -0400 Received: from mail-wi0-f171.google.com ([209.85.212.171]:51282) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1T5MiR-0006Jg-9z for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 25 Aug 2012 16:12:19 -0400 Received: by wibhq4 with SMTP id hq4so1727318wib.12 for ; Sat, 25 Aug 2012 13:12:17 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87k3wmzql1.fsf@Rainer.invalid> (Achim Gratz's message of "Sat, 25 Aug 2012 22:03:54 +0200") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Achim Gratz Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Achim Gratz writes: >> I would suggest that the installation instructions at >> be updated, >> as there one finds nothing about the need for ORGVERSION and >> GITVERSION arguments to make. > > I hadn't really considered installation from tarballs down to that > detail. I may just add some code to recognize that situation and put > the version information into the tarball itself. There is something I don't understand here: the version *is* in org-7.9.tar.gz and org-7.9.zip with lisp/org-version.el. I assumed that, in the absence of git, `make' would rely on this. True? -- Bastien