[Xapian-tickets] [Xapian] #702: xapian-bindings/configure.ac: project_version needs to be properly delimited

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#702: xapian-bindings/configure.ac: project_version needs to be properly
delimited
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 Reporter:  blueness      |             Owner:  olly
     Type:  defect        |            Status:  closed
 Priority:  normal        |         Milestone:
Component:  Build system  |           Version:  1.3.4
 Severity:  normal        |        Resolution:  invalid
 Keywords:                |        Blocked By:
 Blocking:                |  Operating System:  Linux
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Changes (by olly):

 * status:  new => closed
 * resolution:   => invalid
 * component:  Other => Build system


Old description:

> Using autoconf 2.69 on Gentoo, we hit the follow configure error i we
> autoreconf configure.ac.
>
> checking for xapian-config-1.3... no
> configure: error: Can't find xapian-config, although the xapian-core
> runtime library seems to be installed.  If you've installed xapian-core
> from a package, you probably need to install an extra package called
> something like xapian-core-devel in order to be able to build code using
> the Xapian library.
>
> This is because project_version is not properly delimited with [...] on
> line 93 and this messes up the regex.  The fix is trivial.
>
> This is a problem in 1.3.4 and git/HEAD.

New description:

 Using autoconf 2.69 on Gentoo, we hit the follow configure error i we
 autoreconf configure.ac.

 {{{
 checking for xapian-config-1.3... no
 configure: error: Can't find xapian-config, although the xapian-core
 runtime library seems to be installed.  If you've installed xapian-core
 from a package, you probably need to install an extra package called
 something like xapian-core-devel in order to be able to build code using
 the Xapian library.
 }}}

 This is because project_version is not properly delimited with [...] on
 line 93 and this messes up the regex.  The fix is trivial.

 This is a problem in 1.3.4 and git/HEAD.

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Comment:

 `project_version` is intended to be substituted there by m4, so it's
 correct that it isn't quoted.

 So thanks for reporting, but this isn't a bug - it's an intentional fix
 for a bug in earlier versions:

 * configure script now defaults to looking for xapian-config-1.3.  This is
 now
   automatically done for development series (odd middle component of the
   version number), but not for stable series (even middle component).
 Fixes
   #695, reported by Jorge C. Leitão

 If you actually want the previous behaviour, specify `XAPIAN_CONFIG`
 explicitly, which will work for 1.3.4 and older versions:

 {{{
 ./configure XAPIAN_CONFIG=xapian-config
 }}}

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