Re: Request to rename version.h

[Hans-Bernhard B. <HBB...@t-...>]

Am 04.11.2019 um 05:15 schrieb Marcus Calhoun-Lopez:

> If -I$(top_builddir) is replaced with -idirafter$(top_builddir), the problem goes away.

Unfortunately that's easier said than done, as

a) this line is part of the automatic mechanisms of GNU automake, which
we have little to no control over (that's why it appears in generated
Makefile.in, but not in the hand-written Makefile.am)
b) -idirafter is a non-standard feature, so we cannot blindly assume it
would be usable
c) because of a), we also cannot solve issue b) by making the fix depend
on the result of some configuration test

What all this means is that the solution almost certainly will have to
be to rename our VERSION file, or remove it altogether.  Both approaches
require a modification of all the places that currently use it (which
are quite a few).