mc-3603-configure.ac-fix-deprecated-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE-usage-20201230.patch

From 90d65cf6f03c4a7d1df9e728cb8e0e7bf3e7b78b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andreas Mohr <and@gmx.li>
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2020 12:19:53 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] (configure.ac) fix deprecated AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE usage

Fix deprecate warning
configure.ac:13: warning: AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE: two- and three-arguments forms are deprecated.  For more info, see:
configure.ac:13: https://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/automake.html#Modernize-AM_005fINIT_005fAUTOMAKE-invocation

Support of m4_esyscmd_s() since autoconf-2.64 (release 2009-07-26)

Also smarten up PACKAGE defines
# diff -u0N  config.h.before config.h.after
-#define PACKAGE_BUGREPORT ""
+#define PACKAGE_BUGREPORT "mc-devel@gnome.org"
-#define PACKAGE_NAME ""
+#define PACKAGE_NAME "GNU Midnight Commander"
-#define PACKAGE_STRING ""
+#define PACKAGE_STRING "GNU Midnight Commander 4.8.25-145-gfa8513be6"
-#define PACKAGE_TARNAME ""
+#define PACKAGE_TARNAME "mc"
-#define PACKAGE_URL ""
+#define PACKAGE_URL "https://midnight-commander.org/"
-#define PACKAGE_VERSION ""
+#define PACKAGE_VERSION "4.8.25-145-gfa8513be6"

(extend version.sh for early use at AC_INIT)

Signed-off-by: Andreas Mohr <and@gmx.li>
---
 configure.ac           | 6 +++---
 doc/INSTALL            | 2 +-
 maint/utils/version.sh | 1 +
 3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 4f542b567..269c30860 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2,15 +2,15 @@ dnl
 dnl Configure.in file for the Midnight Commander
 dnl
 
-AC_PREREQ(2.60)
-AC_INIT([GNU Midnight Commander], [], [mc-devel@gnome.org])
++AC_PREREQ(2.64) dnl needed at least for m4_esyscmd_s()
++AC_INIT([GNU Midnight Commander], [m4_esyscmd_s([maint/utils/version.sh .])], [mc-devel@gnome.org], [mc], [https://midnight-commander.org/])
 m4_pattern_forbid(MC_)
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(config)
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(src/main.c)
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS(config.h)
 mc_VERSION
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(mc, ${VERSION} )
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
 dnl Enable silent rules by default (if yes)
 m4_ifdef([AM_SILENT_RULES], [AM_SILENT_RULES([yes])])
 
diff --git a/doc/INSTALL b/doc/INSTALL
index 564862c33..4cc4ea4da 100644
--- a/doc/INSTALL
+++ b/doc/INSTALL
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Build requirements for GNU Midnight Commander
 - glibc
 - gcc
 - make
-- autoconf
+- autoconf >= 2.64
 - automake
 - libtool
 - glib2 >= 2.30
diff --git a/maint/utils/version.sh b/maint/utils/version.sh
index 64405191f..47107ffda 100755
--- a/maint/utils/version.sh
+++ b/maint/utils/version.sh
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ mc_print_version(){
 #endif
 EOF
     fi
+    echo "${CURR_MC_VERSION}"
     exit
 }