[GRASS-dev] question about configure

[Glynn Clements]

Michael Barton wrote:

> This is probably a naive question. Why does configure check for
> svnversion? Why should configure care whether I am using svn, cvs, or
> other versioning software? I've never noticed this check before until
> the last month. Maybe it was always there and I just missed it.

It's so that "g.version" can print the SVN revision, and it's a fairly
recent addition (r39622 in trunk, 2009-25-10).

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Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com>