howto: implement dynamic versioning

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+dnl Copyright 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+dnl 
+dnl This file is part of GNU Radio
+dnl 
+dnl GNU Radio is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+dnl it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+dnl the Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option)
+dnl any later version.
+dnl 
+dnl GNU Radio is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+dnl but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+dnl MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+dnl GNU General Public License for more details.
+dnl 
+dnl You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+dnl along with GNU Radio; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
+dnl the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street,
+dnl Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+
+AC_DEFUN([GR_VERSION],[
+  dnl Computed version based on version.sh
+  dnl Does not force recompile on rev change
+  dnl
+  dnl Source the variables describing the release version
+  dnl 
+  dnl MAJOR_VERSION          Major release generation (2.x, 3.x, etc.)
+  dnl API_COMPAT             API compatibility version (3.2.x, 3.3.x, etc.)
+  dnl MINOR_VERSION          Minor release version
+  dnl MAINT_VERSION          Pure bugfix additions to make maintenance release
+  dnl
+  dnl The last two fields can have 'git' instead of a number to indicate
+  dnl that this branch is between versions.
+  . $srcdir/version.sh
+  RELEASE=$MAJOR_VERSION.$API_COMPAT
+  
+  dnl Get git version if available
+  GR_GIT
+
+  dnl Test if we should use git version
+  if test "$MINOR_VERSION" == "git"; then
+    dnl 3.3git-xxx-gxxxxxxxx
+    RELEASE=$RELEASE$MINOR_VERSION
+    DOCVER=$RELEASE
+    if test "$GIT_VERSION" != "" ; then
+      RELEASE=$RELEASE-$GIT_VERSION
+    fi
+  else
+    if test "$MAINT_VERSION" == "git" ; then
+      dnl 3.3.1git-xxx-gxxxxxxxx
+      RELEASE=$RELEASE.$MINOR_VERSION$MAINT_VERSION
+      DOCVER=$RELEASE
+      if test "$GIT_VERSION" != "" ; then
+        RELEASE=$RELEASE-$GIT_VERSION
+      fi
+    else
+      dnl This is a numbered reelase.
+      dnl Test if minor version is 0, which we don't encode, unless it is also
+      dnl a maintenance release
+      if test "$MINOR_VERSION" != "0" -o "$MAINT_VERSION" != "0"; then
+        dnl 3.3.1
+        RELEASE=$RELEASE.$MINOR_VERSION                          
+        if test "$MAINT_VERSION" != "0"; then
+          dnl 3.3.0.1, 3.3.1.1
+          RELEASE=$RELEASE.$MAINT_VERSION
+        fi
+	DOCVER=$RELEASE
+      fi
+    fi
+  fi
+
+  AC_MSG_NOTICE([GNU Radio Release $RELEASE])
+  AC_SUBST(RELEASE)
+  AC_SUBST(DOCVER)
+])