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authorRichard Jones <rjones@redhat.com>2010-05-24 12:09:38 +0100
committerRichard Jones <rjones@redhat.com>2010-05-24 14:03:02 +0100
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build: For development releases, print a notice.
(cherry picked from commit 613d041c78e25dafc238696f2fe35b51e443f23b)
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diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 3075d4b7..ecd2aeb5 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -37,6 +37,22 @@ AC_DEFINE([PACKAGE_VERSION_MINOR],[libguestfs_minor],[Minor version number])
AC_DEFINE([PACKAGE_VERSION_RELEASE],[libguestfs_release],[Release number])
AC_DEFINE([PACKAGE_VERSION_EXTRA],["libguestfs_extra"],[Extra version string])
+dnl Stable or unstable version?
+AC_MSG_CHECKING([if this is a stable or unstable branch of libguestfs])
+AS_IF([test "$((libguestfs_minor % 2))" -eq 0 ],[
+ AC_MSG_RESULT([stable])
+ ],[
+ AC_MSG_RESULT([unstable])
+ AC_MSG_NOTICE([
+***
+This is a development version of libguestfs. Some APIs may be unstable
+until they appear in a stable release of libguestfs (at which point
+the C API and ABI is guaranteed to remain stable forever). For
+more information about stable and development branches of libguestfs
+please see the section "LIBGUESTFS VERSION NUMBERS" in guestfs(3).
+***])
+ ])
+
dnl Die if the user tries to configure as root, see:
dnl https://www.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2010-April/msg00098.html
AC_MSG_CHECKING([if you are trying to configure as root])