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Wireshark-users: Re: [Wireshark-users] How to change the version string

From: "Martin d'Anjou" <martin.danjou@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 09:25:13 -0500 (EST)
What is the right place to change the version string?
Then, run "perl make-version.pl -p". This will update config.nmake and
configure.in with your package name modifications.
What if it is not on an SVN build? Can set

AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(wireshark,1.0.4-mypatch-blah-blah)?
Sure. (Assuming you're not on Windows, which uses config.nmake)

That did not work:
$ make clean distclean
$ ./configure && make -j 4 && make install
$ grep AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE configure.in
AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(wiresharkAAA, 1.0.4-mypatch-blah-blah)
$ wireshark -v
wireshark 1.0.4

Copyright ...

Found it. My tool chain was old. I upgraded m4, autoconf and automake to decently recent versions and AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE and version.conf work now.

Thanks a lot for your patience.
Martin