commit d7d5f4330b15667d9f364ebabd886a062b2741fb
from: Alexander Barton <alex@barton.de>
date: Mon Sep 24 16:00:36 2012 UTC

configure.ng: don't require GIT tree to detect version string

commit - 79c122289657afcac0ad15d3946be52906dbf3d9
commit + d7d5f4330b15667d9f364ebabd886a062b2741fb
blob - 25654f9cfbdfc78d2ef74de059a64cfeeb8e355f
blob + da723e8fcae037dacbdf6710aef521b3538c1460
--- configure.ng
+++ configure.ng
@@ -9,7 +9,12 @@
 # Please read the file COPYING, README and AUTHORS for more information.
 #
 
-define(VERSION_ID,esyscmd(git describe|sed -e 's/rel-//g'|sed -e 's/-/~/'|tr -d \\n))
+define(VERSION_ID,esyscmd([
+	V=`git describe 2>/dev/null | sed -e 's/rel-//g' | sed -e 's/-/~/'`;
+	[ -z "$V" -a -r configure ] \
+		&& V=`grep "PACKAGE_STRING=" configure | cut -d"'" -f2 | cut -d' ' -f2`
+	( [ -n "$V" ] && echo "$V" || echo "??" ) | tr -d '\n';
+]))
 
 # -- Initialisation --