Clarify which gnulib version to use.

3 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index f70f9bd..54bc8a8 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2009-05-01  Bruno Haible  <bruno@clisp.org>
+
+	* version.sh (GNULIB_GIT_COMMIT): New variable.
+	* HACKING: Clarify which version of gnulib to use.
+	Reported by Paolo Bonzini.
+
 2009-04-28  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>  (tiny change)
 
 	* doc/libunistring.texi: Fix typos.
diff --git a/HACKING b/HACKING
index d0e1335..1796eab 100644
--- a/HACKING
+++ b/HACKING
@@ -36,11 +36,19 @@ You will need reasonably recent versions of the build tools:
       http://www.perl.org/
 
   * Either an internet connection or a recent copy of GNU gnulib.
+    In order to work with the HEAD of libunistring development, you need the
+    HEAD of the gnulib development.
+    In order to work with the version of libunistring at a given date, you need
+    the version of gnulib of the same date.
+    In order to work with a released tarball of libunistring, you need the
+    particular version of gnulib which is indicated in the GNULIB_GIT_COMMIT
+    variable in version.sh.
     + Homepage:
       http://www.gnu.org/software/gnulib/
 
 And, of course, the packages listed in the DEPENDENCIES file.
 
+Then you can run the 'autogen.sh' script 
 
 Sources
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diff --git a/version.sh b/version.sh
index f48f3a8..3894a64 100644
--- a/version.sh
+++ b/version.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 # Version number and release date.
 VERSION_NUMBER=0.9
 RELEASE_DATE=2009-04-26      # in "date +%Y-%m-%d" format
+
+# Version of gnulib that was used in this release.
+GNULIB_GIT_COMMIT=13a006f97fca894168e4c1aedfa780f83717c78c