xserver/xorg/configure.ac and VENDOR_RELEASE

[Jeremy C. Reed]

Today I was using a wrapper around libtool and noticed that I had a 
bunch of junk in my VENDOR_RELEASE because it had expanded the 
multiplication asterisks into shell globbing wildcards.

I know I could fix the wrapper I used to honor the quotes around the 
VENDOR_RELEASE.

But why is it done this way?

VENDOR_RELEASE="((($VERSION_MAJOR) * 10000000) + (($VERSION_MINOR) * 
100000) + (($VERSION_PATCH) * 1000) + $VERSION_SNAP)"

It seems like the configure step or even during the make could (should?) 
handle this with $((...)) or expr(1).

Why is is done the way it is currently?

 Jeremy C. Reed

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