Re: Changes to handling version numbers internally

The Hermit Hacker writes:

> It doesn't sound to me like something that *belongs* in configure.in,
> as it is not required for any tests that configure requires ...

This way we can also make it available to shell scripts and make
files. The next autoconf version will have built-in support for this
setup, so it's not like I'm making this up. :)

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