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From:	Tim Goodwin <tjg@star.le.ac.uk>
To:	quanstro@speakeasy.net
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Subject: Re: rc 1.6 $version
References:  <20020314223715.003CB3F40B@quanstro.net>

> is there any way that $version could be changed either
> to not be so magic (i.e. assigned at startup time) or
> better something like _rc_version_.

The `version' variable was introduced in rc-1.6b1 (replacing the `-V'
flag, which itself was new in rc-1.5b4).  Thus, it's never been in a
full release.  Thus, I'm prepared to change it :-).

Any objections to `rc_version'?

Tim.