Declare version_* in only one place. Define them in ver.cpp (at least on autotools).

src/CommandLineActions.cpp

@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@
 #include "JsonUtil.h"
 #include "ScreenInstallOverlay.h"
 
+#if defined(HAVE_VERSION_INFO)
+#include "ver.h"
+#endif
+
 // only used for Version()
 #if defined(_WINDOWS)
 #include <windows.h>
@@ -77,12 +81,6 @@ static void LuaInformation()
 	delete pNode;
 }
 
-#if defined(HAVE_VERSION_INFO)
-extern unsigned long version_num;
-extern const char *const version_date;
-extern const char *const version_time;
-#endif
-
 /**
  * @brief Print out version information.
  *

src/Makefile.am

@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ increment_version:
 	else \
 		build=0; \
 	fi; \
-	echo "extern const unsigned long version_num = $$build;" > ver.cpp; \
+	echo "const unsigned long version_num = $$build;" > ver.cpp; \
-	echo "extern const char *const version_time = \"`date +"%X %Z (UTC%:z)"`\";" >> ver.cpp;
+	echo "const char *const version_time = \"`date +"%X %Z (UTC%:z)"`\";" >> ver.cpp;
-	echo "extern const char *const version_date = \"`date +"%Y%m%d"`\";" >> ver.cpp;
+	echo "const char *const version_date = \"`date +"%Y%m%d"`\";" >> ver.cpp;
 
 ver.cpp: increment_version
 

src/NetworkSyncManager.cpp

@@ -6,9 +6,10 @@
 
 NetworkSyncManager *NSMAN;
 
-// Aldo: used by GetCurrentSMVersion()
+// Aldo: version_num used by GetCurrentSMVersion()
+// XXX: That's probably not what you want... --root
 #if defined(HAVE_VERSION_INFO)
-extern unsigned long version_num;
+#include "ver.h"
 #endif
 
 #if defined(WITHOUT_NETWORKING)

src/PrefsManager.cpp

@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@
 #include "RageLog.h"
 #include "SpecialFiles.h"
 
+#if !defined(WITHOUT_NETWORKING) && defined(HAVE_VERSION_INFO)
+#include "ver.h"
+#endif
+
 //DEFAULTS_INI_PATH	= "Data/Defaults.ini";		// these can be overridden
 //PREFERENCES_INI_PATH	// overlay on Defaults.ini, contains the user's choices
 //STATIC_INI_PATH	= "Data/Static.ini";		// overlay on the 2 above, can't be overridden
@@ -143,10 +147,6 @@ bool g_bAutoRestart = false;
 # define TRUE_IF_DEBUG false
 #endif
 
-#if !defined(WITHOUT_NETWORKING) && defined(HAVE_VERSION_INFO)
-extern unsigned long version_num;
-#endif
-
 void ValidateDisplayAspectRatio( float &val )
 {
 	if( val < 0 )

src/StepMania.cpp

@@ -69,6 +69,10 @@
 #include "Profile.h"
 #include "ActorUtil.h"
 
+#ifdef HAVE_VERSION_INFO
+#include "ver.h"
+#endif
+
 #if defined(WIN32)
 #include <windows.h>
 #endif
@@ -907,11 +911,6 @@ static void MountTreeOfZips( const RString &dir )
 	}
 }
 
-#if defined(HAVE_VERSION_INFO)
-extern unsigned long version_num;
-extern const char *const version_date;
-extern const char *const version_time;
-#endif
 
 static void WriteLogHeader()
 {

src/archutils/Unix/CrashHandlerChild.cpp

@@ -23,9 +23,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #if defined(HAVE_VERSION_INFO)
-extern const unsigned long version_num;
+#include "ver.h"
-extern const char *const version_date;
-extern const char *const version_time;
 #endif
 
 bool child_read( int fd, void *p, int size );

src/archutils/Win32/CrashHandlerChild.cpp

@@ -30,9 +30,8 @@
 #pragma comment(lib, "archutils/Win32/ddk/dbghelp.lib")
 #endif
 
-extern unsigned long version_num;
+// XXX: What happens when we *don't* have version info? Does that ever actually happen?
-extern const char *const version_date;
+#include "ver.h"
-extern const char *const version_time;
 
 // VDI symbol lookup:
 namespace VDDebugInfo