+if test -f $srcdir/VERSION ; then
+ echo "$as_me:1167: checking for package version" >&5
+echo $ECHO_N "checking for package version... $ECHO_C" >&6
+
+ # if there are not enough fields, cut returns the last one...
+ cf_field1=`sed -e '2,$d' $srcdir/VERSION|cut -f1`
+ cf_field2=`sed -e '2,$d' $srcdir/VERSION|cut -f2`
+ cf_field3=`sed -e '2,$d' $srcdir/VERSION|cut -f3`
+
+ # this is how CF_BUNDLED_INTL uses $VERSION:
+ VERSION="$cf_field1"
+
+ VERSION_MAJOR=`echo "$cf_field2" | sed -e 's/\..*//'`
+ test -z "$VERSION_MAJOR" && { { echo "$as_me:1179: error: missing major-version" >&5
+echo "$as_me: error: missing major-version" >&2;}
+ { (exit 1); exit 1; }; }
+
+ VERSION_MINOR=`echo "$cf_field2" | sed -e 's/^[^.]*\.//' -e 's/-.*//'`
+ test -z "$VERSION_MINOR" && { { echo "$as_me:1184: error: missing minor-version" >&5
+echo "$as_me: error: missing minor-version" >&2;}
+ { (exit 1); exit 1; }; }
+
+ echo "$as_me:1188: result: ${VERSION_MAJOR}.${VERSION_MINOR}" >&5
+echo "${ECHO_T}${VERSION_MAJOR}.${VERSION_MINOR}" >&6
+
+ echo "$as_me:1191: checking for package patch date" >&5
+echo $ECHO_N "checking for package patch date... $ECHO_C" >&6
+ VERSION_PATCH=`echo "$cf_field3" | sed -e 's/^[^-]*-//'`
+ case .$VERSION_PATCH in
+ .)
+ { { echo "$as_me:1196: error: missing patch-date $VERSION_PATCH" >&5
+echo "$as_me: error: missing patch-date $VERSION_PATCH" >&2;}
+ { (exit 1); exit 1; }; }
+ ;;
+ .[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9])
+ ;;
+ *)
+ { { echo "$as_me:1203: error: illegal patch-date $VERSION_PATCH" >&5
+echo "$as_me: error: illegal patch-date $VERSION_PATCH" >&2;}
+ { (exit 1); exit 1; }; }
+ ;;
+ esac
+ echo "$as_me:1208: result: $VERSION_PATCH" >&5
+echo "${ECHO_T}$VERSION_PATCH" >&6
+else
+ { { echo "$as_me:1211: error: did not find $srcdir/VERSION" >&5
+echo "$as_me: error: did not find $srcdir/VERSION" >&2;}
+ { (exit 1); exit 1; }; }
+fi
+
+# show the actual data that we have for versions:
+test -n "$verbose" && echo " ABI VERSION $VERSION" 1>&6
+
+echo "${as_me:-configure}:1219: testing ABI VERSION $VERSION ..." 1>&5
+
+test -n "$verbose" && echo " VERSION_MAJOR $VERSION_MAJOR" 1>&6
+
+echo "${as_me:-configure}:1223: testing VERSION_MAJOR $VERSION_MAJOR ..." 1>&5
+
+test -n "$verbose" && echo " VERSION_MINOR $VERSION_MINOR" 1>&6
+
+echo "${as_me:-configure}:1227: testing VERSION_MINOR $VERSION_MINOR ..." 1>&5
+
+test -n "$verbose" && echo " VERSION_PATCH $VERSION_PATCH" 1>&6
+
+echo "${as_me:-configure}:1231: testing VERSION_PATCH $VERSION_PATCH ..." 1>&5
+
+ cf_PACKAGE=NCURSES
+ PACKAGE=ncurses
+
+cat >>confdefs.h <<EOF
+#define PACKAGE "$PACKAGE"
+EOF
+
+cf_PACKAGE=`echo "$cf_PACKAGE" | sed y%abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz./-%ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ___%`
+
+ cat >>confdefs.h <<EOF
+#define ${cf_PACKAGE}_VERSION "${VERSION_MAJOR}.${VERSION_MINOR}"
+EOF
+
+ cat >>confdefs.h <<EOF
+#define ${cf_PACKAGE}_PATCHDATE ${VERSION_PATCH}
+EOF
+