dnl
AC_PREREQ(2.59)
-AC_INIT
+m4_include([../bfd/version.m4])
+AC_INIT([binutils], BFD_VERSION)
AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(ar.c)
AC_CANONICAL_TARGET
AC_ISC_POSIX
-changequote(,)dnl
-BFD_VERSION=`${srcdir}/../bfd/configure --version | sed -n -e '1s,.* ,,p'`
-changequote([,])dnl
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(binutils, ${BFD_VERSION})
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
AC_PROG_CC
AC_GNU_SOURCE