dnl the official version number is
dnl a.b.c
-AC_INIT([rrdtool],[1.4.3])
+AC_INIT([rrdtool],[1.4.999])
dnl for testing a numberical version number comes handy
dnl the released version are
dnl a.bccc
dnl the devel versions will be something like
dnl a.b999yymmddhh
-NUMVERS=1.4003
+NUMVERS=1.4999
AC_SUBST(NUMVERS)
dnl for the linker to understand which versions the library are compatible with
AC_SUBST(COMP_PYTHON)
dnl Check for nroff
-AC_PATH_PROGS(NROFF, gnroff nroff)
-AC_PATH_PROGS(TROFF, groff troff)
+AC_ARG_VAR(NROFF, [path to the local nroff version])
+AC_PATH_PROGS(NROFF, [gnroff nroff])
+if test x$NROFF = x; then
+ AC_MSG_ERROR([I need a copy of *nroff to format the documentation])
+fi
+AC_ARG_VAR(TROFF, [path to the local troff version])
+AC_PATH_PROGS(TROFF, [groff troff])
+if test x$TROFF = x; then
+ AC_MSG_ERROR([I need a copy of *troff to format the documentation])
+fi
AC_ARG_VAR(RRDDOCDIR, [[DATADIR/doc/PACKAGE-VERSION] Documentation directory])
if test -z "$RRDDOCDIR"; then