-dnl ===========================================================================
-dnl Several features need to be added to standard-configure:
-dnl ===========================================================================
-AC_ARG_ENABLE(shared,
- [ --enable-shared build shared libraries [default=no]
- (a static library will still be built as well)],
- shared=${enableval}, shared="no")
+dnl GiNaC version information
+dnl
+dnl Making releases:
+dnl GINACLIB_MICRO_VERSION += 1;
+dnl GINACLIB_INTERFACE_AGE += 1;
+dnl GINACLIB_BINARY_AGE += 1;
+dnl if any functions have been added, set GINACLIB_INTERFACE_AGE to 0.
+dnl if backwards compatibility has been broken,
+dnl set GINACLIB_BINARY_AGE and GINACLIB_INTERFACE_AGE to 0.
+dnl
+dnl NOTE: these can't be renamed to GINAC_MAJOR_VERSION etc. because
+dnl autoconf sees "AC_MAJOR_VERSION" and complains about an undefined macro
+dnl (don't we all *love* autoconf?)...
+
+GINACLIB_MAJOR_VERSION=0
+GINACLIB_MINOR_VERSION=4
+GINACLIB_MICRO_VERSION=0
+GINACLIB_INTERFACE_AGE=0
+GINACLIB_BINARY_AGE=0
+GINACLIB_VERSION=$GINACLIB_MAJOR_VERSION.$GINACLIB_MINOR_VERSION.$GINACLIB_MICRO_VERSION
+
+AC_SUBST(GINACLIB_MAJOR_VERSION)
+AC_SUBST(GINACLIB_MINOR_VERSION)
+AC_SUBST(GINACLIB_MICRO_VERSION)
+AC_SUBST(GINACLIB_INTERFACE_AGE)
+AC_SUBST(GINACLIB_BINARY_AGE)
+AC_SUBST(GINACLIB_VERSION)
+
+dnl libtool versioning
+LT_RELEASE=$GINACLIB_MAJOR_VERSION.$GINACLIB_MINOR_VERSION
+LT_CURRENT=`expr $GINACLIB_MICRO_VERSION - $GINACLIB_INTERFACE_AGE`
+LT_REVISION=$GINACLIB_INTERFACE_AGE
+LT_AGE=`expr $GINACLIB_BINARY_AGE - $GINACLIB_INTERFACE_AGE`
+
+AC_SUBST(LT_RELEASE)
+AC_SUBST(LT_CURRENT)
+AC_SUBST(LT_REVISION)
+AC_SUBST(LT_AGE)
+
+dnl This defines PACKAGE and VERSION
+AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([GiNaC], $GINACLIB_VERSION)
+AM_MAINTAINER_MODE