Wrong version displayed in documentation pdfs

[Hans-Bernhard Bröker]

Am 06.01.2017 um 10:47 schrieb Freddie Chopin:
> Hi!
>
> When building pdf documentation for libc and libm out of the most
> recent package (2.5.0), the version on front page in both document says
> 2.2.0 with "December 2014" date.
>
> Is there any way to make this value automatic, so it wouldn't have to
> be updated with each release?

Automake does indeed offer such a mechanism (see "info automake doc 
texinfo" about 'version.texi'); even the truly ancient version newlib 
needs for --cygnus mode does.

Newlib just doesn't use it.