--- /dev/null
+
+import re
+import sys
+
+
+vf = 'VERSION'
+if sys.argv[1:]:
+ vf = sys.argv[1]
+
+f = open (vf)
+ls = f.readlines ()
+mypatch = 0
+defs = []
+for l in ls:
+ l = re.sub ('#.*','', l)
+ m = re.search ('([^ =]*)[\t ]*=[ \t]*([^ \t]*)[ \t]*\n', l)
+ if m:
+ defs.append ((m.group(1), m.group(2)))
+
+
+sys.stdout.write ('/* automatically generated */')
+for d in defs:
+ sys.stdout.write ('#define %s \"%s\"\n' % d)
+
+if ('MY_PATCH_LEVEL', '') in defs:
+ sys.stdout.write ('#define NO_MY_PATCHLEVEL')
+