remake this branch off master instead of off mysql2PDO.

Establish an automake substitution of @VERSION@ and use it throughotu to override whatever is in zm.conf

configure.ac

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ PATH_BUILD=`pwd`
 AC_SUBST(PATH_BUILD)
 TIME_BUILD=`date +'%s'`
 AC_SUBST(TIME_BUILD)
+AC_SUBST(VERSION)
 
 AC_ARG_VAR(ZM_DB_HOST,[Hostname where ZoneMinder database located, default localhost])
 AC_ARG_VAR(ZM_DB_NAME,[Name of ZoneMinder database, default zm])

scripts/zmdbbackup.in

@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 # Edit these to suit your configuration
 ZM_CONFIG=@ZM_CONFIG@
 source $ZM_CONFIG
+# ZM_VERSION in the config is now deprecated but will likely still exist in people's config files. This will override it.
+ZM_VERSION=@VERSION@
 
 MYSQLDUMP=/usr/bin/mysqldump
 BACKUP_PATH=/var/lib/zm

scripts/zmeventdump.in

@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 
 # Edit these to suit your configuration
 ZM_CONFIG=@ZM_CONFIG@
+# ZM_VERSION in the config is now deprecated but will likely still exist in people's config files. This will override it.
+ZM_VERSION=@VERSION@
 MYSQLDUMP=/usr/bin/mysqldump
 
 # The rest should not need editing

web/includes/config.php.in

@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 // This section contains options substituted by the zmconfig.pl utility, do not edit these directly
 //
 define( "ZM_CONFIG", "@ZM_CONFIG@" );               // Path to config file
+// Define, and override any given in config file
+define( "ZM_VERSION", "@VERSION@" );               // Version
 
 $configFile = ZM_CONFIG;
 $localConfigFile = basename($configFile);

zm.conf.in

@@ -9,15 +9,9 @@
 # or installations.
 #
 
-# Current version of ZoneMinder
+# Path to build directory, used mostly for finding DB upgrade scripts
-ZM_VERSION=@VERSION@
-
-# Path to build directory
 ZM_PATH_BUILD=@PATH_BUILD@
 
-# Path to installed data directory, used mostly for finding DB upgrade scripts
-ZM_PATH_DATA=@PKGDATADIR@
-
 # Build time, used to record when to trigger various checks
 ZM_TIME_BUILD=@TIME_BUILD@
 
@@ -40,6 +34,9 @@ ZM_PATH_CGI=@CGI_PREFIX@
 ZM_WEB_USER=@WEB_USER@
 ZM_WEB_GROUP=@WEB_GROUP@
 
+# ZoneMinder database type: so far only mysql is supported
+ZM_DB_TYPE=@ZM_DB_TYPE@
+
 # ZoneMinder database hostname or ip address
 ZM_DB_HOST=@ZM_DB_HOST@
 
@@ -51,3 +48,6 @@ ZM_DB_USER=@ZM_DB_USER@
 
 # ZoneMinder database password
 ZM_DB_PASS=@ZM_DB_PASS@
+
+# Host of this machine
+ZM_SERVER_HOST=