1 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/conf.py b/doc/conf.py
index 2d4d8d8b29511..62935cf4e43dc 100644
--- a/doc/conf.py
+++ b/doc/conf.py
@@ -21,6 +21,14 @@
 # import sys
 # sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath('.'))
 
+import subprocess
+
+#
+# Instead of hardcoding the version number here, we read it from the
+# project's configure script
+#
+vers_cmd = "grep AC_INIT ../configure.ac | awk '{ print substr($2, 2, length($2) - 3);}'"
+version = subprocess.check_output(vers_cmd, shell=True).decode("utf-8") 
 
 # -- General configuration ------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -47,7 +55,7 @@ master_doc = 'index'
 
 # General information about the project.
 project = 'libxo'
-copyright = '2017, Juniper Networks'
+copyright = '2017-2019, Juniper Networks Inc'
 author = 'Phil Shafer'
 default_role = 'code'
 primary_domain = 'c'
@@ -58,9 +66,9 @@ smart_quotes = False
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = '0.8.4'
+#version = 'develop'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '0.8.4'
+release = version
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.