Introducing ares_version(), so that we can have apps get version info about

what particular ares version that is being used.

Makefile.in

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ OBJS=	ares__close_sockets.o ares__get_hostent.o ares__read_line.o \
 	ares_free_hostent.o ares_free_string.o ares_gethostbyaddr.o \
 	ares_gethostbyname.o ares_init.o ares_mkquery.o ares_parse_a_reply.o \
 	ares_parse_ptr_reply.o ares_process.o ares_query.o ares_search.o \
-	ares_send.o ares_strerror.o ares_timeout.o
+	ares_send.o ares_strerror.o ares_timeout.o ares_version.o
 
 all: libares.a adig ahost
 

ares_version.c

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+/* $Id$ */
+
+#include "ares_version.h"
+
+char *ares_version(int *version)
+{
+  if(version)
+    *version = ARES_VERSION;
+
+  return ARES_VERSION_STR;
+}

ares_version.h

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+/* $Id$ */
+
+#ifndef ARES__VERSION_H
+#define ARES__VERSION_H
+
+#define ARES_VERSION_MAJOR 1
+#define ARES_VERSION_MINOR 0
+#define ARES_VERSION_PATCH 0
+#define ARES_VERSION ((ARES_VERSION_MAJOR<<16)|\
+                       (ARES_VERSION_MINOR<<8)|\
+                       (ARES_VERSION_PATCH))
+#define ARES_VERSION_STR "1.0.0"
+
+char *ares_version(int *version);
+
+#endif
+