+# -*- make -*-
+# Version number of libapt-pkg.
+# Please increase MAJOR with each ABI break,
+# with each non-ABI break to the lib, please increase RELEASE.
+# The versionnumber is extracted from apt-pkg/init.h - see also there.
+LIBAPTPKG_MAJOR=$(shell awk -v ORS='.' '/^\#define APT_PKG_M/ {print $$3}' $(BASE)/apt-pkg/init.h | sed 's/\.$$//')
+LIBAPTPKG_RELEASE=$(shell grep -E '^\#define APT_PKG_RELEASE' $(BASE)/apt-pkg/init.h | cut -d ' ' -f 3)
+
+# Version number of libapt-inst
+# Please increase MAJOR with each ABI break,
+# with each non-ABI break to the lib, please increase MINOR.
+# The versionnumber is extracted from apt-inst/makefile - see also there.
+LIBAPTINST_MAJOR=$(shell egrep '^MAJOR=' $(BASE)/apt-inst/makefile |cut -d '=' -f 2)
+LIBAPTINST_MINOR=$(shell egrep '^MINOR=' $(BASE)/apt-inst/makefile |cut -d '=' -f 2)