Только в form-5.0.0-beta.1/doc/manual: auto
diff -r -U1 form-5.0.0-beta.1.orig/doc/manual/manual.tex.in form-5.0.0-beta.1/doc/manual/manual.tex.in
--- form-5.0.0-beta.1.orig/doc/manual/manual.tex.in	2023-04-11 17:18:30.000000000 +0700
+++ form-5.0.0-beta.1/doc/manual/manual.tex.in	2024-01-10 17:41:07.990916066 +0700
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-\input{version.tex}
-\def\formmajorversion{\repomajorversion}
-\def\formminorversion{\repominorversion}
-\def\formversiondesc{\repoversiondesc}
-\def\formdate{\repodate}
+\def\formmajorversion{5}
+\def\formminorversion{0}
+\def\formversiondesc{5.0}
+\def\formdate{\today}
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