This version file will be as prerequisite to the target files that use the version info for some purpose, like printing it to the user to examine. The contents of the VERSION file is seldom read by the build system itself as the $(VERSION) variable has the same information. --- Makefile.local | 11 ++++++++++- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Makefile.local b/Makefile.local index c85e09c..1f876b3 100644 --- a/Makefile.local +++ b/Makefile.local @@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ VERSION:=$(shell cat ${srcdir}/version) ifeq ($(filter release release-message pre-release update-versions,$(MAKECMDGOALS)),) ifeq ($(IS_GIT),yes) VERSION:=$(shell git describe --match '[0-9.]*'|sed -e s/_/~/ -e s/-/+/ -e s/-/~/) +# Make the 'VERSION' file depend *also* on .git/HEAD in this case +VERSION: .git/HEAD endif endif @@ -69,6 +71,11 @@ ifeq ($(shell cat .first-build-message 2>/dev/null),) endif endif +# This VERSION file is used mostly for triggering other file remakes... +# This may get other dependency to .git/HEAD above in this file. +VERSION: version + echo $(VERSION) > $@ + $(TAR_FILE): if git tag -v $(VERSION) >/dev/null 2>&1; then \ ref=$(VERSION); \ @@ -280,6 +287,8 @@ notmuch_client_srcs = \ notmuch_client_modules = $(notmuch_client_srcs:.c=.o) +notmuch.o: VERSION + notmuch: $(notmuch_client_modules) lib/libnotmuch.a util/libutil.a parse-time-string/libparse-time-string.a $(call quiet,CXX $(CFLAGS)) $^ $(FINAL_LIBNOTMUCH_LDFLAGS) -o $@ @@ -318,7 +327,7 @@ install-desktop: desktop-file-install --mode 0644 --dir "$(DESTDIR)$(desktop_dir)" notmuch.desktop SRCS := $(SRCS) $(notmuch_client_srcs) -CLEAN := $(CLEAN) notmuch notmuch-shared $(notmuch_client_modules) notmuch.elc +CLEAN := $(CLEAN) VERSION notmuch notmuch-shared $(notmuch_client_modules) DISTCLEAN := $(DISTCLEAN) .first-build-message Makefile.config -- 1.8.5.3