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 $(VERSION) variable has the same information. --- This is version 2 of id:1390689800-16654-1-git-send-email-tomi.ollila@iki.fi in case of IS_GIT = yes, the contents of file VERSION is compared what git describe returns and if this differs then VERSION file is updated. Makefile.local | 10 +++++++++- diff --git a/Makefile.local b/Makefile.local index c85e09c..96f39be 100644 --- a/Makefile.local +++ b/Makefile.local @@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ endif VERSION:=$(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/-/~/) +# Also write VERSION file in case its contents differ from $(VERSION) +VERSION:=$(shell gv=`exec git describe --match '[0-9.]*'|sed -e s/_/~/ -e s/-/+/ -e s/-/~/`; test -f VERSION || touch VERSION; read fv < VERSION; test x"$$fv" = x"$$gv" || echo "$$gv" > VERSION; echo "$$gv") endif endif @@ -69,6 +70,11 @@ ifeq ($(shell cat .first-build-message 2>/dev/null),) endif endif +# Depend (also) on 'version' file. In case of ifeq ($(IS_GIT),yes) +# this file may already have been updated. +VERSION: version + echo $(VERSION) > version + $(TAR_FILE): if git tag -v $(VERSION) >/dev/null 2>&1; then \ ref=$(VERSION); \ @@ -280,6 +286,8 @@ 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 $@ -- 1.8.4.2