Only include the relevant information.
Amended by David Bremner:
Use a prefix NOTMUCH_ to minimize collisions with other
variables.
CLEAN := $(CLEAN) notmuch notmuch-shared $(notmuch_client_modules)
CLEAN := $(CLEAN) version.stamp notmuch-*.tar.gz.tmp
-DISTCLEAN := $(DISTCLEAN) .first-build-message Makefile.config
+DISTCLEAN := $(DISTCLEAN) .first-build-message Makefile.config sh.config
DEPS := $(SRCS:%.c=.deps/%.d)
DEPS := $(DEPS:%.cc=.deps/%.d)
CONFIGURE_LDFLAGS = \$(GMIME_LDFLAGS) \$(TALLOC_LDFLAGS) \$(ZLIB_LDFLAGS) \$(XAPIAN_LDFLAGS)
EOF
+
+# construct the sh.config
+cat > sh.config <<EOF
+# This sh.config was automatically generated by the ./configure
+# script of notmuch.
+
+# Whether the Xapian version in use supports compaction
+NOTMUCH_HAVE_XAPIAN_COMPACT=${have_xapian_compact}
+
+# Whether there's either sphinx or rst2man available for building
+# documentation
+NOTMUCH_HAVE_MAN=$((have_sphinx || have_rst2man))
+EOF