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+From: Tomi Ollila <tomi.ollila@iki.fi>\r
+To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org\r
+Subject: [PATCH v4] build: write VERSION file containing $(VERSION) string\r
+Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2014 00:58:33 +0200\r
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+This version file will be as prerequisite to the target files\r
+that use the version info for some purpose, like printing\r
+it to the user to examine. The contents of the VERSION file\r
+is seldom read by the build system itself as the $(VERSION)\r
+variable has the same information.\r
+---\r
+\r
+ctested also with:\r
+ mv .git .x\r
+ make\r
+ cat VERSION version\r
+ mv .x .git\r
+ make\r
+ cat VERSION version\r
+\r
+ Makefile.local | 17 +++++++++++++++--\r
+ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)\r
+\r
+diff --git a/Makefile.local b/Makefile.local\r
+index 174506c..65c91cb 100644\r
+--- a/Makefile.local\r
++++ b/Makefile.local\r
+@@ -21,7 +21,13 @@ endif\r
+ VERSION:=$(shell cat ${srcdir}/version)\r
+ ifeq ($(filter release release-message pre-release update-versions,$(MAKECMDGOALS)),)\r
+ ifeq ($(IS_GIT),yes)\r
+-VERSION:=$(shell git describe --match '[0-9.]*'|sed -e s/_/~/ -e s/-/+/ -e s/-/~/)\r
++# Also write VERSION file in case its contents differ from $(VERSION)\r
++VERSION:=$(shell\\r
++ gv=`git describe --match '[0-9.]*'|sed -e s/_/~/ -e s/-/+/ -e s/-/~/`;\\r
++ test -f VERSION || touch VERSION;\\r
++ read fv < VERSION;\\r
++ test x"$$fv" = x"$$gv" || echo "$$gv" > VERSION;\\r
++ echo "$$gv")\r
+ endif\r
+ endif\r
+ \r
+@@ -69,6 +75,11 @@ ifeq ($(shell cat .first-build-message 2>/dev/null),)\r
+ endif\r
+ endif\r
+ \r
++# Depend (also) on 'version' file. In case of ifeq ($(IS_GIT),yes)\r
++# this file may already have been updated.\r
++VERSION: version\r
++ echo $(VERSION) > $@\r
++\r
+ $(TAR_FILE):\r
+ if git tag -v $(VERSION) >/dev/null 2>&1; then \\r
+ ref=$(VERSION); \\r
+@@ -280,6 +291,8 @@ notmuch_client_srcs = \\r
+ \r
+ notmuch_client_modules = $(notmuch_client_srcs:.c=.o)\r
+ \r
++notmuch.o: VERSION\r
++\r
+ notmuch: $(notmuch_client_modules) lib/libnotmuch.a util/libutil.a parse-time-string/libparse-time-string.a\r
+ $(call quiet,CXX $(CFLAGS)) $^ $(FINAL_LIBNOTMUCH_LDFLAGS) -o $@\r
+ \r
+@@ -318,7 +331,7 @@ install-desktop:\r
+ desktop-file-install --mode 0644 --dir "$(DESTDIR)$(desktop_dir)" notmuch.desktop\r
+ \r
+ SRCS := $(SRCS) $(notmuch_client_srcs)\r
+-CLEAN := $(CLEAN) notmuch notmuch-shared $(notmuch_client_modules) notmuch.elc\r
++CLEAN := $(CLEAN) VERSION notmuch notmuch-shared $(notmuch_client_modules)\r
+ \r
+ DISTCLEAN := $(DISTCLEAN) .first-build-message Makefile.config\r
+ \r
+-- \r
+1.8.4.2\r
+\r