[PATCH v3] build: write VERSION file containing $(VERSION) string

[David Bremner]

Tomi Ollila <tomi.ollila at iki.fi> writes:

> +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")

does this need to be one line long? It's a bit scary.

> +# this file may already have been updated.
> +VERSION: version
> +	echo $(VERSION) > version

I'd prefer the build process does not change any version controlled
file. It should be source, or generated, but not both. did  you mean to
write to VERSION here?

d