build: write version.stamp file containing $(VERSION) string

This version file will be as prerequisite to the target files
that use the version info for some purpose, like printing
it for the user to examine. The contents of the version.stamp
file is seldom read by the build system itself as the $(VERSION)
variable has the same information.

Thanks to Trevor, David and Mark for their contributions.

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ef4f0748893ec87f6b6aff27ea689a7cd19ac1b3..1fb3a713cfe848160a443f57815453acf716da14 100644 (file)
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 .first-build-message
 Makefile.config
+version.stamp
 TAGS
 tags
 *cscope*

diff --git a/Makefile.local b/Makefile.local
index cb7b10615a24579c676475c4780ced9537cc4a02..1856350efeec735975b0b875813168ffa392419e 100644 (file)
--- a/Makefile.local
+++ b/Makefile.local
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ 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/-/~/)
+# Write the file 'version.stamp' in case its contents differ from $(VERSION)
+FILE_VERSION:=$(shell test -f version.stamp && read vs < version.stamp || vs=; echo $$vs)
+ifneq ($(FILE_VERSION),$(VERSION))
+       $(shell echo "$(VERSION)" > version.stamp)
+endif
 endif
 endif
 
@@ -69,6 +74,11 @@ ifeq ($(shell cat .first-build-message 2>/dev/null),)
 endif
 endif
 
+# Depend (also) on the file 'version'. In case of ifeq ($(IS_GIT),yes)
+# this file may already have been updated.
+version.stamp: $(srcdir)/version
+       echo $(VERSION) > $@
+
 $(TAR_FILE):
        if git tag -v $(VERSION) >/dev/null 2>&1; then \
            ref=$(VERSION); \
@@ -280,6 +290,8 @@ notmuch_client_srcs =               \
 
 notmuch_client_modules = $(notmuch_client_srcs:.c=.o)
 
+notmuch.o: version.stamp
+
 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 +330,7 @@ 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) notmuch notmuch-shared $(notmuch_client_modules) version.stamp
 
 DISTCLEAN := $(DISTCLEAN) .first-build-message Makefile.config