- $(info INFO: running autoreconf for new version string: $(_curr-ver))
- _dummy := $(shell cd $(srcdir) && rm -rf autom4te.cache .version \
- && $(_autoreconf))
+ ifeq ($(_curr-ver),UNKNOWN)
+ $(info WARNING: unable to verify if $(VERSION) is the correct version)
+ else
+ ifneq (,$(_is-install-target))
+ # GNU Coding Standards state that 'make install' should not cause
+ # recompilation after 'make all'. But as long as changing the version
+ # string alters config.h, the cost of having 'make all' always have an
+ # up-to-date version is prohibitive. So, as a compromise, we merely
+ # warn when installing a version string that is out of date; the user
+ # should run 'autoreconf' (or something like 'make distcheck') to
+ # fix the version, 'make all' to propagate it, then 'make install'.
+ $(info WARNING: version string $(VERSION) is out of date;)
+ $(info run '$(MAKE) _version' to fix it)
+ else
+ $(info INFO: running autoreconf for new version string: $(_curr-ver))
+GNUmakefile: _version
+ touch GNUmakefile
+ endif
+ endif