build system: Define the 'version' target in the toplevel Makefile.

[template.git] / Makefile.am

diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 9baf3dabd11cf10887911c2408337a89636b0c03..76a10167110337ae3d8bc6bc14fccf5f39df88ba 100644 (file)
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -2,3 +2,7 @@ SUBDIRS = doc src
 
 EXTRA_DIST = autogen.sh version-gen.sh
 
+version: FORCE
+       @# As a side-effect, this updates version.
+       @echo Building $(PACKAGE_NAME) version $$( cd .. && ./version-gen.sh )
+