always create out/VERSION

diff --git a/GNUmakefile.in b/GNUmakefile.in
index 58197ab20a9247b03adbd1ed27051352fac58090..aa4adcb0b92e8f9f89bd9d633a44a875a1255345 100644 (file)
--- a/GNUmakefile.in
+++ b/GNUmakefile.in
@@ -34,8 +34,10 @@ include $(depth)/make/stepmake.make
 
 local-dist: dist-toplevel-txt-files make-dist-version
 
-make-dist-version:
-       echo $(TOPLEVEL_VERSION) > $(outdir)/VERSION
+default: $(outdir)/VERSION
+
+$(outdir)/VERSION: $(config_make)
+       echo $(TOPLEVEL_VERSION) > $@
 
 dist-toplevel-txt-files:
        -mkdir -p $(distdir)