include Makefile
+# Allow cfg.mk to override this.
+_build-aux ?= build-aux
+
# Some projects override e.g., _autoreconf here.
-include $(srcdir)/cfg.mk
include $(srcdir)/maint.mk
# Ensure that $(VERSION) is up to date for dist-related targets, but not
# for others: rerunning autoreconf and recompiling everything isn't cheap.
-ifeq (0,$(MAKELEVEL))
+_have-git-version-gen := $(shell test -f ./$(_build-aux)/git-version-gen && echo yes)
+ifeq ($(_have-git-version-gen)0,yes$(MAKELEVEL))
_is-dist-target = $(filter-out %clean, \
$(filter dist% alpha beta major,$(MAKECMDGOALS)))
ifneq (,$(_is-dist-target))
- _curr-ver := $(shell cd $(srcdir) && ./build-aux/git-version-gen \
+ _curr-ver := $(shell cd $(srcdir) && ./$(_build-aux)/git-version-gen \
$(srcdir)/.tarball-version)
ifneq ($(_curr-ver),$(VERSION))
$(info INFO: running autoreconf for new version string: $(_curr-ver))