4 files changed, 7 insertions, 29 deletions
diff --git a/Buildscr b/Buildscr
index e90e1e3..d954d1b 100644
--- a/Buildscr
+++ b/Buildscr
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ ifneq "$(RELEASE)" "" set Version $(RELEASE)
 # use perl to avoid inconsistent behaviour of echo '\v'
 in halibut do perl -e 'print "\n\\versionid Halibut version $$ARGV[0]\n"' $(Version) >> doc/manpage.but
 
+# Write out a version.h that contains the real version number.
+in halibut do echo '/* Generated by automated build script */' > version.h
+in halibut do echo '$#define VERSION "version $(Version)"' >> version.h
+
 set Rel
 ifneq "$(RELEASE)" "" set Rel RELEASE=$(RELEASE)
 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6af0dc2..3ddce26 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -61,9 +61,7 @@ clean: topclean
 topclean:
 	rm -f *.html output.* *.tar.gz
 
-# Make a release archive. If $(VERSION) is specified, this will
-# also contain a `manifest' file which will be used to decide the
-# version number automatically.
+# Makef a release archive.
 release: release.sh
 	./release.sh $(RELDIR) $(VERSION)
 
@@ -78,17 +76,6 @@ CFLAGS += -DLOGALLOC
 LIBS += -lefence
 endif
 
-ifndef VER
-ifdef VERSION
-VER := $(VERSION)
-endif
-endif
-ifdef VER
-VDEF = -DVERSION=\"$(VER)\"
-else
-VDEF = `(cd $(SRC); md5sum -c manifest >/dev/null 2>&1 && cat version)`
-endif
-
 all: halibut
 
 SRC := ../
diff --git a/release.sh b/release.sh
index 6ca76b2..af047b4 100755
--- a/release.sh
+++ b/release.sh
@@ -24,13 +24,6 @@ if ! test -d charset; then
     linkmirror $PWD/../charset reltmp/$RELDIR/charset
 fi
 
-if test "x${VERSION}y" != "xy"; then
-    (cd reltmp/$RELDIR;
-     find . -name '*.[ch]' -exec md5sum {} \;
-     ) > reltmp/$RELDIR/manifest
-    echo "-DVERSION=\"${VERSION}\"" > reltmp/$RELDIR/version;
-fi
-
 tar chzvoCf reltmp $RELDIR.tar.gz $RELDIR
 
 rm -rf reltmp
diff --git a/version.c b/version.c
index 38fbca1..1331b2b 100644
--- a/version.c
+++ b/version.c
@@ -2,12 +2,6 @@
  * version.c: version string
  */
 
-#include <stdio.h>
+#include "version.h"
 
-#ifndef VERSION
-#define VER "anonymous build (" __DATE__ " " __TIME__ ")"
-#else
-#define VER "version " VERSION
-#endif
-
-const char *const version = VER;
+const char *const version = VERSION;