3 files changed, 43 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/tools/configure b/tools/configure
index d091e3258d..9654cc67f9 100755
--- a/tools/configure
+++ b/tools/configure
@@ -3103,7 +3103,6 @@ export BUILDDIR=@PWD@
 export LANGUAGE=@LANGUAGE@
 export VOICELANGUAGE=@VOICELANGUAGE@
 export MEMORYSIZE=@MEMORY@
-export VERSION:=\$(shell \$(ROOTDIR)/tools/version.sh \$(ROOTDIR))
 export BUILDDATE:=\$(shell date -u +'-DYEAR=%Y -DMONTH=%m -DDAY=%d')
 export MKFIRMWARE=@TOOL@
 export BMP2RB_MONO=@BMP2RB_MONO@
diff --git a/tools/genversion.sh b/tools/genversion.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..cf8d999e5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/genversion.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#             __________               __   ___.
+#   Open      \______   \ ____   ____ |  | _\_ |__   _______  ___
+#   Source     |       _//  _ \_/ ___\|  |/ /| __ \ /  _ \  \/  /
+#   Jukebox    |    |   (  <_> )  \___|    < | \_\ (  <_> > <  <
+#   Firmware   |____|_  /\____/ \___  >__|_ \|___  /\____/__/\_ \
+#                     \/            \/     \/    \/            \/
+
+# Usage: genversion.sh destination-dir path-to-version.sh [source-root]
+
+# Generate version.[ch] files
+
+VERSION=`$2 $3`
+
+cat > "$1/_version.h" << EOF
+/* Generated by genversion.sh */
+extern const char rbversion[];
+#define RBVERSION "$VERSION"
+EOF
+
+if [ -f "$1/version.h" ]
+    then if diff "$1/_version.h" "$1/version.h" > /dev/null
+        then mv "$1/_version.h" "$1/version.h"
+        else rm -f "$1/_version.h"
+    fi
+    else mv "$1/_version.h" "$1/version.h"
+fi
+
+
+cat > "$1/_version.c" << EOF
+/* Generated by genversion.sh */
+const char rbversion[] = "$VERSION";
+EOF
+
+if [ -f "$1/version.c" ]
+    then if diff "$1/_version.c" "$1/version.c" > /dev/null
+        then mv "$1/_version.c" "$1/version.c"
+        else rm -f "$1/_version.c"
+    fi
+    else mv "$1/_version.c" "$1/version.c"
+fi
+
diff --git a/tools/root.make b/tools/root.make
index f2373f5f7d..ddea297ccf 100644
--- a/tools/root.make
+++ b/tools/root.make
@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@
 include $(TOOLSDIR)/functions.make
 
 DEFINES = -DROCKBOX -DMEMORYSIZE=$(MEMORYSIZE) -DMEM=$(MEMORYSIZE) $(TARGET) \
-        -DTARGET_ID=$(TARGET_ID) -DTARGET_NAME=\"$(MODELNAME)\" \
-        -DAPPSVERSION=\"$(VERSION)\" $(BUILDDATE) \
+        -DTARGET_ID=$(TARGET_ID) -DTARGET_NAME=\"$(MODELNAME)\" $(BUILDDATE) \
         $(EXTRA_DEFINES) # <-- -DSIMULATOR or not
 INCLUDES = -I$(BUILDDIR) -I$(BUILDDIR)/lang $(TARGET_INC)