+# In the automake build, we have to do the whole job by supplying
+# extra CFLAGS, so we have to put the if statement inside one big
+# backtick expression. We also force rebuilding via a -D option that
+# makes version.o include empty.h, which we construct ourselves and
+# touch whenever any source file is updated.
+!cflags am version $(VER) -DINCLUDE_EMPTY_H `if test -z "$(VER)" && (cd $(srcdir)/..; md5sum -c manifest >/dev/null 2>&1); then cat $(srcdir)/../version.def; else echo "$(VER)"; fi`
+!begin am
+BUILT_SOURCES = empty.h
+empty.h: $(allsources)
+ echo '/* Empty file touched by automake makefile to force rebuild of version.o */' >$@
+
+!end
+!begin >empty.h
+/* Empty file touched by automake makefile to force rebuild of version.o */
+!end