Create a VERSION file to replace /etc/gentoolkit-version

svn path=/trunk/gentoolkit/; revision=642

4 files changed, 11 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index f68c33d..9bb143e 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-include AUTHORS ChangeLog COPYING NEWS README README.Developer THANKS TODO
+include AUTHORS ChangeLog COPYING NEWS README README.Developer THANKS TODO VERSION
 recursive-include data *
 recursive-include man *
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 462bc56..27dd699 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
 #
 # $Header$
 
+ifeq ($(origin VERSION), undefined)
+	VERSION = 9999
+endif
+
 all:
 	echo "YARMOUTH (vb.) To shout at foreigners in the belief that the louder you speak, the better they'll understand you." 
 	echo $(VERSION)
@@ -15,7 +19,7 @@ dist: dist-gentoolkit
 
 dist-gentoolkit:
 	mkdir -p release
-	sed -i "s/^VER =.*/VER = '$(VERSION)'/" setup.py
+	echo "$(VERSION)" > VERSION
 	python setup.py sdist --dist-dir release
-	svn revert setup.py
+	svn revert VERSION
 	rm -f MANIFEST
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3c2df07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+9999
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 062475f..446b3c7 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 
 from distutils.core import setup
 
-VER = '9.9.9.9'
+__version__ = open("VERSION").read().strip()
 
 setup(
 	name='gentoolkit',
-	version=VER,
+	version=__version__,
 	description='Set of tools that work with and enhance portage.',
 	author='',
 	author_email='',
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ setup(
 	maintainer_email='tools-portage@gentoo.org',
 	url='http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/portage/tools/index.xml',
 	download_url='http://distfiles.gentoo.org/distfiles/gentoolkit-%s.tar.gz'\
-		% VER,
+		% __version__,
 	package_dir={'': 'pym'},
 	packages=(
 		'gentoolkit',