Index: trunk/psastro/src/Makefile.am
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--- trunk/psastro/src/Makefile.am	(revision 23195)
+++ trunk/psastro/src/Makefile.am	(revision 23229)
@@ -1,15 +1,12 @@
 lib_LTLIBRARIES = libpsastro.la
 
-PSASTRO_VERSION=`if [ -e ../../VERSION ]; then cat ../../VERSION; else svnversion; fi`
-PSASTRO_BRANCH=`if [ -e ../../BRANCH ]; then cat ../../BRANCH; else svn info | sed -n -e '/URL:/ h' -e '/Repository Root:/ { x; H; x; s|Repository Root: \(.*\)\nURL: \1\(.*\)|\2| ; s|^/|| ; s|/[a-zA-Z]*/src.*|| ; p }'; fi`
-PSASTRO_SOURCE=`if [ -e ../../SOURCE ]; then cat ../../SOURCE; else svn info | sed -n -e 's/Repository UUID: // p'; fi`
+libpsastro_la_CFLAGS = $(PSASTRO_CFLAGS) $(PPSTATS_CFLAGS) $(PSMODULE_CFLAGS) $(PSLIB_CFLAGS) -DPSASTRO_VERSION=$(SVN_VERSION) -DPSASTRO_BRANCH=$(SVN_BRANCH) -DPSASTRO_SOURCE=$(SVN_SOURCE)
+libpsastro_la_LDFLAGS = $(PSASTRO_LIBS) $(PPSTATS_LIBS) $(PSMODULE_LIBS) $(PSLIB_LIBS)
 
 # Force recompilation of psastroVersion.c, since it gets the version information
-psastroVersion.c: FORCE
-	touch psastroVersion.c
-FORCE: ;
-
-libpsastro_la_CFLAGS = $(PSASTRO_CFLAGS) $(PPSTATS_CFLAGS) $(PSMODULE_CFLAGS) $(PSLIB_CFLAGS) -DPSASTRO_VERSION=\"$(PSASTRO_VERSION)\" -DPSASTRO_BRANCH=\"$(PSASTRO_BRANCH)\" -DPSASTRO_SOURCE=\"$(PSASTRO_SOURCE)\"
-libpsastro_la_LDFLAGS = $(PSASTRO_LIBS) $(PPSTATS_LIBS) $(PSMODULE_LIBS) $(PSLIB_LIBS)
+# can we do this with dependency info?
+# psastroVersion.c: FORCE
+# touch psastroVersion.c
+# FORCE: ;
 
 bin_PROGRAMS = psastro psastroModel psastroModelFit gpcModel