The version strings being computed at ./configure time, store it as is, and don't install a .version file.

 /trunk/Makefile.in |    2     0     2     0 --
 /trunk/ct-ng.in    |    2     1     1     0 +-
 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

2 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index 8096242..6e0a097 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -103,8 +103,6 @@ install-lib-main: install-local-test $(LIBDIR)
 	@rm -f $(LIBDIR)/tools/addToolVersion.sh
 	@echo "  INST   steps.mk"
 	@install -m 644 steps.mk $(LIBDIR)/steps.mk
-	@echo "  INST   .version"
-	@echo "$(VERSION)" >$(LIBDIR)/.version
 
 # Samples need a little love:
 #  - change every occurrence of CT_TOP_DIR to CT_LIB_DIR
diff --git a/ct-ng.in b/ct-ng.in
index d1a4bee..ce6e6cf 100644
--- a/ct-ng.in
+++ b/ct-ng.in
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ export CT_LIB_DIR:=@@CT_LIBDIR@@
 export CT_DOC_DIR:=@@CT_DOCDIR@@
 
 # This is crosstool-NG version string
-export CT_VERSION:=$(shell cat $(CT_LIB_DIR)/.version)
+export CT_VERSION:=@@CT_VERSION@@
 
 export CT_STOP:=$(STOP)
 export CT_RESTART:=$(RESTART)