--- gnutrition/Makefile.am	2026/05/08 23:18:25	1.3
+++ gnutrition/Makefile.am	2026/05/08 23:44:04	1.4
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 #
-# $Id: Makefile.am,v 1.3 2026/05/08 23:18:25 asm Exp $
+# $Id: Makefile.am,v 1.4 2026/05/08 23:44:04 asm Exp $
 #
 # Makefile.am for GNUtrition
 #
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST = \
 	log.h \
 	ui.h \
 	version.sh \
+	.ver \
 	gnutrition-updatedb.in \
 	ChangeLog.OLD \
 	gnutrition.texi \
@@ -94,6 +95,9 @@ EXTRA_DIST = \
 
 all-local: gnutrition.html gnutrition.pdf
 
+version.texi: .ver
+	echo "@set VERSION $$(cat .ver)" > $@
+
 gnutrition.html: gnutrition.texi
 	texi2html --html --no-split $(srcdir)/gnutrition.texi -o $@