make sure that the perl -v/-V output corresponds to the latest commit

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/cflags.SH b/cflags.SH
index 9e0494e671..b11966b831 100755
--- a/cflags.SH
+++ b/cflags.SH
@@ -354,12 +354,8 @@ case "$cc" in
   ;;
 esac
 
-if test -d .git; then
-  ccflags="-DPERL_PATCHNUM=`git describe` $ccflags"
-else
-  if test -f .patch; then
-    ccflags="-DPERL_PATCHNUM=`awk '{print $4}' .patch` $ccflags"
-  fi
+if [ -f .patchnum -a -n "$(cat .patchnum)"]; then
+    ccflags="-DPERL_PATCHNUM=`cat .patchnum`"
 fi
 
     : Can we perhaps use $ansi2knr here