--- loncom/build/Makefile	2002/05/30 17:34:23	1.118
+++ loncom/build/Makefile	2002/06/12 15:53:46	1.121
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 
 # Scott Harrison
-# $Id: Makefile,v 1.118 2002/05/30 17:34:23 harris41 Exp $
+# $Id: Makefile,v 1.121 2002/06/12 15:53:46 harris41 Exp $
 
 DISTPROBE=`perl ./distprobe`
 DIST=$(DISTPROBE)
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ help:
 	@echo "HTML: generate an HTML-formatted description of the LON-CAPA"
 	@echo "      CVS files"
 	@echo "documentation_tree: compiles a documentation tree from the "
-        @echo "                    CVS:doc directory"
+	@echo "                    CVS:doc directory"
 	@echo "status: compare the TARGET filesystem with a compiled CVS "
 	@echo "        source directory"
 	@echo "statuspost: post the results of "make status" to "
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ TEST_web_layer:
 
 TEST_hosts_tab:
 	@echo "Testing hosts.tab"
-	@if (test -h ../hosts.tab); then \
+	@if (test -e ../hosts.tab); then \
 		echo "there is a defined link; assume okay"; \
 	else echo "**** ERROR **** hosts.tab not defined!" && \
 	     echo -n "You need to do one of the following within your " && \
@@ -217,7 +217,12 @@ NET_rawinstall:
 	make TIMESTAMP=`date +"%s"` METAMTARGET="TRANSPORT" \
 	MTARGET="rawinstall" HOSTNAME="$(HOSTNAME)" lpmladm
 
-install: TEST_hosts_tab Makefile.install Makefile
+VERSION:
+	install -d $(TARGET)/etc
+	echo -n "LON-CAPA release $(VERSION)-" > $(TARGET)/etc/loncapa-release
+	`date +"%Y%m%d"` >> $(TARGET)/etc/loncapa-release
+
+install: VERSION TEST_hosts_tab Makefile.install Makefile
 	echo -n "" > WARNINGS
 	make -f Makefile.install SOURCE="$(SOURCE)" TARGET="$(TARGET)" \
 	directories
@@ -233,7 +238,7 @@ install: TEST_hosts_tab Makefile.install
 	echo -n "(YOU MAY NEED TO REINITIALIZE YOUR MYSQL www\@localhost USER)"
 	echo -n "Please see http://install.lon-capa.org/ for more information"
 
-rawinstall: Makefile.install Makefile
+rawinstall: VERSION Makefile.install Makefile
 	echo -n "" > WARNINGS
 	make -f Makefile.install SOURCE="$(SOURCE)" TARGET="$(TARGET)" \
 	directories