foo

diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index d45927d6110d4545de114691a969dafae787ae13..f27333755e80484129362b60881131058fa0d9be 100644 (file)
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ if WITH_GFLAGS_FLAGS
    librocksdb_la_LDFLAGS += -lgflags
 endif
 
-$(shell (./build_tools/build_detect_version))
+FOO = `./build_tools/build_detect_version`
 
 SOURCE_FILES = db/builder.cc \
        db/c.cc \